November 2015
“Making Public in a Privatized World: The Struggle for Essential Services in Urban Africa”
A public lecture by Dr. David McDonald, Professor of Global Studies at Queen's University, Canada. "After three decades of privatization, the world is witnessing a dramatic return to public services. From the remunicipalization of water in Argentina, to community-based health monitoring in India, to the democratization of electricity provision in Tunisia, there has been a tidal wave of innovative (if sometimes contradictory) forms of 'making public'. This talk reviews global trends and discusses how - and if - public services…
Find out more »April 2016
Linda Mizejewski: “Hysterical! Outrageous Women and Comedy”
The UNC Program in Sexuality Studies Presents: Hysterical! Outrageous Women and Comedy Linda Mizejewski, Professor of Women's Studies at Ohio State University Friday, April 8 Lecture 10:30-11:30, Hanes Art Center 121 Lunch: Noon - 1:30, Location TBD Please RSVP to sexuality@unc.edu and let us know if you will be able to attend
Find out more »October 2019
Hanes Visiting Artist Lecture: “Seeing the Unseeable” by Bo Jacobs
Nuclear Historian Bo Jacobs (Hiroshima City University and the Hiroshima Peace Institute) will be speaking about the current Allcott Gallery exhibition, Nuclear Visions, the stories that have shaped our understandings of nuclear technologies since 1945 and how those stories have changed since the Cold War. Along the way, Jacobs will examine how these stories have guided our artistic responses and the historical role of art in activism aimed at denuclearizing our world.
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