Fall 2013 Archives

Adventures in Ideas (click the title for description)

How Jesus Turned into God
Featuring Bart D. Ehrman
September 12-13, 2013

Mozart’s World
September 21, 2013

Ancient Egypt
Featuring the collections of the NC Museum of Art
September 28, 2013

The History and Legacy of the Civil Rights Movement
Featuring the PlayMakers Repertory Company production of The Mountaintop
October 5, 2013

The Viking Age
Featuring Paul Roberge
October 19, 2013

Modern Egypt: From Colonialism to the Challenge of Democracy
October 26, 2013

The History and Cultures of India
November 9, 2013

Marriage American Style: The Past and Future of a Changing Institution
November 16, 2013

Celebrating Gerhard Weinberg
An Evening Under the Atrium
December 5, 2013

Humanities in Action (click the title for description)

The Arab Spring Revisited
Andrew Reynolds, Associate Professor of Political Science and Chair, Global Studies Curriculum
September 25, 2013
TIME: 5:30 to 7:00 p.m.

Civil Rights in Putin’s Russia
Jonathan Weiler, Director of Undergraduate Studies and Adjunct Assistant Professor, Global Studies
October 9, 2013
TIME: 5:30 to 7:00 p.m.

Girls’ Education in Africa
Barbara Anderson, Lecturer in African, African American, and Diaspora Studies; Associate Director of the African Studies Center
October 16, 2013
TIME: 5:30 to 7:00 p.m.

Mapping NAFTA’s Movements
Altha Cravey, Associate Professor of Geography
October 23, 2013
TIME: 5:30 to 7:00 p.m.

Spotlight on Scholars (click the title for description)

Art, Culture, and Power in Pre-Modern Japan
Morgan Pitelka
October 29, 2013
TIME: 4:30 to 6:00 p.m.

A Good Author is Hard to Kill: Flannery O’Conner and the “Post-South”
Florence Dore
November 5, 2013
TIME: 4:30 to 6:00 p.m.

Literary Battles: Debating the Duties of War Literature in World War I and Today
Hilary Lithgow
November 12, 2013
TIME: 4:30 to 6:00 p.m.

Soccer Politics: Understanding Football in Latin America
Joshua Nadel
December 3, 2013
TIME: 4:30 to 6:00 p.m.