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Film Screening: The Balcony Movie (Poland, 2021)

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

Can anyone be a movie hero? Can the world be locked in one film frame? Acclaimed Polish documentarian Paweł Łoziński directs his camera at the sidewalk below his balcony. On this gray strip of pavement, sandwiched between dull green grass … Read more

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Indonesia in International Relations with Ambassador Piper Campbell

FedEx Global Education Center, Nelson Mandela Auditorium 301 Pittsboro St., Chapel Hill, NC, United States

The Carolina Asia Center and the Office of the Vice Provost for Global Affairs are proud to present a conference on Indonesia in International Relations. Join us on Jan. 26 for a keynote address from Ambassador Piper Campbell, former U.S. … Read more

Jewish Vengeance During and After the Holocaust

Sonja Haynes Stone Center, Hitchcock Multipurpose Room 150 South Road, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Annual Holocaust Remembrance Day Lecture Kaplan-Brauer Lecture in Jewish Studies with Dr. Laura Jockusch, Brandeis University. “If you survive, you must take revenge”: Jewish vengeance during and after the Holocaust Revenge was ubiquitous among European Jews during the Holocaust. It … Read more

ChatGPT in Context

University Room, Hyde Hall 176 East Franklin Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

What is ChatGPT? Where did it come from? What does it mean for science, scholarship, and public life? Join this interdisciplinary panel for a discussion of this new technology and its real and imagined impacts on the campus community. Alice … Read more

Demystifying ESG: Charting a Career in Sustainability

Carolina Club 150 Stadium Dr, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Join the Kenan Institute for Private Enterprise to learn about career paths in sustainability and to address the opportunities and risks of an environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) centered approach to financial decision-making. ESG has become a major talking … Read more

Mary Stevens Reckford Memorial Lecture in European Studies

Hyde Hall, University Room 176 E Franklin St, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Howard University professor Ana Lucia Araujo will deliver the 2023 Mary Stevens Reckford Memorial Lecture in European Studies on Feb. 23 with a presentation titled “Slavery as History and Memory.” The lecture will examine the recent international developments surrounding the … Read more

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The Center for the Middle East and Islamic Studies 20th year anniversary: Comedy and Hip-Hop Show

Frank Porter Graham Student Union, Auditorium 209 South Road, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Students, faculty, and members of the community are all invited to join us for an evening of entertainment featuring Tehran Ghasri, a Black-Persian stand-up comedian, followed by a performance by Syrian-American hip-hop artist Omar Offendum and accompanied by Palestinian-American musician Ronnie Malley and NC local DJ … Read more

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