Spring 2021 Virtual Events
Spring 2021 Virtual Schedule
Click the series pages or event pages below for complete pricing and event information. Dates and times are subject to slight changes this semester, so please keep checking our website (humanities.unc.edu) for updates.
- Escape! Imaginary Lands and Magical Reality | February 11-12 (5–8 pm)
- World War II in the Pacific | February 20 (9:30 am–3:00 pm)
- The Global Challenge of Religious Freedom | March 5-6 (5–8 pm / 9:30 am–12 pm)
- What Can Humans Learn from Animals? | March 25-26 (5–8 pm)
- The Olympic Games: Peaceful Internationalism or Nationalist Competition? | April 29-30 (5–8 pm)
Humanities in Action online talks
- 2020 Election Overview | January 27 (3:30– 5 pm)
- Race and Voting Rights in North Carolina | February 3 (3:30–5 pm)
- The Biden Administration and Healthcare Reform | February 17 (3:30–5 pm)
- The History of Jim Crow Laws in North Carolina | February 24 (3:30–5 pm)
- Gig Economies and Radical Political Movements | March 10 (3:30–5 pm)
- The New American Populocracy: How the Rise of Populist Attitudes Threatens Our Democracy | March 17 (3:30–5 pm)
- North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell | Wednesdays, February 3 & 10 (10 am–12 pm)
- SOLD OUT – Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare | Tuesday, February 16 (10 am–12 pm)
- Confessions of an English Opium-Eater by Thomas De Quincey | Tuesdays, February 23 & March 2 (10 am–12 pm)
- The Hour of the Star by Clarice Lispector | Tuesday, March 9 (10 am–12 pm)
- SOLD OUT – The Nature of Things by Lucretius | Tuesdays, March 23 & 30 (10 am–12 pm)
- SOLD OUT – “The Judgment” and “In the Penal Colony” by Franz Kafka | Wednesdays, April 7 & 14 (10 am–12 pm)
- SOLD OUT – Beyond the University: Why Liberal Education Matters by Michael S. Roth | Wednesdays, April 21 & 28 (10 am–12 pm)
Lunch with Friends & Strangers
- Hassan Melehy on Jack Kerouac | February 12 (12–1 pm)
- Charlene Regester on Dorothy Dandridge | February 19 (12–1 pm)
- Matt Andrews on Muhammad Ali | February 26 (12–1 pm)
- Kathleen DuVal on Manteo | March 5 (12–1 pm)
- Victoria Rovine on the Pith Helmet | March 26 (12–1 pm)
- Heidi Kim on Jade Snow Wong | March 31 (12–1 pm) **NEW DATE**
- Philip Gura on William Apess | April 9 (12–1 pm)
- The Fragility of Democracy | January 21 (5-6:30 pm)
- Cultural PostMortem 2020 | January 27 (5:30-7 pm)
- Alone Again in Fukushima: A Documentary Screening and Conversation | February 4 (7-8 pm)
- The 2021 E. Maynard Adams Symposium for the Humanities: What Should the Work Ethic Mean in a Twenty-First Century Capitalist Society? | April 16-17 (5:30–7pm / 9am–12:30pm)
Brown Bag Foreign Language Lunches
French Lunch
- Monday, February 1 w/ Jessica Tanner
- Monday, March 1 w/ Hannelore Jarusch
- Monday, April 5 w/ Hannelore Jarusch
- Monday, May 3 w/ Jessica Tanner
German Lunch
- Thursday, February 25 w/ Christina Weiler
- Wednesday, March 24 w/ Gabriel Trop
- Thursday, April 22 w/ Christina Weiler
Italian Lunch
- Friday, February 5 w/ Jennifer Mackenzie
- Friday, April 9 w/ Jennifer Mackenzie