Category: faculty research
COFFEE CHAT: Von Diaz
Want to learn more about the faculty, students, and staff that make up the Department of American Studies? Follow along with our new AMST/FOLK Coffee Chat series where we ask our community about new research, old hobbies, and everything in … Continued
COFFEE CHAT: Kelly Alexander
Want to learn more about the faculty, students, and staff that make up the Department of American Studies? Follow along with our new AMST/FOLK Coffee Chat series where we ask our community about new research, old hobbies, and everything in … Continued
Congratulations to Professor Dan Cobb on the publication of his essay “The Personal Politics of Action and Applied Anthropology”
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 … Continued
COFFEE CHAT: Dr. Daniel Cobb, professor of American Studies
Want to learn more about the faculty, students, and staff that make up the Department of American Studies? Follow along with our new AMST/FOLK Coffee Chat series where we ask our community about new research, old hobbies, and everything in … Continued
Dr. Engelhardt named interim senior associate dean, fine arts and humanities
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 … Continued
Folklore professor Dr. Berlinger helps organize “Wandering Objects” Symposium
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 … Continued
Dr. Marcie Cohen Ferris honored with 2018 SFA Craig Claiborne Lifetime Achievement Award
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 … Continued
History Open House at Gastonia’s Loray Mill, April 17
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 … Continued
Dr. Glenn Hinson featured on Institute for Arts and Humanities podcast
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 … Continued