Events Search and Views Navigation
January 2022
The Diplomacy Initiative: Meet the Mentors
The American College of National Security Leaders (ACNSL) and the Office of the Vice Provost for Global Affairs at UNC-Chapel Hill are piloting a program to enable undergraduate and graduate students to explore careers in national security and related fields. In Meet the Mentors, five ACNSL mentors will introduce themselves and describe their diverse career backgrounds. Introductions will be followed by breakout sessions in which students can chat with each mentor. Meet the Mentors is a great opportunity for students to find a mentor (or mentors) to meet with throughout the semester during the mentors’ office hours. There will be two virtual Meet the Mentors sessions that will…
Find out more »The Diplomacy Initiative: Meet the Mentors
The American College of National Security Leaders (ACNSL) and the Office of the Vice Provost for Global Affairs at UNC-Chapel Hill are piloting a program to enable undergraduate and graduate students to explore careers in national security and related fields. In Meet the Mentors, five ACNSL mentors will introduce themselves and describe their diverse career backgrounds. Introductions will be followed by breakout sessions in which students can chat with each mentor. Meet the Mentors is a great opportunity for students to find a mentor (or mentors) to meet with throughout the semester during the mentors’ office hours. There will be two virtual Meet the Mentors sessions that will…
Find out more »February 2022
Virtual: Indigenous Literatures in Brazil – A Conversation with Julie Dorrico (Macuxi)
Register here The Indigenous Literatures from AbiaYala Course will be hosting an open class format to have a conversation with Julie Dorrico, author of Eu sou macuxi e outras histórias. The event will have Portuguese / English interpretation by Christian Elguera. Read below in Portuguese about Julie and her book! Livro de estreia de Julie Dorrico, Eu sou macuxi e outras histórias traz uma série de contos do universo da literatura indígena. Os textos se inspiram na riqueza cultural do povo…
Find out more »March 2022
Rahtid Rebel Women: Introduction to Caribbean Women
Celebrate Women's History Month with Dr. Tanya Shields! This virtual K-12 teacher webinar will show educators how to move beyond sun, sand, and sex representations of Caribbean women to examine how they negotiate imperial and national definitions of their place. CEUs available! --- Dr. Tanya Shields is an associate professor and Director of Women's and Gender Studies at UNC-Chapel Hill, with research focussing on Caribbean studies and plantation logics. She is the author of Bodies and Bones: Feminist Rehearsal and Imagining Caribbean Belonging (2014), “Hell and Grace: Palimpsestic…
Find out more »Over Land, Under Sea: 10 Years in the Galápagos
Over Land, Under Sea: 10 Years in the Galápagos is a photo exhibition that marks the 10-year anniversary of UNC’s Galapagos Initiative, a joint commitment to the conservation and study of the Galápagos Islands by UNC-Chapel Hill and the Universidad San Francisco de Quito (USFQ). With more than 30 photos on display, the exhibition showcases Carolina’s global activity, partnerships, education and research in the Galápagos Islands of Ecuador, featuring the work of UNC-Chapel Hill alumni, faculty, staff and students, as…
Find out more »April 2022
Central America’s Forgotten History
Join the Institute for the Study of the Americas for a discussion with historian Aviva Chomsky on her most recent book "Central America's Forgotten History: Revolution, Violence, and the Roots of Migration" on April 6th at 6:00PM via Zoom. The Zoom link will be sent out a day before the event as a reminder. Register.
Find out more »Screening: Living Galápagos
This semester, "MEJO 584: International Projects" students traveled to San Cristóbal island in the Galápagos over spring break. The group of student reporters, photographers, videographers, web developers, designers and marketers worked on a multimedia storytelling project that covers many facets of the unique struggles, triumphs and culture of the ever-evolving islands. The resulting videos from the trip will be screened in the Nelson Mandela Auditorium on April 26, 2022, and the full multimedia project will be available at www.livinggalapagos.unc.edu the same day. A reception…
Find out more »October 2022
Indigenous Languages, Native Futures and Global Indigeneity: An Inter-American Dialogue
Indigenous language revitalization has taken an urgent and creative turn globally. The new practices that aim to strengthen the use of native languages have important lessons for Indigenous politics, identity, and global activism. Professor Tuaza Castro and Professor Frey will discuss the experiences of Quichua language learning in Andean Ecuador and Cherokee language among the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians. A panel discussion will invite the audience into a conversation about indigenous futures and the global connections in native experience.…
Find out more »Tales from the Field: Doing Research in Peru in a Time of Terrorism, Cholera, and Hyper-Inflation
About the Speaker Brian Billman Associate Professor Area of Interest: Archaeology of Chiefdoms and States, Political Economy, Human Violence, the Evolution of Human Behavior, Heritage Preservation, Settlement Pattern Analysis, the prehistory of the Andes and the American Southwest. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- In the fall of 1990, Brian Billman and Laurie King-Billman arrived in Peru, where Brian was going to do fieldwork for a PhD dissertation on the origins of the Moche State (AD 200-800). Although the PhD proposal did not survive…
Find out more »Galapagos Seed Grant Funding Workshop
UNC faculty and researchers are invited to learn about ways of getting involved with the UNC Center for Galapagos Studies, including the upcoming deadline for their seed grant program. Early-career faculty can receive up to $5,000 grants to conduct research in the iconic Galápagos Archipelago during the 2022-2023 academic year. http://youtu.be/_JpTv5O6rJQ Click here to learn more about the UNC Center for Galapagos Studies.
Find out more »