March 2020
**CANCELLED** 2020 E. Maynard Adams Symposium for the Humanities – Philosophy, Prisons, and the Search for Social Justice
Unfortunately, the keynote speaker for this year's Maynard Adams Symposium, Professor Tommie Shelby at Harvard University, is unable to travel because of specific coronavirus-related travel restrictions at his University. This year's Adams Symposium on "Philosophy, Prisons, and the Search for Social Justice" (March 20-21) has therefore been cancelled. If we are able to reschedule this event later in the year, information will be posted on our website (humanities.unc.edu). The fourth annual symposium in honor of distinguished UNC philosopher Maynard Adams…
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*Postponed* Teaching with “The Light of Truth:” A Symposium on Ida B. Wells Barnett
Ida B. Wells-Barnett used investigative journalism to reveal the horrors of racial violence and lynching in the U.S. during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Join the Orange County Community Remembrance Coalition (OCCRC) in celebrating the work of this pioneering African American journalist who risked her life to shine "the light of truth." The Symposium includes conversations with national award-winning journalists, workshops and performances regarding the life and work of Ida B. Wells as a journalist, advocate & educator.…
Find out more »April 2022
The 2022 E. Maynard Adams Symposium for the Humanities
To view recordings of the 2022 Adams Symposium, click the following links: The fifth annual symposium in honor of distinguished UNC philosopher Maynard Adams (1919–2003) will feature keynote speaker Tommie Shelby, Caldwell Titcomb Professor of African & African American Studies and of Philosophy at Harvard University. Professor Shelby explores how racism, racial identities, and racial politics affect American society. His work includes influential books such as Dark Ghettos: Injustice, Dissent, and Reform (2016) and the co-edited collection, To Shape a…
Find out more »The 2022 E. Maynard Adams Symposium for the Humanities
To view recordings of the 2022 Adams Symposium, click the following links: The fifth annual symposium in honor of distinguished UNC philosopher Maynard Adams (1919–2003) will feature keynote speaker Tommie Shelby, Caldwell Titcomb Professor of African & African American Studies and of Philosophy at Harvard University. Professor Shelby explores how racism, racial identities, and racial politics affect American society. His work includes influential books such as Dark Ghettos: Injustice, Dissent, and Reform (2016) and the co-edited collection, To Shape a…
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