featuring Nadia Yaqub, Professor of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies Finalist for the National Book Award. Longlisted for the 2021 International Booker Prize. "Though Minor Detail initially promises to be a kind of counterhistory or whodunit—a rescue of the victim’s … Read more
featuring Max Owre, Executive Director of Carolina Public Humanities "Aimé Césaire’s Discourse on Colonialism might be best described as a declaration of war... speaks in revolutionary cadences, capturing the spirit of its age." — Robin D.G. Kelley, Distinguished Professor … Read more
featuring Christian Lentz, Associate Professor of Geography and Environment Learn about the deeper contexts behind issues too often reduced to sound bites. DETAILS Guests may attend Humanities in Action lectures IN PERSON or VIRTUALLY. Cost: $20; $15 with a … Read more
featuring Gail Ceasar and Georgann Eubanks Join us for an evening of music and conversation on the Flyleaf Stage. This special, free, Flyleaf Music Series event will celebrate the launch of the sixth book from the Music Maker Foundation, Song … Read more
featuring Letitia Guran, Teaching Assistant Professor of Romance Studies Learn about the deeper contexts behind issues too often reduced to sound bites. DETAILS Guests may attend Humanities in Action lectures IN PERSON or VIRTUALLY. Cost: $20; $15 with a … Read more
featuring Kimberly J. Stern, Associate Professor of English and Comparative Literature Oliver Twist is both a topical satire and a moral fable aimed at the workhouse system in Victorian England, as well as the 1834 New Poor Law, which Dickens … Read more
featuring Angel Hsu, Assistant Professor of Public Policy Learn about the deeper contexts behind issues too often reduced to sound bites. DETAILS Guests may attend Humanities in Action lectures IN PERSON or VIRTUALLY. Cost: $20; $15 with a Carolina … Read more
featuring Kimberly J. Stern, Associate Professor of English and Comparative Literature Oliver Twist is both a topical satire and a moral fable aimed at the workhouse system in Victorian England, as well as the 1834 New Poor Law, which Dickens … Read more
featuring Jennifer Flaherty, Lecturer in Slavic and Eurasian Studies at Duke University "One of the greatest novelists in all of world literature." – Goodreads “This new English version by the most acclaimed of Dostoevsky's translators is a masterpiece of … Read more
featuring Jennifer Flaherty, Lecturer in Slavic and Eurasian Studies at Duke University "One of the greatest novelists in all of world literature." – Goodreads “This new English version by the most acclaimed of Dostoevsky's translators is a masterpiece of … Read more
