Events & Lectures


Winter/Spring 2010


February

1 - Art exhibit by Jeff Whetstone opens

4 - Long Civil Rights Movement Speaker Series features Bryant Simon- "Lattes in Magic Land: Starbucks and the Creative Class Appeal of Diversity".

9 - Hutchins Lecture  with speakers Zoe Trodd and Blake Gilpin, talk about “John Brown in African American Memory”, 4pm at the UNC Alumni Center. Free and open to the public.

11 - Long Civil Rights Movement Scholars Series:  Harvard Sitkoff, "The Concept of a 'Long' Civil Rights Movement: Advantages and Pitfalls." Free and open to the public.

11 - WUNC’s The State of Things featuring Seth Kotch of CSAS's Southern Oral History Program. Begins at noon.

17 - Tell About the South Luncheon Series with  Robert Ferguson, 12-1 pm.  This series is open to the campus community by RSVP.

17 - Long Civil Rights Movement Scholar Series features Will Jones.  This is free and open to the Public.

March

3 - Tell About the South Luncheon Series features Dwana Waugh from 12-1 pm in the  CSAS Conference Room.  Open to the campus community by RSVP.

4 - Long Civil Rights Movement Scholar Series with John Dittmer.  Talk begins at noon in the CSAS Conference Room.  Seating is limited and rsvp's are required. 

16 - Hutchins Lecture - Alfred Brophy, “History, Law, and Civilization in Antebellum Literary Addresses at the University of North Carolina." Held at the UNC Alumni Center at 4 pm in the Royall Room. Free and open to the public.

18 - Artists Reception for Jeff Whetstone.  5 to 7 pm at the Love House and Hutchins Forum.  Open to the Public.

24 - William (Bill) Christenberry, 5:30 at the Fed-Ex Global Education Center.  Free and open to the public.

25 -  Music on the Porch, Southern Music Shaken and Stirred with fusion group Hindugrass and Phil Cook from indi-rock Megafaun.  Join us on the CSAS Lawn, 410 East Franklin Street from  5 to 7 pm.  This is free and open to the public.

30 - Hutchins Lecture Series brings Tom Rankin, from the Center for Documentary Studies.  He will be presenting "Near the Cross:  Photographs of the Sacred South", at 4pm in the UNC Alumni Center , Royall Room.  This is free and open to the public.

31 - Tell About the South Luncheon Series brings Joshua Davis to the CSAS Conference Room from 12-1 pm.  Lunch is provided, but seating is limited.  RSVP's are required.

April

1 - Art exhibit by Scott Meyers opens

7 - Tell About the South Luncheon Series has Andrew Ritchey in the CSAS Conference Room from 12-1 pm.  Lunch is provided, but seating is limited. RSVP' are required.

13 - Hutchins Lecture - Trudier Harris, “Imagining His Body Violated: James Baldwin’s Sexual Construction of the South”. Held at the UNC Alumni Center at 4 pm in the Royall Room. Free and open to the public.

15 - Music on the Porch Southern Music Shaken and Stirred with Catherine Edgerton of Midtown Dickens and Pierce Freelon of The Beast.  Join us from 5 to 7 on the lawn for an evening of the South in songwriting. Free and open to the public.

19 -The 2010 Charleston Lecture series presents  Congressman John Spratt (D-SC).  The lecture takes place in the Tate-Turner Kuralt Lecture Hall and begins at 5 pm.  Free and open to the public. 

21 - Tell About the South Luncheon Series, featuring Jennifer Donnally, in the CSAS Conference Room from  12 to 1 pm.   Lunch is provided, but seating is limited.  RSVP's are required.

22 -The 2010 Chandler Lecture on Southern Business History is pleased to present Professor John Majewski at the Kenan-Flagler Business School auditorium.  The lecture begins at 5:00 and is free and open to the public.

 

For more information or to RSVP, please call the center at 919-962-5665.