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“What is the real basis of a public enterprise?” The Cherokee Nation and the Social Safety Net In this lecture, Reed will discuss why nineteenth-century Cherokee people chose to surrender aspects of their holistic system of care for others rooted … Read more
“Storytellers and Sociopaths: Thoughts on How We Define Reality from Post-Obama Appalachia” This lecture will explore connections between the rich storytelling tradition, grinding economic challenges, hard political choices, despair, and hope experienced by people in the southeast Kentucky coalfields. Gipe … Read more
Health and the Humanities in Practice: Using a Liberal Arts Approach to Rural Health Challenges in North Carolina Lisa McKeithan (far right) and the CommWell Health team accept an award for their work Lisa McKeithan, MS, CRC, is Director … Read more
"Anti-Chinese Racism and the Making of the Mexican Mestizo" Jason Oliver Chang is Assistant Professor of History and Asian American Studies at the University of Connecticut, Storrs. At UConn he is an affiliated faculty member with the Maritime Studies Institute … Read more
This conversation is free and open to the public. The event will be held in Hyde Hall at the Institute for Arts and Humanities. For parking suggestions, please visit this page. Jon Parrish Peede is Chairman of the National Endowment for … Read more