featuring Dana Cowen (Sheldon Peck Curator for European and American Art before 1950, Ackland Art Museum) and Ellen Welch (Professor of Romance Studies) Join us for light refreshments, lively discussion of Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s last great work, Reveries of the … Read more
featuring Carolyn Allmendinger (Director of Education and Interpretation, Ackland Art Museum) and Max Owre (Carolina Public Humanities Executive Director and Teaching Assistant Professor of History) This tour of the Ackland Art Museum's exhibition, Reform to Restoration, will highlight select … Read more
Carolina Public Humanities is teaming up with the Ackland Art Museum to explore the beauty of the natural world and the dynamic, multifaceted aspects of humanity during the Dutch Golden Age. Join Dana Cowen, Sheldon Peck Curator at the Ackland … Read more
This event is SOLD OUT. Due to large demand, we will repeat this program on Friday, December 16 from 3:30-5:00 pm. Click here to register for the December 16 program. Carolina Public Humanities is teaming up with the Ackland … Read more
In collaboration with the Ackland Art Museum Join us in reading artist and author Edmund de Waal’s captivating family memoir The Hare with Amber Eyes, which traces the story of his family through a collection of hand-carved Japanese netsuke as the objects traveled … Read more
This spring, we are collaborating with the Ackland Art Museum to highlight Japanese art and literature! Yuko Kato, Teaching Associate Professor of Japanese, will lead a discussion on the award-winning short novel Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata, an exciting … Read more
This event is sold out. To be added to the event wait list, please email human@unc.edu with your name, email, and preferred phone number. Carolina Public Humanities is teaming up with the Ackland Art Museum to explore the ways in … Read more
Carolina Public Humanities is teaming up with the Ackland Art Museum to explore the ways in which we tell the story of the American West. Join Jennifer Howard, doctoral candidate in English and Comparative Literature, and Carolyn Allmendinger, Ackland’s … Read more
This event is sold out. Email human@unc.edu with your name, phone number, or email. Carolina Public Humanities is teaming up with the Ackland Art Museum to explore the ways in which art can help us understand the complexity of the … Read more
Carolina Public Humanities is teaming up with the Ackland Art Museum for an exploration of portraiture in contemporary art and literature! Join Geovani Ramírez, doctoral candidate in English and Comparative Literature specializing in Multi-ethnic and Latina/o US literature, in a … Read more
