The Institute Podcast
The Institute for the Arts and Humanities empowers faculty to achieve their full potential by creating community and cultivating leadership. At the heart of this mission is the affirmation of the crucial value of the arts and humanities to the life of the university and the world. The Institute Podcast engages in conversations with faculty, program directors, and guest scholars about their work in teaching, service and research. We learn the makings of successful leaders across disciplines. And we share this with you. The owl tops Hyde Hall, our Franklin Street home.
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Episodes
May 30, 2019
May 30, 2019
13 min
This summer we are taking a hiatus to reformat the show and acquire and master new equipment.
In the meantime, enjoy a 2018 interview with Professor Kia Caldwell on the assassination of Brazilian activist Marielle Franco.
May 24, 2019
May 24, 2019
30 min
Associate Professor of Religious Studies speaks with Sophia on her work with UNC math and science professors on a sacred glacial lake in Nepal as well as two concurrent research projects.
May 6, 2019
May 6, 2019
12 min
Associate Professor of Social Medicine Mara Buchbinder discusses her research on assisted death in Vermont and how policy, practice, and medicine interact in complicated ways.
Apr 18, 2019
Apr 18, 2019
19 min
Assistant Professor of Asian Studies Uffe Bergeton talks about Ancient China and the concept of sanctioned conflict.
Apr 5, 2019
Apr 5, 2019
14 min
Associate Professor of Geography Elizabeth Havice talks territory, oceans and tuna!
Mar 21, 2019
Mar 21, 2019
36 min
Mark Katz (Institute Director, Professor of Music) interviews Professor Emeritus William Ferris on his Grammy Award-winning boxed set "Voices of Mississippi" (Dust to Digital).
You can buy the boxed set or the vinyl version through https://www.dust-digital.com/ferris/
Music credits include in order of appearance:
“My Mother’s on that Train” by Mary Alice and Alan McGowan
“I’ve Been Born Again” by The Southland Hummingbirds
“Cairo” by James Son Ford Thomas
“He’s My Rock, My Sword, and Shield” by Fannie Bell & Family
“Eyesight to the Blind” performed by Sam Myers
“Nothing” by Wash Heron & Big Jack Johnson
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Mar 7, 2019
Mar 7, 2019
16 min
Associate Professor of History Chad Bryant discusses his current book project on Prague's history in the 20th century.
Feb 15, 2019
Feb 15, 2019
19 min
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: https://www.ucpress.edu/book.php?isbn=9780520291423
Jan 31, 2019
Jan 31, 2019
22 min
Professor Charles Kurzman speaks with Sophia on his research on Muslim-Americans.
Jan 17, 2019
Jan 17, 2019
20 min
History Professor Malinda Maynor Lowery talks about her new book The Lumbee Indians: An American Struggle (UNC Press) and about her involvement in the music documentary Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World (2017)