By the Book: American Refuge with Diya Abdo // Feb 7 @ 6pm
January 31, 2023
“By the Book: American Refuge with Diya Abdo” Tuesday, Feb. 7th, 2023, 6pm Presenter: Dr. Diya Abdo, Professor of English at Guilford College Greensboro History Museum Join us for a conversation with Dr. Diya Abdo. Her new book American Refuge: True Stories of the Refugee Experience shares the stories of … Continued
HNAC Cafe: Education in the Carceral System // Feb 2 @ 5:30pm
January 30, 2023
“HNAC Cafe: Education in the Carceral System” Thursday, Feb. 2nd, 2023, 5:30pm Presenters: Kristen Powers, Benevolence Farm; Mona Evans, Benevolence Farm; Crystal Thompson, UNCG English Department; Jeffrey Kaplan, UNCG Philosophy Department Weatherspoon Art Museum Please join us for our first HNAC Cafe of the semester: a roundtable discussion concerning education … Continued
Irna Priore Music and Culture Lecture Series: Rescued from Obscurity // 4pm on Fri, Jan 27th
January 22, 2023
“Rescued from Obscurity: Classical Form and Diegetic Music in Puccini’s Operas” Friday, Jan. 27th, 2023, 4pm Presenter: Dr. Karen Messina, UNCG Lecturer in Music Theory UNCG, Music Building, Room 217 Despite his enduring popularity in opera houses around the world, Puccini’s academic respectability has only solidified in the twenty-first century. … Continued
International Human Rights Film Series: Dreams of Chonta // 6:30pm on Thur, Jan 26th
January 22, 2023
Dreams of Chonta Film Screening and Discussion Thursday, Jan. 26th, 2023, 6:30pm Moderator: Dr. Daniel Castro Pantoja, Assistant Professor of Musicology UNCG, School of Education Building, Room 114 Dreams of Chonta follows the experiences of an Afro-Colombian musician, Diego, who emigrated to the United States in pursuit of success in … Continued
Historical Roots of Our Time: Caste and Race // 12pm on Thur, Jan 19th
January 18, 2023
“Caste and Race: Interconnected, yet Distinct, Systems of Oppression” Thursday, Jan. 19, 2023, noon Presenters: Dr. Jeremy Rinker, UNCG Peace and Conflict Studies and Dr. Gaurav Pathania, Assistant Professor of Sociology and Peacebuilding in the Center for Justice and Peacebuilding (CJP) at Eastern Mennonite University Zoom: Register here: http://go.uncg.edu/historicalroots Increasingly caste … Continued
HNAC Café: Dancing the Archive // 5:30pm on Thur, Nov 3rd
October 28, 2022
What are the intersections between humanities research and choreographic practice? How can archival research support dance-making? UNCG MFA students and alumni in Dance from three different cohorts share their experiences with archival research. Presenters: Chelsea Hilding, MFA (2022) Elijah Motley, MFA candidate (2023) Lisa Hines, MFA student (2024) Moderated by … Continued
HNAC Café: Sustainability Film Series // 5:30pm on Thur, Oct 6th
October 5, 2022
Please join HNAC on Thursday, October 6th for a café in collaboration with the Sustainability Film Series. We will screen “River of Gold,” a film that explores mining in the amazon, with a discussion led by Stephanie Friede. Refreshments from Borough Coffee will be available in the Weatherspoon Art Museum Courtyard … Continued
Artists Panel Discussion: Gilded // 4-5pm on Thur, Sept 29th
September 27, 2022
Virtual event, register HERE. Featured Gilded artists Larissa Bates, Shinji Turner-Yamamoto, and Summer Wheat come together to share their distinct techniques for working with gold leaf and to talk about how they use this precious material to address a breadth of themes in their work, from history to literature to the environment. Larissa Bates explores histories of colonialism … Continued