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A Month of Pride
Institute for the Arts and HumanitiesJune is Pride Month, celebrating and recognizing lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, and asexual people. In marking the month, the IAH joins those across the world who are allied in creating and sustaining inclusive communities that affirm the rights and identities of LGBTQIA people.
Read moreMusical Change a’Coming with Dr. Jocelyn Neal
Dr. Jocelyn Neal, Bowman and Gordon Gray Distinguished Term Professor of Music
Whose musics should be studied and performed in music departments? What background do students need to succeed in college-level music studies? And what skills, knowledge, and experiences should the study of music impart?
Read moreCatalytic Leadership with Professor Patricia Parker
Sophia Ramos, IAH Communications Specialist
Who is Ella J. Baker, and what can we learn from her efforts that helped strengthen equity in America? Dr. Patricia Parker, Chair of the Department of Communication in the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, has an answer.
Read moreSeeing through Cloth: Looms and Power in French Colonial West Africa
Professor Victoria Rovine
My current book project is focused on textiles and weaving in the French colony of Soudan Français (today Mali) during the interwar period of the 1920s and 30s. On the face of it, this topic seems a world away from the pandemics of disease and racism we face today. Yet, I find resonances of the contemporary moment in this art historical study of cloth and colonial power…
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