The Institute Podcast
The Institute for the Arts and Humanities serves as UNC-Chapel Hill’s faculty home for interdisciplinary conversation and collaboration. The IAH supports its mission through its commitment to three interrelated areas of faculty life: scholarship, leadership, and fellowship. The IAH podcast features in-depth conversations with Fellows. The owl tops Hyde Hall, our Franklin Street home.
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Episodes
Friday May 22, 2020
Friday May 22, 2020
Poet and Associate Professor Gaby Calvocoressi speaks with us on what made her a poet, the creative process, and possibilities for being creative in quarantine.
She also does a reading of her poem "Hammond B3 Organ Cistern", published in the New Yorker.
Follow Professor Calvocoressi on Twitter:@rocketfantastic
Friday May 15, 2020
Friday May 15, 2020
College of Arts and Sciences Dean Terry Rhodes and Senior Associate Dean for Fine Arts and Humanities Elizabeth Engelhardt speak to challenges in leadership during the COVID19 pandemic.
Check iah.unc.edu or the IAH Twitter (@iah_unc) to register for upcoming Zoom Talks
May 20th at 1pm - Zoom Talk with renowned scholar Judith Butler!
Friday May 08, 2020
Friday May 08, 2020
Assistant Professor Alexandrea Ravenelle (Sociology) discusses her research on the gig economy as well as her book HUSTLE AND GIG: Struggling and Surviving in the Sharing Economy (Univeristy of California Press).
Monday Apr 27, 2020
Monday Apr 27, 2020
Sociology Professor Eric Klinenberg (New York University) kicks off the IAH's "Zoom Talks" series with an insightful conversation on the new reality due to COVID-19.
Recorded via Zoom on April 8, 2020
Follow Prof. Klinenberg on Twitter: @ericklinenberg
Check http://iah.unc.edu to register to the next Zoom Talk!
Thursday Apr 23, 2020
Thursday Apr 23, 2020
Teaching Associate Professor Viji Sathy (Psychology & Neuroscience) talks with us about the transition of course work in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Follow Prof. Sathy on Twitter: @vijisathy
Tuesday Apr 14, 2020
Tuesday Apr 14, 2020
Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic, the 2020 Mary Stevens Reckford Memorial Lecture in European Studies with Dr. Ronald Judy (University of Pittsburgh) was held via Zoom video conference on March 31.
Here is the audio from Prof. Judy's lecture, "On the Question of Beloved Community: Revisiting W.E.B. DuBois's Critique of the Teutonic Strongman".
Enjoy this BONUS episode!
Monday Apr 06, 2020
Monday Apr 06, 2020
David Halperin, Professor Emeritus of Religious Studies, talks about his latest book INTIMATE ALIEN: THE HIDDEN STORY OF THE UFO (Stanford University Press).
He also discusses how the current COVID-19 pandemic might give rise to new UFO sightings and interest in UFOlogy
http://davidhalperin.net
Wednesday Mar 04, 2020
Wednesday Mar 04, 2020
R.A. Judy, Professor of English at Pittsburgh University, discusses his career in literary studies and also previews his topic for the upcoming Mary Stevens Reckford Lecture in European Studies.
The lecture has been rescheduled for Monday, April 13th. Get your tickets at iah.unc.edu.
Friday Dec 20, 2019
Friday Dec 20, 2019
Anthropology PhD student Eric Thomas sits down with us to discuss his research in southern Chile as well as the current uprising in Santiago de Chile, where hundreds of thousands of of people are protesting their federal government.
Wednesday Dec 04, 2019
Wednesday Dec 04, 2019
Associate Professor Carol Magee (Art & Art History) and Associate Professor Lee Weisert (Music) discuss their latest research!