Congratulations to Professor Dan Cobb on the publication of his essay “The Personal Politics of Action and Applied Anthropology,” which explores the often unacknowledged dimensions of relationships forged between American Indian activists and community members and scholars engaged in fieldwork … Read more

  From the UNC College of Arts and Sciences: “Elizabeth Engelhardt, current chair of American Studies, has been named interim senior associate dean for fine arts and humanities in the College of Arts & Sciences, effective March 18. She replaces … Read more

On November 11 – 13, join curators, art historians, folklorists, anthropologists, religious scholars, philosophers, cultural critics, private collectors, and community leaders for “Wandering Objects: Collecting and Interpreting Jewish Things,” an international symposium probing the changing meanings of Jewish ritual objects … Read more

  The 2018 Southern Foodways Alliance Craig Claiborne Lifetime Achievement Award has been awarded to recently retired American Studies professor, Dr. Marcie Cohen Ferris. Marcie Cohen Ferris, a native of Blytheville, Arkansas, who has done transformative work at the Museum of … Read more

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

Dr. Glenn Hinson was recently featured on the UNC Institute for Arts and Humanities podcast. Hinson speaks about African American vernacular poetics and the life and poetry of Horace Williams, recalling a transformative moment in which Williams recites a poem on his witnessing … Read more

“The analogy Mr. Dial constructed around his life, both as an artist and as an inheritor of the unfinished business of civil rights and the fight for human dignity in the United States and the world, was part of a … Read more