“Pandemics and the Public Sphere: Lessons from Navigating a Global Challenge in the New Era” with Zeynep Tufekci. Zeynep Tufekci is an associate professor at UNC School of Information and Library Science, and a contributing opinion writer at the Atlantic … Read more
The Institute returns in 2021 with new IAH Zoom Talks, the virtual talk series featuring discussions during the COVID-19 crisis. Talks will either be focused on a particular scholar and topic relevant to the many unprecedented issues related to COVID-19, … Read more
In case you missed it, you can now watch Dr. Alondra Nelson’s presentation “Society after Pandemic” that was recorded for IAH Zoom Talks on Sept. 9, 2020.
Dr. Alondra Nelson will deliver the lecture entitled, “Society after Pandemic” on Sept. 9.
“Legislating Gender and Sexuality in Africa” with Associate Professor Lydia Boyd & Associate Professor Emily Burrill Click here to register! The UNC authors discuss their recently released edited volume, Legislating Gender and Sexuality in Africa: Human Rights, Society, and the State, which began as a … Read more
The IAH Welcome Back Lecture, as part of the Zoom Talks series, welcomes Professor Sheila Jasanoff of Harvard University.
Karol V. Mason, President, John Jay College of Criminal Justice Click here to register! Over the course of her long career, John Jay College President Karol V. Mason has been a legal pioneer and an exceptional voice for equality, fairness, and criminal … Read more
Professor of Comparative Literature (UC-Berkeley) Judith Butler joins IAH Director Andy Perrin and English Professor Florence Dore (UNC-CH) to discuss the essential role of humanistic work during the current pandemic. She also discusses the oft-overlooked considerations necessary for reopening universities in the fall.
Judith Butler is Maxine Elliot Professor in the Department of Comparative Literature and the Program of Critical Theory at the University of California, Berkeley.
Jane F. Thrailkill is a Bank of America Honors Term Associate Professor and teaches American literature and health humanities in the Department of English and Comparative Literature at UNC-Chapel Hill.
