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SUMMARY:The Great Self-Portrait
DESCRIPTION:The College of Arts & Sciences’ Ashby Dialogues presents this lecture by Professor Richard Hronek of UNCG’s Department of Languages\, Literatures\, and Cultures. \n\n\n\nThe 2025-26 Ashby Dialogues explores the theme\, “Rethinking the Algorithm: AI and the Human Experience.” \n\n\n\nAbout this presentation: Dr. Hronek examines the nature of cyborg in fictional literature and media and ponders the questions of whether technology is portrayed as a liberator or another means of oppresion. \n\n\n\nFree and open to the public.  \n\n\n\nLocation: UNCG’s MHRA Building | Room 1215 | 1111 Spring Garden Street
URL:https://cas.uncg.edu/event/the-great-self-portrait/
LOCATION:UNCG’s Moore Humanities and Research Administration (MHRA) Building\, 1111 Spring Garden St\, Greensboro\, NC\, 27412
CATEGORIES:Ashby Dialogue Series,Rethinking the Algorithm,uncg_main
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251106T170000
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SUMMARY:Samba\, Screen\, and Society: Gender\, Race\, and Brazilian Cinema
DESCRIPTION:Ashby Lecture Series Dialogue 4\n\n\n\nSamba\, Screen\, and Society: Gender\, Race\, and Brazilian Cinema\n\n\n\nNOvember 6\, 2025 5:00 – 6:30 pm UNCG Curry building\, Macdonald room 231see registration link below \n\n\n\n\n\nFilm screening\, dialogue\, and refreshments\n\n\n\nJoin us for an evening of film\, refreshments\, and conversation. We’ll screen the feature Madame Satã alongside The Guardian short Too Black to Brazil\, exploring gender constructions\, racial identity\, and representations of Samba in Brazilian cinema. Stay for dialogue and reflection on the intersections of race\, gender\, and cultural expression in film. \n\n\n\nRefreshments will be served\, and the event will close with an open dialogue space for reflection and exchange. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\nStill from Madama Satã\, Karim Aïnouz\n\n\n\n\nRegister Here!
URL:https://cas.uncg.edu/event/samba-screen-and-society-gender-race-and-brazilian-cinema/
LOCATION:UNCG Curry Building\, 1109 Spring Garden St\, Greensboro\, North Carolina\, 27412\, United States
CATEGORIES:Ashby Dialogue Series,Samba
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251029T143000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251029T163000
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SUMMARY:AI\, Work\, and Meaning
DESCRIPTION:The College of Arts & Sciences’ Ashby Dialogues presents this lecture by Professor Zach Wrublewski of UNCG’s Philosophy Department. \n\n\n\nThe 2025-26 Ashby Dialogues explores the theme\, “Rethinking the Algorithm: AI and the Human Experience.” \n\n\n\nAbout this presentation: This session will focus on the ethical ramifications of the ubiquitous usage of AI\, and explore the ways in which the large-scale implementation and adoption of AI will alter important aspects of everyday human experience.  \n\n\n\nWrublewski’s talk will outline some of the important ethical features of human experience that are likely to be affected by widespread AI use\, such as autonomy and the search for meaning\, and investigate the ways in which they might be affected. The conversation will revolve around inquiries into the relevant features of human experience\, the nature of humanity\, and the shared futures we want to encourage or avoid. \n\n\n\nFree and open to the public.  \n\n\n\nLocation: UNCG’s School of Education Building | Room 106 | 1300 Spring Garden Street
URL:https://cas.uncg.edu/event/ai-work-and-meaning/
LOCATION:NC
CATEGORIES:Ashby Dialogue Series,Rethinking the Algorithm,uncg_main
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251028T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251028T163000
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SUMMARY:Samba Movement and Dance Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Ashby Lecture Series Dialogue 3\n\n\n\nSAMBA MOVEMENT AND DANCE WORKSHOP\n\n\n\nOctober 28\, 2025 3:00 – 4:30 pm UNCG Dance Department | Coleman Building 201A no shoes allowed in the room \n\n\n\n\n\nJoin us for an engaging workshop led by Adriana Blanco\, a graduate student in the UNCG Dance Department and professional Samba dancer and teacher. Participants will explore the cultural roots of Samba while learning basic and intermediate movements that bring its rhythm and energy to life. The session will also include the screening of short films tracing Samba’s embodied expressions from the 1960s to the 2000s\, highlighting shifts in rhythm\, pace\, and style. All levels are welcome—come ready to move\, learn\, and connect! \n\n\n\nRefreshments will be served\, and the event will close with an open dialogue space for reflection and exchange. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegister Here!
URL:https://cas.uncg.edu/event/samba-movement-and-dance-workshop/
LOCATION:Coleman Building\, 1408 Walker Ave\, Greensboro\, NC\, 27412\, United States
CATEGORIES:Ashby Dialogue Series,Samba
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251016T170000
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SUMMARY:Making Samba: A New History of Race and Music in Brazil
DESCRIPTION:Ashby Lecture Series Dialogue 2\n\n\n\nMAKING SAMBA: A New History of Race and Music in Brazil\n\n\n\nOctober 16\, 20255:00 – 6:30 pmONLINE – Webinar requires registration\n\n\n\n\n\nBook author talk and Q&A\n\n\n\nJoin us online for a special author talk with Dr. Marc A. Hertzman on his book Making Samba. We’ll revisit the story of Donga’s “Pelo Telefone” (1916) and the controversies that reshaped Brazilian music\, race\, and national identity. The conversation will be mediated by Dr. Ana Paula Höfling (UNCG Dance Department)\, with space for dialogue and Q&A. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe book: https://www.dukeupress.edu/making-samba \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegister Here!
URL:https://cas.uncg.edu/event/making-samba-a-new-history-of-race-and-music-in-brazil/
LOCATION:NC
CATEGORIES:Ashby Dialogue Series,Samba
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251002T170000
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SUMMARY:Samba\, Embodiment\, and Representation
DESCRIPTION:Ashby Lecture Series Dialogue 1:Samba\, Embodiment\, and Representation\n\n\n\nOctober 2\, 20255:00 – 7:00 pmOffice of Intercultural Engagement (OIE)Elliott University Center 062\n\n\n\n\n\nFilm screening\, refreshments\, and dialogue\n\n\n\nJoin us for an evening of film\, history\, and conversation on Samba’s cultural and political legacy. We’ll screen a feature on a 1950s Samba composer\, followed by an introduction to the first chapter of Mark Hertzman’s Making Samba. \n\n\n\nRefreshments will be served\, and the event will close with an open dialogue space for reflection and exchange. \n\n\n\nRecommended reading: Hertzman\, M. A. (2013). Making Samba: A New History of Race and Music in Brazil. Duke University Press. \n\n\n\nReading chapter 1 will enhance our conversation\, but it is not required. \n\n\n\n\n\nStill from Rio North Zone\, Nelson Pereira dos Santos (1957)\n\n\n\n\nRegister Here!
URL:https://cas.uncg.edu/event/samba-embodiment-and-representation/
LOCATION:Elliott University Center (EUC)\, 507 Stirling St\, Greensboro\, NC\, 27412\, United States
CATEGORIES:Ashby Dialogue Series,Samba
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251001T160000
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SUMMARY:Auditing Large Language Model Ecosystems: From Model Outputs to Agentic System Deployment
DESCRIPTION:The College of Arts & Sciences’ Ashby Dialogues presents this lecture by Dr. Tianlong Chen\, a computer science professor from UNC Chapel-Hill. \n\n\n\nThe 2025-26 Ashby Dialogues explores the theme\, “Rethinking the Algorithm: AI and the Human Experience.” \n\n\n\nAbout this presentation: Large Language Models (LLMs) are rapidly evolving from monolithic entities into complex\, interactive ecosystems. While previous research has focused on input-level vulnerabilities\, such as adversarial prompts and jailbreaking\, a new frontier of pragmatic\, system-level risks has emerged.  \n\n\n\nThis presentation shifts the focus from input manipulation to auditing the security and governance of the entire operational stack of LLM agent development. We dissect novel threat aspects that target the ecosystem itself\, including knowledge base poisoning\, covert prompt injection in agent societies\, economic resource exhaustion\, and hardware faults. We then survey a new generation of defenses designed to address these unique challenges\, ranging from proactive output protection to decentralized monitoring.  \n\n\n\nTogether\, these topics provide a blueprint for pragmatic safety\, covering both the immediate securing of LLM agentic systems and the principles for their long-term management. Attendees will leave with a comprehensive framework for this next generation of trustworthy AI. \n\n\n\nFree and open to the public.
URL:https://cas.uncg.edu/event/auditing-large-language-model-ecosystems-from-model-outputs-to-agentic-system-deployment/
LOCATION:Petty Building – Room 219\, 317 College Ave\, Greensboro\, North Carolina\, 27412\, United States
CATEGORIES:Ashby Dialogue Series,Rethinking the Algorithm,uncg_main
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250306T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250306T180000
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SUMMARY:Ashby Dialogues: Healing Disclosures of Food and Faith
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for the first event of the Ashby Delectable Dialogues series (Spring 2025): Cultivating Interdisciplinary Food Conversations. \n\n\n\nDr. Derek S. Hicks\, Associate Professor of Religion and Culture at the School of Divinity\, Wake Forest University will be delivering a talk followed by Q&A on “Healing Disclosures of Food and Faith” on Thursday\, March 6 from 4-6 p.m. in UNCG’s School of Education Building\, Room 222. \n\n\n\nThis talk is free and open to the public.
URL:https://cas.uncg.edu/event/ashby-dialogue-healing-disclosures-of-food-and-faith/
LOCATION:NC
CATEGORIES:Ashby Dialogue Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240119T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240119T115000
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SUMMARY:Book Talk: 'Legacies of Trade and Empire'
DESCRIPTION:Join for us a rich discussion with the editors of Legacies of Trade and Empire: Breaking Silences (Cambridge 2023)\, Beheroze Shroff and Shihan de Silva Jayasuria (moderated by Rupa Pillai). You can learn more about the book\, including ordering it\, here: https://www.cambridgescholars.com/product/978-1-5275-9432-6 \n\n\n\nThe program is generously funded by the Ashby Dialogues and hosted by the Ethiopian and East African Indian Ocean Research Network housed in the Program of African American and African Diaspora Studies.  \n\n\n\nThe event will be held virtually on Microsoft Teams. Register here.
URL:https://cas.uncg.edu/event/book-talk-legacies-of-trade-and-empire/
LOCATION:NC
CATEGORIES:Ashby Dialogue Series
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