Uncovering Joy in These Hot Mess Times: Finding Joy and Reconnecting with Your Purpose (For Faculty)
Faculty are invited to join Spartans ADVANCE in the Faculty Center for this special event. Faculty will:
Conference on African American and African Diasporic Cultures and Experiences (CACE)
Join UNC Greensboro’s African American and African Diaspora Studies (AADS) program for their annual Conference on African American and African Diasporic Cultures and Experiences (CACE). This year’s theme explores: Black Studies Matters, Black Stories Matter! Black Knowledge Practices, Black Futures February 20 -23 at UNC Greensboro Featured Events Registration and … Continued
Who Will Guard The Guardians? Thinking Through Democratic Vulnerabilities With Plato
Join us for this free lecture in UNC Greensboro’s 2023-24 Harriet Elliott Lecture Series, hosted by the Department of Political Science. Dr. Melissa Lane is a professor of politics at Princeton University and director of the University Center for Human Values. A political theorist, Lane’s work focuses primarily on ancient Greek … Continued
WGSS Art Exhibition Opening Reception & Open House
Join us for the opening reception for Framed Equality: Art in the Realm of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies.
View artwork and meet the artists, tour WGSS spaces, and enjoy refreshments.
Unsettled: Black Feminism and Abolition on Contested Lands – A Talk by Charlene Carruthers
What does it mean to organize for Black liberation on contested lands within an ongoing U.S. settler colonial project? Drawing upon over twenty years of grassroots organizing, education, and scholarship, this talk will discuss the historical and conceptual stakes of Black feminist organizing in this moment. Refreshments will be available! … Continued
NOSTALGIA: AN EXPLOSIVE COLLECTION OF SCENES REPRESENTING THE RICH COLORS, TRADITIONS, AND CULTURE OF GHANA
“Nostalgia: An Explosive Collection of Scenes Representing the Rich Colors, Traditions, and Culture of Ghana” opens Thursday, February 1 at 5 p.m. at the Gatewood Studio Arts Building. The exhibit runs through February 29, 2024.
Great Conversation Series – Are Games the Key to the Good Life?
Bernard Suits defined playing a game as the voluntary attempt to overcome unnecessary obstacles. A short talk by philosophy professor Derek Skillings, followed by open conversation, will explore the emerging field of the philosophy of games. What makes games a unique form of aesthetic expression? Can they provide the means … Continued
Author Scott Gould in Conversation with Nellie Hildebrandt and Terry L. Kennedy
Scott Gould will join Nellie Hildebrandt (MFA ’24) and Terry L. Kennedy (Director, MFA Writing Program) in a conversation celebrating the release of Gould’s latest short story collection, Idiot Men. This special Saturday evening event marks the 2024 kickoff for our Distinguished Visiting Writers Series, and will be followed by … Continued
MFA in Creative Writing Thesis Reading: Sierra Stonebraker and Kay Zeiss
Join us for a second evening celebrating the creative accomplishments of our graduate students in the MFA Writing Program! Sierra Stonebraker and Kay Zeiss will give a reading of original fiction and poetry. A part of the MFA Writing Program’s 2024 Thesis Reading Series, the event is free and open … Continued
“The Future Doesn’t Want Me In It,” MFA in Creative Writing Thesis Reading: Nellie Hildebrandt and Justin Nash
Join the UNCG literary community to celebrate the creative accomplishments of our graduate students in the MFA Writing Program! Nellie Hildebrandt and Justin Nash will give a reading, titled “The Future Doesn’t Want Me In It,” of their original works of fiction and poetry. This is the first event in … Continued