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Dr. Rachel Willis and Students Win Recognition at BeAM Makerfest for Climatopia

01/30/24
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November 28: Writing Workshop with Rebecca May Johnson—How Do We Write About Places That Matter to Us?

01/30/24
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Musician Rhiannon Giddens Visits Southern Legacies: The Descendants Projects Class

01/30/24
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Welcome to Carolina Postdoctoral Fellow Dr. Amanda Martinez

01/30/24
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American Studies Chair Dr. Patricia Sawin Awarded American Folklore Society’s Kenneth Goldstein Prize for Lifetime Academic Leadership

01/30/24
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The New Scholarship on the U.S. South: A Wilson Library Fellows Symposium

01/30/24
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Read about American Studies PhD Student Ari Green’s Research on the Impact of Displacement on Black Communities

01/30/24
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American Studies Professor Dr. Tim Marr Awarded NEH Grant

01/30/24
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October 25: Inaugural Carolina Seminar on Global Indigeneity and American Indian Studies

10/18/23
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Maness Lecture Imagining Chow Chow: Home Canning and Nostalgia in the Twenty-First Century

10/06/23
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