May 14, 2018: The Dean
This week’s guest is Arts & Sciences dean Kevin Guskiewicz, chatting with Max and Aaron about the importance of the humanities in higher education writ large.
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May 7, 2018: From Luther To Graham
Posted by Aaron Keck | May 10, 2018 | Oh, The Humanities!
CPH launches its summer season with “The Protestant Reformation and Modern Culture Wars,” a seminar featuring UNC’s Molly Worthen. She and Lloyd Kramer join Aaron to discuss the topic.
Read MoreApril 30, 2018: Public Humanities
Posted by Aaron Keck | Apr 30, 2018 | Oh, The Humanities!
Max isn’t the only one on campus whose work focuses on promoting the public humanities: this week’s guest Robyn Schroeder is the director of Humanities for the Public Good, a new initiative funded by a Mellon grant.
Read MoreApril 23, 2018: Jane Austen (and Frankenstein?)
Posted by Aaron Keck | Apr 23, 2018 | Oh, The Humanities!
This week, Max brings Inger Brodey and James Thompson, who are heading up UNC’s Jane Austen Summer Program.
Read MoreApril 16, 2018: Leaving Eden
Posted by Aaron Keck | Apr 17, 2018 | Oh, The Humanities!
Rachel Schaevitz brings along Rachel Seidman, the director of UNC’s Southern Oral History Program, for a discussion about the “cycles of history” in conjunction with PlayMakers’ new show “Leaving Eden.”
Read MoreApril 9, 2018: Civility (And Its Discontents?)
Posted by Aaron Keck | Apr 10, 2018 | Oh, The Humanities!
CPH director Lloyd Kramer and Adams Fellow Lauren Townsend discuss this weekend’s Adams Symposium for the Humanities: “Disagreements, Intolerance, and Incivility in Public Life,” with NYU law professor Jeremy Waldron.
Read MoreApril 2, 2018: Europe Week
Posted by Aaron Keck | Apr 3, 2018 | Oh, The Humanities!
With “Europe Week” coming up on campus April 8-13, Rachel Schaevitz brings in Katie Lindner and Noel Bynum from UNC’s Center for European Studies.
Read MoreMarch 26, 2018: Marchons! Marchons!
Posted by Aaron Keck | Mar 27, 2018 | Oh, The Humanities!
CPH director Lloyd Kramer joins Max and Aaron to discuss the French Revolution.
Read MoreMarch 19, 2018: Equality And The Market?
Posted by Aaron Keck | Mar 22, 2018 | Oh, The Humanities!
UNC political theorist Jeff Spinner-Halev discusses his upcoming talk, “Can We Have a Market Economy and Equality?”
Read MoreMarch 12, 2018: Critical Race Theory
Posted by Aaron Keck | Mar 13, 2018 | Oh, The Humanities!
Rachel Schaevitz and Dwight Tanner join Aaron to discuss an upcoming symposium/seminar on race in American culture.
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