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Now Accepting Applications, Nominations for Academic Leadership Program Fellowships
The Institute for the Arts and Humanities is now accepting applications and nominations for the 2016 – 2017 Academic Leadership Program (ALP), due October 30, 2015. The ALP helps prepare and support current and emerging academic leaders at UNC. Eight Fellows, selected annually from units throughout the University, engage in a series of activities to help them develop leadership skills, clarify their career commitment … Read more
Former U.S. Congressman, author Barney Frank to Discuss ‘Downsizing our Global Ambition’ for the 2015 Weil Lecture on American Citizenship
Former U.S. Congressman Barney Frank will deliver the 2015 Weil Lecture on American Citizenship, hosted by the Institute for the Arts and Humanities, a part of the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of North Carolina. The free public talk, “Indispensability Abroad vs Effective Democratic Governance at Home,” will take place on September 24, 2015 at 7:30 p.m. in Carroll Hall Auditorium, located at 114 East … Read more
IAH Welcomes 2015-2016 Cohort of Faculty Fellows
The Institute for the Arts and Humanities is pleased to announce its 2015-2016 cohort of Faculty Fellows. The Faculty Fellows Program provides on-campus leaves for faculty in the College of Arts and Sciences to work on interdisciplinary scholarly projects. Fellows also gather weekly around a meal to discuss their projects and professional development goals under the guidance of Michele Tracy Berger, Associate … Read more
Victoria Rovine: The universality of textiles
Since the early 1990s, associate professor of art Victoria Rovine has conducted research in Mali, where she first discovered her love of textiles.
The art of surgery: Cary Levine on the intersection of art and science
It’s seven a.m. on a spring morning, and associate professor of art Cary Levine is at UNC’s Memorial Hospital, delivering an early morning lecture to an unexpected crowd—UNC-CH medical students.
Two gifts will ‘supercharge’ faculty fellowships
The Institute for the Arts and Humanities has received two gifts totaling $2.6 million to support faculty scholarship, leadership and collaboration.
The ‘complete picture’: The IAH remembers Dean Smith
In the early 2000s, Kenan Professor of English Alan Shapiro received an unusual job offer from Dean Smith.
Difficult Conversations continues
Last month, faculty from across the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill gathered for the inauguration of the Difficult Conversations series.
International Hip-Hop Artists Converge on Chapel Hill
During the week of April 13–17, professional hip-hop artists from Africa, Asia, and Europe will be in residence at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Michael Gerhardt to speak on Forgotten Presidents
IAH Fellow and Samuel Ashe Distinguished Professor of Constitutional Law Michael Gerhardt will speak on his recent book, The Forgotten Presidents and Their Constitutional Legacy.
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