Author Archives: Ruby Wang
Q&A with Sharon Holland: Outsider art, the Faculty Fellowship, community work, and more
Ruby WangSharon Holland is a distinguished professor of American studies. She is the author of Raising the Dead: Readings of Death and (Black) Subjectivity (Duke University Press, 2000); co-author of Crossing Waters, Crossing Wor … Read more
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Research initiative continues impact: examining race and memory
Ruby WangWhat began as a temporary, three-year initiative offering support to focused research topics, the Institute’s Race, Memory, and Reckoning Initiative has now become a sustained component within the flagship Faculty Fellow … Read more
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Call for Nomination Applications: National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Stipends
Ruby WangThe Institute for the Arts and Humanities is accepting applications for nomination for the NEH Summer Stipend program, due August 22, 2025, and can be submitted on Interfolio. Faculty members teaching full-time at colle … Read more
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Episode 140: Brian Hsu’s Collaborations on Cherokee Word Order, Star Trek, and the Faculty Fellowship
Ruby WangBrian Hsu is an assistant professor of linguistics and specializes in formal linguistics. Brian Hsu (FFP ’24) joins us this episode to share how he fell in love with language and linguistics from a young age. Additionall … Read more
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Advancing Research on Central Asian Modern History and Asian Diasporic Foodscapes
Ruby WangAfter launching the Summer International Collaboration Research Grant in 2023, the Institute awarded SICR grants to associate professors Eren Tasar and Ji-Yeon Jo (FFP ’24) to conduct research in Austria and South Korea … Read more
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The Institute’s Year in Review 2024
Ruby WangIn each episode of The Institute, we ask guests the piece of media that has significantly impact on them. The Institute is the IAH’s podcast where we profile faculty, IAH grant recipients, and guest lecturers to s … Read more
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2023-24 Publication Support Grant Awardees
Ruby WangThe Arts and Humanities Publication Support Grant offers funding towards the publication of a book, monograph or performance recording. The Institute for the Arts and Humanities extends our congratulations to last … Read more
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Episode 138: Milada Vachudova on Political Change in Europe and Importance of Interdisciplinary Connections
Ruby WangIn this episode, Vachudova provides context for recent democratic backsliding in countries like Hungary and Poland, and its impact on civic participation and engagement.
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Decoding Fertility Paradoxes in East Asia
Ruby WangIn November, the Carolina Asia Center and the Institute for the Arts and Humanities invited UNC Greensboro assistant professor Ting Wang to deliver a lecture about her research on fertility rates in East Asian countries. … Read more
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Ex Machina’s Interdisciplinary Triumph: Bridging Technology and the Humanities
Ruby WangWhen Clara Yang first submitted her project for the UNC music department’s biennial Festival on the Hill, she didn’t anticipate Ex Machina to become as large as it is has become. What began as a series of questions about … Read more
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