Weekend Seminars
This fall Carolina Public Humanities offers three types of weekend seminars:
SPEAKER and SALON series
This new half-day series features a mid-morning lecture followed by facilitated table discussions over lunch. The meal is included in the registration fee.
- Kingdom, Commodity, or Community? The Religious and Philosophical Meanings of Nature | Saturday, September 10 (10:30am-1:30pm) – IN-PERSON
- Edible North Carolina: Exploring our State’s Food Cultures | Saturday, October 8 (9:15 am-3:45 pm) – IN-PERSON
DIALOGUES series
These half-day seminars feature two scholars whose presentations lead into a dialogic conversation on a relevant cultural or historical subject. A meal is not included with this series.
- Guns and American Society: Then and Now | Saturday, October 15 (9:00 am-12:00 pm) – IN-PERSON and VIRTUAL
- Republics Then and Now: From Rome to America | Saturday, October 22 (9:00 am-12:30 pm) – IN-PERSON and VIRTUAL
- Authoritarianism and Autocracies in Modern Europe | Saturday, November 5 (9:00 am-12:30 pm) – IN-PERSON and VIRTUAL
DISTINGUISHED SCHOLAR series
Each all-day Adventures in Ideas seminar features three talks by a distinguished scholar who provides an in-depth exploration of a specific topic. An optional lunch is available.
- What Happened in Ukraine during the Battles and Holocaust of World War II? | Saturday, September 17 (9:30 am-3:00 pm) – IN-PERSON and VIRTUAL
- Dance! The Marriage of Sound and Movement | Saturday, December 3 (9:30am-3:00pm) – IN-PERSON and VIRTUAL
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Carolina Public Humanities offers three types of weekend seminars: Adventures in Ideas and Dialogues. Adventures in Ideas is our flagship program. We have hosted over 850 seminars since 1979, educating and entertaining over 55,000 participants. These sessions feature in-depth explorations of topics drawing on the latest scholarship and the most dynamic faculty from UNC and other area institutions. Built around a single topic, theme, approach, or sometimes purposely eclectic, these seminars help us appreciate the depth and interwoven nature of knowledge. Dialogues are half-day programs that put two scholars in conversation with each other on a related topic. SPEAKER and SALON series For information about UNC GAA discounts and other scholarships available to Humanities Program participants, click here. For information about our cancellation policy, discounts, and more, please visit our General Information page.
This new half-day series features a mid-morning lecture followed by facilitated table discussions over lunch.