In advance of the 2024 Weil Lecture on March 25, Director Patricia Parker conducts a phone interview with speaker Judy Woodruff. During her lecture, Woodruff will speak on her reporting project, Judy Woodruff Presents: America at a Crossroads.

Episode 133: Examining Biblical Texts with Assistant Professor Hugo Mendez

Feb 12th, 2024 24m 11s

Assistant professor of religious studies Hugo Mendez (FFP '22) discusses his research in his recent book projects: one exploring the role of St. Stephen in early Christian communities, and the most recent examining the biblical books of John. H

International Collaborative Research with Associate Professor Andrea Bohlman

Jan 24th, 2024 38m 51s

Andrea Bohlman is an associate professor of music who received a 2023 Summer International Collaborative Research Grant from the Institute for the Arts and Humanities. Part of Bohlman’s research examined the consent and politics of sound and so

Episode 131: The Women of NOW with historian Katherine Turk

Nov 15th, 2023 35m 49s

Historian Katherine Turk (FFP ’21) discusses her new book, The Women of NOW: How Feminists Built an Organization that Transformed America (The Macmillan Group). She shares the history of the National Organization for Women, and on three leaders

Episode 130: When the Swelling Goes Down with Actor, Playwright Samuel Ray Gates

Oct 18th, 2023 34m 56s

Actor and playwright Samuel Ray Gates (FFP ’22) talks about his Faculty Fellowship experience, where he continued his work on his one-person show, When the Swelling Goes Down. Gates shares the themes of the show, the writing process, and the wa

Episode 129: Digital Humanities, Game Studies, and International Collaborations with Courtney Rivard

Sep 6th, 2023 19m 17s

Recorded in spring 2023, Courtney Rivard, a 2023 fellow in the Tyson Academic Leadership Program, discusses her work as Director of the digital literacy and communications lab at UNC-Chapel Hill. She also shares recent projects in digital human

Episode 128: Kenneth Janken on Bringing the Wilmington Ten to the Public's Attention

May 10th, 2023 30m 49s

African, African American and diaspora studies professor Kenneth Janken received the 2022 George H. Johnson Prize for Distinguished Achievement by an IAH Fellow. On March 23, 2023, he received the award and delivered a lecture, "Bringing the Wi

Episode 127: Slavery as History and Memory with 2023 Reckford Lecturer Ana Lucia Araujo

Apr 10th, 2023 33m 43s

Recorded in February 2023, Director Patricia Parker talks with 2023 Reckford Lecture speaker and historian Ana Lucia Araujo about her research.Watch the 2023 Reckford Lecture on the IAH website: https://iah.unc.edu/araujo-2023-reckford-lectur

Ep 126: Public Humanities Engagement and Interdisciplinary Collaborations with Patricia Parker

Mar 8th, 2023 22m 52s

Institute for the Arts and Humanities Patricia Parker talks about the impact of public humanities engagement. She also shares her recent interdisciplinary collaborations with other UNC faculty and international partners.

Episode 107 Southern Futures With Melody Hunter Pillion And Corban Davis

Feb 1st, 2023 17m 6s

Philip Hollingsworth speaks with Melody Hunter Pillion, and Corbin Davis about Southern Futures, a humanistic initiative led by professors Elizabeth Engelhardt and Melinda Maynor Lowery, and the Southern Futures podcast hosted by Melody.

Episode 125: Leadership and Engaged Humanities Scholarship with Patricia Parker - Part 1

Jan 25th, 2023 22m 27s

Institute for the Arts and Humanities Director Patricia Parker reflects on her first year leading the IAH, and how her experiences and work in engaged scholarship prepared her for the role.

Episode 124: Viji Sathy on the Academic Leadership Program

Sep 20th, 2022 25m 24s

Viji Sathy, the IAH's Tyson Academic Leadership Program Director, talks about how the program helps faculty across the UNC-Chapel Hill campus, her experiences in leadership development, and the way she brings her work in inclusive teaching into

Episode 112: The History of Trans-Africa/Ron Williams

Sep 9th, 2022 50m 18s

Assistant professor of African, African American and Diaspora Studies, Ron Williams joins The Institute to discuss his latest book project, an institutional history of the US based foreign policy organization, "Trans Africa."

Episode 123: Oswaldo Estrada on the Faculty Fellowship Program

Aug 30th, 2022 14m 23s

Oswaldo Estrada, professor of Romance studies, discusses the Faculty Fellowship Program. After receiving a fellowship three times, Estrada returned as its program director in 2021. As he enters the second year in the role, we talk about the pro

Episode 122: Recovering stories from the past: The Sewing Girl's Tale

Jul 18th, 2022 38m 10s

History professor John Wood Sweet joins the podcast to talk about his new book, The Sewing Girl's Tale: A Story of Crime and Consequences in Revolutionary America, published by Henry Holt and Company. He talks about the experiences of researchi

Episode 121: Interview with 2022 Reckford Speaker Magdalena J. Zaborowska

Jun 6th, 2022 50m 30s

After the 2022 Reckford Lecture, speaker Magdalena Zaborowska joins Patricia Parker and Sharon Holland for a deeper dive into themes from her remarks, including questions about belonging and identity in James Baldwin’s philosophy of Black queer

Episode 120 Performance And The US-Mexico Border With China Medel

Apr 6th, 2022 23m 47s

Recorded in summer 2021, Fall 2021 Faculty Fellow China Medel talks about her work in media and performance studies, as well as her manuscript Spectral Aethestics: Alternative Media and Visibility at the US-Mexico Border, which looks at a selec

Episode 119: The Endurance Project with Gwendolyn Schwinke and Maya Gurantz

Feb 24th, 2022 25m 42s

Assistant Professor Gwendolyn Schwinke and Artist Maya Gurantz discuss their latest collaboration, The Endurance Project.A Work-In-Progress showing of The Endurance Project will be open to the public on Saturday, Feb. 26 from 5:00-6:30 p.m. i

Episode 60: Chris Clemens Professor Of Physics And Astronomy

Dec 10th, 2021 25m 13s

In February of 2018, Former IAH Director Mark Katz interviews astrophysicist and College of Arts and Sciences Dean Chris Clemens about his research of the stars, as well as his self-identified conservatism on a college campus, where liberalism

Episode 118: Senator Claire McCaskill

Dec 6th, 2021 30m 15s

Professor Pat Parker (Director, Institute for the Arts and Humanities) interview Claire McCaskill on her career in politics and her thoughts on the current political and cultural climate of the United States.

Episode 117: Uncovering Abandoned Voices Of Antiquity With Hérica Valladares

Jun 24th, 2021 25m 28s

Associate Professor of Classics Hérica Valladares speaks with Philip on her current research project regarding the material culture of domestic Ancient Rome.

Episode 116: Literature On The Politics Of Noise With Petal Samuel

Apr 27th, 2021 19m 51s

Literary Scholar and Assistant Professor of African, African American, and Diaspora Studies Petal Samuel sits down to discuss her current research project!

Episode 115: 2020 Johnson Prize Award Winner Betsy Olson

Mar 25th, 2021 22m 11s

Geography Professor Betsy Olson, recipient of the George Johnson Prize for Distinguished Achievement by an IAH Fellow, sits with Philip to discuss her career as a scholar and campus leader.

Episode 114: Studying BTS With Candace Epps Robertson

Jan 28th, 2021 23m 30s

In this episode, Philip speaks with Assistant Professor of English and Comparative Literature Candace Epps-Robertson. In our conversation, Professor Epps-Robertson discusses her work on a collaborative and open-sourced syllabus on the South Kor