IAH at UNC

#GiveUNC, UNC’s annual day of giving, is March 24. The Institute for the Arts and Humanities is grateful for our donors. Your support aids us in our mission to empower faculty by creating community and cultivating leadership on campus. Learn more: go.unc.edu/g3JGr

Allen Moseley has served on the IAH external advisory board since 2019. To him, the IAH is a unique place at Carolina and he’s glad to volunteer his time to support IAH initiatives to continue to lift up faculty. Read a Q&A with Moseley: go.unc.edu/Bt48Z

In preparation for Ada Limón’s upcoming lecture, the Institute for the Arts and Humanities is celebrating poets on UNC-Chapel Hill’s campus. “Tamed” by creative writing professor Tyree Daye first appeared in the New York Times in 2017. Read the poem: go.unc.edu/i7RCg

Listen to a new episode of the Institute Podcast featuring 2026 Weil Lecture speaker Ada Limón. See the episode on the IAH website (go.unc.edu/c7T4X) and listen wherever you listen to podcasts.

Christopher Nelson (FFP ’06, ’14; ALP ’16) said the IAH gave him the forum to talk about how he was going to accomplish his second book, as well as grant workshops and funding support for an open access copy. Read more about Nelson’s research: go.unc.edu/s6MLq

On Feb.13, art and art history professor Maggie Cao (FFP ’19) presented about her new and ongoing research in a Fellows Forum lecture titled “Diurnal Medium: Early Photography in the Arctic.” Read the recap on the IAH website: go.unc.edu/Yn5g3

On March 21-22, join the Process Series for Murmuration, featuring art from Lee Weisert (FFP ’19) and Jonathon Kirk. See showtimes and reserve tickets on the Process Series’ Website: go.unc.edu/s5N4J

In preparation for Ada Limón’s upcoming lecture, the IAH is celebrating poets on UNC’s campus. “Miss You. Would Like to Take A Walk With You.” is from creative writing professor Gabrielle Calvocoressi’s (FFP ’26) poetry collection The New Economy.

History professor Molly Worthen (FFP ’17) was featured on an episode of Hidden Brain podcast to discuss her research on charisma in politics and how listeners can recognize its spell. Listen to the episode on the Hidden Brain website: go.unc.edu/Qx56N

Professor of German and adjunct associate professor of African and Afro-American studies Priscilla Layne (FFP ’21, ALP ’22) said that the Institute for the Arts and Humanities has been “immensely helpful” to her research and leadership journeys in her time at UNC-Chapel Hill.

We hope to see you today at the March Stevens Reckford Memorial Lecture in European Studies, featuring NYU Professor Stéphane Gerson. For more information and to RSVP, see the IAH website (go.unc.edu/Pg47K).

Tomorrow at 5:30 p.m., after the IAH Reckford Lecture, join UNC Global Affairs and other partners for a Diplomatic Discussion with Anne Applebaum about how disinformation and corruption are leading to democratic-backsliding around the world. See more: go.unc.edu/q5SPm

The newest episode of the Institute Podcast features a conversation between IAH Interim Director Elizabeth Olson and Stéphane Gerson, speaker for the 2026 Mary Stevens Reckford Memorial Lecture in European Studies. See the episode on the IAH website: go.unc.edu/Aa97Y

Today, March 2, UNC English and Comparative Literature presents a reading by Ross Gay, the 2026 Frank B. Hanes Writer-in-Residence. The free event will take place at 7:30 p.m. in Moeser Auditorium at Hill Hall. For more information, see: go.unc.edu/q9K2F

The Institute is pleased to announce the winners of the 2026 Schwab Academic Excellence Awards. The award recognizes faculty members from each College of Arts and Sciences department in the arts, humanities, and qualitative social sciences. See more: go.unc.edu/Ap38T

On March 5, the IAH invites you to the 2026 Mary Stevens Reckford Memorial Lecture, delivered by Stéphane Gerson and titled, “The Politics of Our Family Stories: Brussels, 1994 - Nice, 1942.” See more information, including how to RSVP, on the event page: go.unc.edu/Pg47K

Journalism professor Deb Aikat (FFP ’00) was featured in UNC Research Stories for his research exploring generative AI’s impact on free press as a democratic institution. Read the full story on UNC Research Stories: go.unc.edu/j8TZz

Tomorrow, Feb. 24 at 6:00 p.m., history professor W. Fitzhugh Brundage (FFP ’04, ALP ’04) presents an author talk on “A Fate Worse Than Hell” with David Blight at Flyleaf Books. For more information, see the event page on the Flyleaf Books website: go.unc.edu/Js73E

Save the date for the 2026 Mary Stevens Reckford Memorial Lecture on March 5, delivered by Stéphane Gerson. See more information, including how to RSVP, on the event page: go.unc.edu/Pg47K

On a new episode of the Institute Podcast, historian Kathleen DuVal (FFP ’13, ’22) returns to the podcast to discuss her research journey and her approach to telling historical stories. Listen on the IAH website (go.unc.edu/t3Y4M), or wherever you listen to podcasts.