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IN THE NEWS

NHC Sponsors Lecture Series at Durham Public Library - "Divining America" series, exploring religion in American history, draws on Center’s TeacherServe® resources.

Center Announces Line-up for Third Annual ASC Conference - Leading scientists and humanists to gather Nov. 13 - 15 to discuss “The Human & The Humanities.”

Center Mourns Trustee Emeritus Strachan Donnelley - Champion of conservation and the humanities died July 12.

Center Publishes Lyman Award Lectures - Award recognized significant contributions by pioneers in the digital humanities.


FROM THE DIRECTOR

"The Humanities in America" -
Keynote address to the symposium on "The Humanities in a New Era: Surviving or Setting the Agenda?," April 23, 2008, University of Copenhagen.


NOTEWORTHY

Register here - Oliver Sacks lecture (11/13) and ASC conference (11/13 - 15).

Recent Books by Fellows - Recent books published by Fellows of the Center.

Noted - News from our Fellows, Trustees, and Staff.

New Education Toolbox Video - "The Making of African American Identity."


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COMING EVENTS


PUBLIC LECTURES

Thurs., October 2, 5:00 p.m.
"Home and Abroad: Women Writers and the Public Sphere," Deborah Nord, Princeton University

Thurs., November 6, 5:00 p.m.
"Global Goods, Local Consumers: Textiles in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century Atlantic World," Robert DuPlessis, Swarthmore College

Thurs., November 13, 7:00 p.m.
"Creativity and the Brain," Oliver Sacks, M.D., F.R.C.P., Columbia University (registration required)
at the William C. & Ida Friday Center in Chapel Hill

Thurs., December 4, 5:00 p.m.
"'Freedom is the Answer': The Strange Career of School Vouchers," Nancy MacLean, Northwestern University




CONFERENCE

November 13 - 15, 2008
"ASC: The Human & The Humanities" (registration required)




ON EXHIBIT

September 1 - November 30, 2008
"Signs of Life," Pastels by James Williams, Chapel Hill, NC



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