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The Activist Collector: Lida Clanton Broner’s 1938 Journey from Newark to South Africa

FedEx Global Education Center, Room 4003 301 Pittsboro St., Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Christa Clarke is an independent curator/art historian and Senior Advisor at the Center for Curatorial Leadership. Previously she was Senior Curator, Arts of Global Africa at the Newark Museum of Art, where her work was supported with major grants from the Mellon … Read more

Visegrad Talks: Europe after Russia’s War Against Ukraine

FedEx Global Education Center, Room 4003 301 Pittsboro St., Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Pawel Kowal is a Polish politician, political scientist and historian. Currently a professor at the Polish Academy of Sciences and a member of the Polish Parliament (Sejm), he was a secretary of state in Poland’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (2006-2007), … Read more

Conversation with Foreign Service Officer Justin Walls

FedEx Global Education Center, Room 4003 301 Pittsboro St., Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Interested in the Foreign Service? Join us for a conversation with Foreign Service Officer Justin Walls Learn about UNC alum Justin Walls’ journey as an undergraduate student at Chapel Hill to serving three tours in China as a Foreign Service … Read more

Changing Diasporic Relations: Old Emigrants and New Mobilities in Shenzhen

FedEx Global Education Center, Room 4003 301 Pittsboro St., Chapel Hill, NC, United States

This talk explores the transformations of Pine Mansion—a Shenzhen former emigrant community—and its members’ changing relationship with their diaspora around the world. For over a century, inhabitants of Shenzhen’s villages have migrated to South-east Asia, the Pacific, North and South … Read more

Ageing in Europe: The Policy Implications of Demographic Change

FedEx Global Education Center, Room 4003 301 Pittsboro St., Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Brian Beach Dr. Brian Beach joined University College London (UCL) in July 2021 in the Department of Epidemiology and Public Health as part of the team managing the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA). His current work uses data from ELSA collected during … Read more

Beyond Europe 2020: Inequality, Skills, and Social Investment Workshop

FedEx Global Education Center, Room 4003 301 Pittsboro St., Chapel Hill, NC, United States

This transatlantic workshop brings together scholars exploring patterns and drivers of income inequality in post-industrial societies. Broadly speaking, the papers follow two lines of investigation: What shapes people’s preferences with regard to social policy and party support; and what kinds … Read more

Mind the Gap, Look Before You Leap, and Build Bridges

FedEx Global Education Center, Room 4003 301 Pittsboro St., Chapel Hill, NC, United States

This hybrid event is part of the TransAtlantic Masters Program Fall Friday Lecture Series. RSVP to attend in-person. RSVP to attend virtually. Adrianne has built a career out of providing value-added insights at the edges of traditional areas of expertise.  … Read more

Welcome to the Digital Village: Networking Geographies of Agrarian Change

FedEx Global Education Center, Room 4003 301 Pittsboro St., Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Almost 5 billion people—two thirds of the global population—now go online. The Internet has changed how we work, learn, govern, and fall in love. Yet despite its digital turn, geography has failed to grapple with the patterns and significance of … Read more

Get Involved with the Bertelsmann Foundation’s Transatlantic Projects

FedEx Global Education Center, Room 4003 301 Pittsboro St., Chapel Hill, NC, United States

This hybrid event is part of the TransAtlantic Masters Program Fall Friday Lecture Series. RSVP to attend in-person. RSVP to attend virtually. You can learn more about RANGE, the Transatlantic Periscope, and the Transatlantic Barometer using the links below: https://www.rangeforecasting.org/ https://transatlanticperiscope.org/ … Read more