Carolina Public Humanities

This fall promises to be a contentious election season, and the Humanities in Action hybrid lecture series offers six programs focused on topics of critical importance to our country and the world. The last session will feature a community-engaged discussion on the important mid-term state and national elections. Join us in person or tune in from home to become more informed on these vital issues.  

GAA members receive a $5 discount on single registrations, $25 on season passes

All programs are held in-person AND online as a Zoom webinar.

• Sept. 28 – Climate Change and Biodiversity: How Will Plants and Animals Respond?
• Oct. 5 – Productive and Counterproductive Police Reform
• Oct. 12 – Law, Policy, and Politics in the Post-Roe Era
• Oct. 19 – Contemporary Wars and America’s Strategic Position in the World
• Oct. 26 – Immigration Policy and Practice in the US Today
• Nov. 2 – Carolina Public Humanities’ 2022 Mid-Term Election Community Conversation

This semester, choose from three types of weekend seminars:

• Speaker and Salon Series – half-day series features a mid-morning lecture followed by facilitated table discussions over lunch.  The meal is included in the registration fee.
• Dialogues Series – Half-day seminars feature two scholars whose presentations lead into a dialogic conversation on a relevant cultural or historical subject.  A meal is not included in the registration fee.
• Distinguished Scholar Series – All-day Adventures in Ideas seminar features three talks by a distinguished scholar who provides an in-depth exploration of a specific topic.  An optional lunch is available.

GAA members save $15 on one Weekend Seminar a semester.

Speaker and Salon Series – $65, includes meal

• Sept. 10 – Kingdom, Commodity, or Community? The Religious and Philosophical Meanings of Nature – in-person only
• Oct. 8 – Edible North Carolina: Exploring our State’s Food Cultures – in-person only

Dialogues Series – $65 in-person; $50 virtual – no meal

• Oct. 15 – Guns and American Society: Then and Now – in-person and virtual
• Oct. 22 – Republics Then and Now: From Rome to America – in-person and virtual
• Nov. 5  – Authoritarianism and Autocracies in Modern Europe – in-person and virtual

Distinguished Scholar Series – $125 in-person, $75 virtual, optional lunch $20

• Sept. 17 – What Happened in Ukraine during the Battles and Holocaust of World War II? – in-person and virtual
• Dec. 3 – Dance! The Marriage of Sound and Movement – in-person and virtual

Please visit the Carolina Public Humanities’ event calendar to see a full list of events.