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

Monday Oct 21, 2019

Michael Gutierrez (English & Comp. Lit, novelist) and Caela O'Connell (Anthropology) discuss human response to climate change and natural disasters in relation to O'Connell's anthropological studies and Gutierrez's current novel project.

Thursday Oct 03, 2019

Jacquelyn Hagan (Sociology) and Mai Nguyen (City & Regional Planning) discuss the intersections of their research. They also discuss what federal policies end up looking like at the local levels.

Thursday Sep 19, 2019

Professor J. Michael Terry talks about his research on linguistic bias of standardized testing.

Monday Sep 09, 2019

Assistant Professor Danielle Christmas discusses her latest book project on the literature of the contemporary American white nationalist movement.

Thursday Aug 22, 2019

Assistant Professor, Art Historian Maggie Cao discusses her work on 19th century landscapes and her latest book project on artistic creation in the maritime world of the 18th and 19th centuries.
Here's her latest book The End of Landscape in Nineteenth-Century America: www.ucpress.edu/book.php?isbn=9780520291423

Thursday Aug 08, 2019

Jacqueline Lawton, Assistant Professor of Dramatic Art, sits down with us to talk drama: teaching and writing. She also talks about the inspiration of her latest play she is writing and researching on the life of investigative journalist Marvel Cooke.
Prof. Lawton has since completed the play we discussed in the interview. The play, titled EDGES of TIME, will be part of the Playmakers 2019-2020 season and premieres April 29!
http://playmakersrep.org/show/edges-of-time/

Thursday Jul 25, 2019

Associate Professor of Art History Lyneise Williams discusses her recent talk at an art symposium in southern France and shares her thoughts on the importance of physical objects in visual representation.

Thursday Jul 11, 2019

In an episode from January 2018, Associate Professor of Anthropology Charles Price discusses his current project on Rastafarian Identity

Thursday Jun 27, 2019

Philip speaks with new IAH Director Andy Perrin on his research and how he will apply it to leading the Institute for the next 5 years. Dr. Perrin begins his term as director on July 1, 2019.

Thursday Jun 13, 2019

We interview T Bone Burnett on his introduction to music, inspiration, collaboration, and utilizing both analog and digital technologies in music production.
This episode was originally release on December 14, 2017

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