On Wednesday, May 4, students in Dr. Gabrielle Berlinger’s JWST 697: The Material Life of Jewish America (Jewish Studies Capstone Seminar) opened the exhibition From T-Shirts to Tattoos: Jewish Material Culture at UNC-Chapel Hill. The student-curated exhibition is open at the Carolina … Read more
Five students earning their MA in Folklore or American Studies will present their thesis and capstone research on Monday, April 25, from 2:30 to 3:20 in Donovan Lounge, Greenlaw Hall. See flyer below.
Guest post by Karen Sieber The Digital Innovation Lab at UNC is holding an open house at the repurposed Loray Mill in Gastonia on April 17. Once the largest textile mill under one roof in the South, it is now the … Read more
On Monday, April 11, the American Studies Graduate Association will host “Diversity, Intersectionality, Inclusiveness? An Interdisciplinary Conversation.” The event, which is open to all members of the UNC campus community, will discuss how departments in the humanities approach concepts of and … Read more
Dr. Michelle Robinson (American Studies) and Dr. Matt Kotzen (Philosophy) announce the Interdisciplinary Approaches to Humor conference, to take place at UNC-Chapel Hill April 8-9. The conference aims to foster an interdisciplinary dialogue on the topic of humor and will bring together speakers from a … Read more
On February 5, the Center for the Study of the American South will open “Home in a New Place: Making Laos in Morganton, NC,” a series of photographs by Katy Clune, Folklore MA ’15. The photographs, which emerge in part from Clune’s … Read more
On February 5, 2016, Kiran Singh Sirah, President of the International Storytelling Center and Folklore MA ’13, will present “Cultivating Community Through Story,” a public lecture at the Charleston, SC Main Library. The lecture is part of a current series exploring race, identity and civic engagement … Read more
Dan Cobb, Associate Professor of American Studies, will be reading from his latest publication, SAY WE ARE NATIONS: DOCUMENTS OF POLITICS AND PROTEST IN INDIGENOUS AMERICA SINCE 1887 at two upcoming events. The first will take place on Thursday, November … Read more
Professor Dan Cobb will be speaking at an event celebrating the life and work of Makah documentary filmmaker Sandy Osawa at the University of Washington-Tacoma on Wednesday, October 28. On October 30, he will be giving a lecture based on … Read more
Four graduate students in the Masters in Folklore program presented their work completed last spring in the first iteration of Carolina Cooks, Carolina Eats, taught by Dr. Sharon P. Holland and Dr. Marcie Cohen Ferris. Their presentations combined their own historical research … Read more
