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Music on the Porch: Thursday, March 31, 2011
THIS CONCERT WILL TAKE PLACE IN THE PLEASANT FAMILY ASSEMBLY ROOM, LOCATED IN THE MAIN HALL OF WILSON LIBRARY DUE TO WEATHER FORECAST FOR THURSDAY. March 31 Music on the Porch with Jon Shain, Rhiannon Giddens (of the Carolina Chocolate Drops) and Steve Kruger Moderated by Peter Holsapple Music on the Porch, southern music shaken and…
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BBQ Benefit Dinner: Wednesday, April 6, 2011
The Center would like to invite you to a very special event on April 6th. Please join us for an evening of bbq and conversation with this year’s Charleston Lecturer, Southern Foodways Alliance director and New York Times columnist John T. Edge. John T. Edge will be joined by chefs Ben & Karen Barker…
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Hutchins Lecture with Adam Gussow, March 15, 2011 (Video)
Adam Gussow – The Devil and the Blues (3/15/11) from CSAS on Vimeo. Adam Gussow is an associate professor of English and Southern Studies at the University of Mississippi. A member of the faculty since 2002, he teaches courses in American and African American literature, the blues tradition, southern autobiography,…
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Tell About the South: Wednesday, March 2, 2011
David Ferguson, a visiting scholar from the University of Chicago, will speak about UNC Sociology and the Production of Race 1920-1945 on March 2 at Tell About the South. This talk charts the course of the UNC Sociology Department over a twenty-five year period, chronicling the department’s efforts to negotiate…
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Big Fish Screening: Friday, April 12, 2011
BIG FISH ON THE BIG SCREEN OF THE VARSITY THEATER Followed by a post-screening talk with author Daniel Wallace and Professor Bill Ferris, Senior Associate Director of the Center for the Study of the American South April 12, 2011 | Varsity Theater & Hyde Hall | 5:30 – 7:30 Screening,…
Hutchins Lecture with Marci Campbell, March 1, 2011 (Video)
Marci Campbell – Health and Wealth: Addressing Root Causes of Poor Health in Eastern NC Through Assets Development (3/1/11) from CSAS on Vimeo. Professor Campbell speaks about her work in eastern NC with recognizing and intervening creatively to address root causes of poor health. She will also talk about the…
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Innovation, Engagement, and the Humanities: Models and Methods – Afternoon, February 28, 2011 (Video)
Innovation, Engagement, and the Humanities: Models and Methods – Afternoon (2/28/11) from CSAS on Vimeo. Today’s forum offers an invitation to explore some of the ways in which the practice of the humanities on the Carolina campus already exemplifies innovation, engagement, and entrepreneurship. Building on the tradition of public service…
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Innovation, Engagement, and the Humanities: Models and Methods – Morning, February 28, 2011 (Video)
Innovation, Engagement, and the Humanities: Models and Methods – Morning (2/28/11) from CSAS on Vimeo. Today’s forum offers an invitation to explore some of the ways in which the practice of the humanities on the Carolina campus already exemplifies innovation, engagement, and entrepreneurship. Building on the tradition of public service…
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Music on the Porch: Spring 2011
****The March 31st Concert with Jon Shain, Rhiannon Giddens (of the Carolina Chocolate Drops) and Steve Kruger, Moderated by Peter Holsapple, Will Take Place In The PLEASANT FAMILY ASSEMBLY ROOM, LOCATED IN THE MAIL HALL OF WILSON LIBRARY Due To Weather Forecast For Thursday.**** MUSIC ON THE PORCH, SOUTHERN MUSIC SHAKEN AND STIRRED An…
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Hutchins Lecture with Michael Kreyling, February 15, 2011 (Video)
Michael Kreyling – Who Needs Ceremonies of Memory?: The 150th Anniversary (2/15/11) from CSAS on Vimeo. Professor Kreyling’s Hutchins Lecture speaks about his current project, which explores the cultural politics of memory in representations of the South through an examination of re-enacted memory in latter-day versions of the Civil War,…
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