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Announcing the 2021-2022 Faculty Fellows
The Institute for the Arts and Humanities is pleased to announce its 2021-2022 cohort of Faculty Fellows. The Faculty Fellowship Program offers UNC College of Arts and Sciences faculty the opportunity to pursue ambitious, exciting, artistic, and scholarly projects that … Continued
Ebony Johnson receives Employee Forum’s 2021 Pinnacle Award
Congratulations to IAH Event Planner Ebony Johnson, who is the recipient of the UNC Employee Forum’s 2021 Pinnacle Award, granted to an employee who has demonstrated leadership, vision, and commitment to excellence, and is on a path of continuous learning … Continued
Introducing the new IAH Director: Dr. Patricia Parker
We are pleased to share that Patricia Parker will be the next director of the Institute for the Arts and Humanities. This is a four-year term, effective July 1. Pat, chair of the department of Communication, has been a member … Continued
Launching: Scholarly 101 Publishing Event Series
The new Scholarly 101 series, developed by Pamela Lothspeich (Director of the New Faculty Program) and Ebony Johnson (Event Planner) features skilled and knowledgeable freelance academic editors who regularly work with first-time book authors, providing editorial guidance and support as … Continued
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Reckford Lecture
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.
Learn more about Reckford LectureWeil Lecture
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.
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