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September 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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September 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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September 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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August 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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August 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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August 17, 2020: The Pandemic and Sports

Posted by Aaron Keck | Aug 17, 2020 | Oh, The Humanities!

Max and Aaron are joined by Jonathan Weiler for a discussion of pro and college sports – and their decision to play, or not to play, in the pandemic.

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June 29, 2020: School’s Out (Finally)!

Posted by Aaron Keck | Jun 29, 2020 | Oh, The Humanities!

CPH gets ready to take a short summer break. Max and Aaron discuss plans for the fall – and what campus is likely to look and feel like come August.

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June 22, 2020: Happiness and Religion

Posted by Aaron Keck | Jun 22, 2020 | Oh, The Humanities!

Joanna Smith discusses an upcoming online “happy hour” on the topic of happiness itself. (She’ll be talking about the link between happiness and religion.)