The Institute for the Arts and Humanities is pleased to announce its 2018-2019 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. The deadline for 2019-2020 fellowships is Sept. 27, 2018. Faculty Fellows typically demonstrate a strong track record in working with faculty and students across disciplines, engage in scholarship that makes significant contributions to their respective fields, and demonstrate the potential to effectively communicate the results of their research to a broad audience. The 2018-2019 Fellows and their topics are as … Continued
The UNC College of Arts and Sciences has conducted a national search for the next director of the Institute for the Arts and Humanities. Professor Mark Katz, who has directed the Institute for the Arts and Humanities since 2014, will complete … Continued
The IAH New Faculty Program is designed for faculty in the 1st to 3rd year at Carolina and open to all faculty in the College of Arts and Sciences, not only those in the arts and humanities. It is also open to all faculty ranks … Continued
Dr. Lloyd Kramer, Director of Carolina Public Humanities and Professor in the Department of History at UNC-Chapel Hill, is the 2018 recipient of the George H. Johnson Prize for Distinguished Achievement by an IAH Fellow. Presented by the Institute … Continued
University Research Week, Nov. 5-9, 2018, is led by the UNC Office for Undergraduate Research. The semi-annual, campus-wide event is designed to improve awareness of what it means to be a research university, align the University’s missions of producing world-class research … Continued
The Institute hosts the annual Mary Stevens Reckford Memorial Lecture in European Studies, established in 1990 by UNC Classics Professor Kenneth J. Reckford to honor his wife, Mary Stevens Reckford (February 25, 1934 – November 12, 1987). The lecture is designed to appeal to the public, rather than specialists. Speakers are asked to provide “pleasure, instruction, an interdisciplinary approach and a sense of shared humanity.” Because Mary Reckford’s birthday is Feb. 25, the Institute hosts the lecture within the month of February.
The Institute for the Arts and Humanities has hosted UNC’s Weil Lecture on American Citizenship since 2000. Brothers Henry and Solomon Weil established the lecture in 1915 to widen discussion of the concept in the United States. Presidents Taft and Carter, Eleanor Roosevelt, Senators J. William Fulbright and Nancy Kassebaum and Professor Lester Thurow are among the many distinguished Weil lecturers. Other recent speakers have been members of Congress, diplomats, political commentators and renowned scholars.
UNC Gospel Choir performs at the 2017 Weil Lecture on American Citizenship at Hill Hall on Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2017.
UNC Institute for the Arts and Humanities Director Mark Katz welcomes the audience to the Weil Lecture on American Citizenship and introduces Theodore Shaw, director of the UNC Center for Civil Rights at Hill Hall on Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2017.
Theodore Shaw, director of the UNC Center for Civil Rights, introduces Rev. Dr. William Barber II as the Weil Lecture on American Citizenship at Hill Hall on Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2017.
Cultural Artist and Movement Musicologist Yara Allen leads the audience in song before Rev. Dr. William Barber II delivers the Weil Lecture on American Citizenship at Hill Hall on Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2017.
Rev. Dr. William Barber II delivers the Weil Lecture on American Citizenship at Hill Hall on Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2017.
Author Charles Frazier and music producer T Bone Burnett discussed their work experiences at the Cold Mountain Collaboration event at Moeser Auditorium at Hill Hall on Friday, Sept. 29, 2017. IAH Director and Music Professor Mark Katz moderates.
Author Charles Frazier talks to audience members after the Cold Mountain Collaboration event at Moeser Auditorium at Hill Hall on Friday, Sept. 29, 2017.
T Bone Burnett talks to audience members after the Cold Mountain Collaboration event at Moeser Auditorium at Hill Hall on Friday, Sept. 29, 2017.
Theodore Shaw, director of the UNC Center for Civil Rights, introduces Rev. Dr. William Barber II as the 2017 Weil Lecture on American Citizenship at Hill Hall on Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2017.
Students speak with Hip-hop ambassador, social entrepreneur and activist Toni Blackman at the Women in Hip-Hop series event on October 24, 2018.
Hip-hop ambassador, social entrepreneur and activist Toni Blackman sits down with IAH Director Mark Katz in the University Room for a conversation about using music to break down barriers for the Women in Hip-Hop series event on October 24, 2018.
IAH Director Mark Katz speaks with Hip-hop ambassador, social entrepreneur and activist Toni Blackman in the University Room for a conversation about using music to break down barriers for the Women in Hip-Hop series event on October 24, 2018.
Professor of African, African-American, and Diaspora Studies Kia Caldwell speaks with John and Maggie Stanton at the Salon in Atlanta, Georgia on October 3, 2018.
Alan Neely, a member of the IAH advisory board speaks with other faculty at the Salon in Atlanta, Georgia on October 3, 2018.
IAH Director Mark Katz speaks with Professor of African, African-American, and Diaspora Studies Kia Caldwell at the Salon in Atlanta, Georgia on October 3, 2018.
Director of Carolina Public Humanities Dr.Lloyd Kramer gets honored for the George H. Johnson Prize for Distinguished Achievement by an IAH Fellow on November 2, 2018.
Director of Carolina Public Humanities Dr.Lloyd Kramer gets honored for the George H. Johnson Prize for Distinguished Achievement by an IAH Fellow on November 2, 2018.
IAH Faculty join in the University Room in celebration of Dr.Lloyd Kramer's George H. Johnson Prize for Distinguished Achievement by an IAH Fellow on November 2, 2018.
