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Frank B. Hanes Writer-in-Residence Panel: Just or Justice? The African American Male and the American Justice System

Donovan Lounge, Greenlaw 223

Panelists: Tayari Jones. 2019 Frank B. Hanes Writer-in-Residence Kathy Hunter-Williams.  Dramatic Arts faculty; PlayMakers Repertory Company; Hidden Voices Seth Kotch.  American Studies faculty; author of Lethal State: A History of the Death Penalty in NC Randall Kenan, moderator. Author and Creative … Read more

Ackland Film Forum: Brainstorm (1983)

Varsity Theatre 123 E. Franklin St., Chapel Hill, NC

Directed by special effects pioneer Douglas Trumbull (2001, Blade Runner), Brainstorm shows there's nothing virtual about VR. Filmed in NC!

Wednesday Workshop: Teaching with the Design Lab

Please join us in Greenlaw 316 for our Digital Pedagogy Workshop on teaching with the Design Lab featuring Elizabeth Shand and Jennie Goforth, Research and Design Services Librarian at the House Undergraduate Library! Pizza will be served in the DLC Lab (Greenlaw 321)!

The Boundaries of Literature Symposium: Talk: “Uncomputable”

Toy Lounge, Dey Hall 200 South Road, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Boundaries of Literature Symposium Keynote Speaker, Dr. Alex Galloway from NYU, will present his talk, "Uncomputable."   According to digital philosophers, the world is a computer and everything inside it is computable. But what about things that fall outside the … Read more

Not a Novel: Serialization

DLC Lab Greenlaw 321

This month in “Not a Novel,” we’re talking about SERIALIZATION! Come join the Not a Novel podcast crew in the Digital Literacy and Communications (DLC) Lab as we talk about how serialization effects narrative! Old novels released chapter by chapter … Read more

Scottish Gaels in North Carolina Exhibit Tour

Wilson Library

Anne Fertig, PhD student in English and Comparative Literature, will introduce her Wilson Library exhibit on Scottish Gaels in North Carolina.

Author Reading: Slavery and Class in the American South

Chapel Hill Public Library 100 Library Drive, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Anyone interested in American slavery, African American history and culture, and the slave narratives on which African American literature is founded will find this topic intriguing. Andrews's book SLAVERY AND CLASS IN THE AMERICAN SOUTH: A GENERATION OF SLAVE NARRATIVE TESTIMONY scours … Read more