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Weil Speaker Judy Woodruff on ‘America at the Crossroads’

Judy Woodruff at the PBS News Hour desk.

In advance of the 2024 Weil Lecture on March 25, Director Patricia Parker conducts a phone interview with speaker Judy Woodruff.



Examining Biblical Texts with Assistant Professor Hugo Mendez

Hugo Mendez

Assistant professor of religious studies Hugo Mendez (FFP ’22) discusses his research in his recent book projects.



International Collaborative Research with Associate Professor Andrea Bohlman

Andrea Bohlman outside of Hill Hall.

Andrea Bohlman is an associate professor of music who received a 2023 Summer International Collaborative Research Grant from the Institute for the Arts and Humanities.



Episode 131: The Women of NOW with Historian Katherine Turk

Katherine Turk

Historian Katherine Turk (FFP ’21) discusses her new book, The Women of NOW: How Feminists Built an Organization that Transformed America.



Episode 130: When the Swelling Goes Down with Actor, Playwright Samuel Ray Gates

Samuel Gates

Actor and playwright Samuel Ray Gates (FFP ’22) talks about his Faculty Fellowship experience, where he continued his work on his one-person show, When the Swelling Goes Down.



Digital Humanities, Game Studies, and International Collaborations with Courtney Rivard

Courtney Rivard

Recorded in spring 2023, Courtney Rivard, a 2023 fellow in the Tyson Academic Leadership Program, discusses her work as Director of the digital literacy and communications lab at UNC. She also shares recent projects in digital humanities, gaming studies, and a book that she worked on during her spring 2022 Faculty Fellowship. 



Kenneth Janken on Bringing the Wilmington Ten to the Public’s Attention

Kenneth Janken speaks at a lectern in the University Room for the George H. Johnson Prize Lecture.

African, African American and diaspora studies professor Kenneth Janken received the 2022 George H. Johnson Prize for Distinguished Achievement by an IAH Fellow. On March 23, 2023, he received the award and delivered a lecture, “Bringing the Wilmington Ten to the Public’s Attention: One Historian’s Experience in Public Humanities.” Before his lecture, he sat down to talk about his research, public reaction to the cas … Read more



Episode 127: Slavery as History and Memory with 2023 Reckford Lecturer Ana Lucia Araujo

Patricia Parker and Ana Lucia Araujo

Director Patricia Parker talks with 2023 Reckford Lecture speaker and historian Ana Lucia Araujo about her research.



Public Humanities Engagement and Interdisciplinary Collaborations with Patricia Parker – Part 2

Patricia Parker smiles in the Hyde Hall courtyard, with the Fellows fountain behind her.

Institute for the Arts and Humanities Patricia Parker talks about the impact of public humanities engagement. She also shares her recent interdisciplinary collaborations with other UNC faculty and international partners.



Leadership and Engaged Humanities Scholarship with Patricia Parker – Part 1

Patricia Parker smiles in the Hyde Hall courtyard, with the Fellows fountain behind her.

Institute for the Arts and Humanities Director Patricia Parker reflects on her first year leading the IAH, and how her experiences and work in engaged scholarship prepared her for the role.



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