January 28th at 6:30 PM EST, the Human Rights Research Network will be presenting “The Trial: The State of Russia vs. Oleg Sentsov,” moderated by Kathleen MacFie, Director of International and Global Studies. The film is a documentary covering the case of Ukrainian director Oleg Sentsov, who was detained by… Continue reading…
UNCG OIE, partnered with NC A&T and Guilford College, will hold our annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration January 27th at 6pm. This year we will celebrate virtually. Several student leaders from each campus will perform spoken word pieces inspired by the letters and speeches of Dr. Martin Luther King,… Continue reading…
HNAC and the UNCG School of Music are cohosting the presentation “Barbra Streisand and Second Wave Feminism in New Hollywood Film,” presented by Julie Herbert at 4PM EST. This presentation interrogates feminist filmmaking in New Hollywood at the height of the “women’s lib” movement in the early 1970s by reassessing… Continue reading…
On Tuesday, January 26th at 4 P.M. EST, the Humanities Network and Consortium and the African American and African Diaspora Studies Program are co-hosting “Mary Church Terrell and Black Women’s Civic Leadership,” a webinar by Dr. Alison M. Parker of the University of Delaware. This webinar focuses on the life… Continue reading…
HNAC (Humanities Network and Consortium) is offering 4-6 $100-300 project development mini-grants for UNCG faculty members in the Humanities (Tenure Track or Non-Tenure Track). This HNAC Mini-Grants are designed to help pay for expenses associated with research expenses related to publications, exhibitions, grant writing, or other project development/completion expenses. Qualifying… Continue reading…
UNC Greensboro’s Department of Philosophy will host Krista Thomason, a UNCG alumna and author of Naked: The Dark Side of Shame and Moral Life, for a Zoom talk on the topic of online shaming.Social media platforms such as Twitter and Facebook have become mediums for public shaming of bad behavior. Defenders of… Continue reading…
Gina Adams’ work in To the Hoop: Basketball and Contemporary Art entwines the histories of indigenous cultures, art, and basketball. Adams acknowledges that many Native Americans see the game of basketball as a path to both higher education and acceptance into popular culture. But, also notes that basketball’s history in… Continue reading…
On Friday Oct 30th from 12:30-1:30pm, we are excited to bring back the HNAC Cafe series. This session is “HNAC Cafe: Women and Activism in North Carolina,” with Mandy Carter, Virginia Adamson, Dot Kearns, and Glenn Perkins. Enjoy virtual coffee, cookies (at home!) and stimulating conversation with UNCG’s Humanities Network & Consortium. This… Continue reading…
Join the University of North Carolina at Greensboro’s (UNCG) University Libraries for a virtual author talk-back with award-winning novelist and essayist, Laila Lalami, as she discusses her collection of work and latest publication, Conditional Citizens. Moderating the event will be Dr. Omar Ali, Dean of UNCG’s Lloyd International Honors College and… Continue reading…
At noon on October 26th, Dr. Jennifer Feather of UNC Greensboro’s English Department will be presenting “rumor in ambiguo est”: Abusive Authority, Public Emotion, and Renaissance Theater, in which she will be considering r*pe in the Brett Kavanaugh confirmation hearings and in early modern theater. Register here: https://forms.gle/XwDZYUZMazQbTvMY9
