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December 14, 2020: One More For The Road (For Now)

Posted by Aaron Keck | Dec 14, 2020 | Oh, The Humanities!

For our last round of the weekly Oh The Humanities segment, Max Owre and Lloyd Kramer discuss plans for 2021 – and honor Aaron as a “P.H.G.”

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November 30, 2020: Holidays and Rituals

Posted by Aaron Keck | Nov 30, 2020 | Oh, The Humanities!

Aaron chats with Joanna Smith about how rituals (especially around food) make holidays meaningful – and what that means today, with everything upended.

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November 16, 2020: Reparations

Posted by Aaron Keck | Nov 16, 2020 | Oh, The Humanities!

Aaron chats with Joanna Smith about an upcoming event this week called “From Here to Equality: The Role of Reparations in Healing America.”

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November 9, 2020: “Ordinary Men”

Posted by Aaron Keck | Nov 9, 2020 | Oh, The Humanities!

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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October 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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October 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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October 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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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.