November 9, 2020: “Ordinary Men”
Joined by Lloyd Kramer, Aaron chats with Holocaust historian Christopher Browning, who’s speaking Thursday about his seminal book “Ordinary Men.”
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November 2, 2020: Counting The Ways
Posted by Aaron Keck | Nov 2, 2020 | Oh, The Humanities!
Max and Aaron are joined by UNC professor Beverly Taylor, who’s speaking Friday at an online event on the Victorian poet Elizabeth Barrett Browning.
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Read MoreOctober 26, 2020: “The Perils of Preserving Historical Memory”
Posted by Aaron Keck | Oct 26, 2020 | Oh, The Humanities!
Aaron looks back to the ancients with Joanna Smith, who’s organizing a panel discussion later this week on “The Perils of Preserving Historical Memory.”
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Read MoreOctober 12, 2020: Black Newspapers and Digitization
Posted by Aaron Keck | Oct 12, 2020 | Oh, The Humanities!
Max and Aaron are joined by art historian Lyneise Williams, who’ll be discussing the digital “erasure” of black newspapers at an event on Wednesday.
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Read MoreOctober 5, 2020: Polarizing Presidential Elections
Posted by Aaron Keck | Oct 5, 2020 | Oh, The Humanities!
Fred Kiger and Suzanne Globetti discuss a weeklong seminar on “Polarization and Presidential Elections that Divided America” – like 1860 and 1968.
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Read MoreSeptember 28, 2020: “Teaching Hard History”
Posted by Aaron Keck | Sep 28, 2020 | Oh, The Humanities!
Carolina K-12 director Christie Norris discusses an initiative called “Teaching Hard History,” giving teachers tools to teach difficult history in class.
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Read MoreSeptember 21, 2020: “Historical Injustice and Memory”
Posted by Aaron Keck | Sep 21, 2020 | Oh, The Humanities!
Aaron and CPH’s Lloyd Kramer speak with historian Dirk Moses, who’s speaking at an upcoming event on “Historical (In)Justice and Memory Today.”
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Read MoreSeptember 14, 2020: “The Public University and American Democracy”
Posted by Aaron Keck | Sep 14, 2020 | Oh, The Humanities!
Max and Aaron are joined by UNC sociologist Andrew Perrin, who’ll speak at Wednesday’s online event. (Also, Max drops big news about UNC History.)
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Read MoreAugust 31, 2020: “The Ethics of Pandemics”
Posted by Aaron Keck | Aug 31, 2020 | Oh, The Humanities!
Max and Aaron are joined by UNC epidemiologist Jim Thomas, who’ll be discussing the “ethics of pandemics” at an online event on September 1.
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Read MoreAugust 24, 2020: Zoomanities
Posted by Aaron Keck | Aug 24, 2020 | Oh, The Humanities!
Max Owre and Lloyd Kramer discuss the challenges – and the opportunities – of online teaching and organizing humanities events via Zoom.
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