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THE “WHITE MAN,” RACE AND IMPERIAL WAR DURING THE LONG NINETEENTH CENTURY

569 Hamilton Hall 102 Emerson Drive, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Presenting is Marilyn Lake, Professor of History, University of Melbourne, School of Historical and Philosophical Studies. (In cooperation with the UNC Chapel Hill, Department of History and the Carolina Seminar on Transnational and Modern Global History) The lecture explores the … Read more

JOINING THE GERMAN HOME FRONT: WOMEN, RELIGION, AND WORLD WAR I

569 Hamilton Hall 102 Emerson Drive, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Presenting is Andrea A. Sinn, Assistant Professor, Department of History and Geography, Elon University (In cooperation with the North Carolina German Studies Seminar Series) Traditionally, the history of World War I is told predominantly from the vantage point of men, … Read more

THE SOVIET-AFGHAN WAR’S UNWOMANLY FACE: THE REPRESENTATION OF WOMEN IN SVETLANA ALEXIEVICH’S ZINKY BOYS|

569 Hamilton Hall 102 Emerson Drive, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Presenting is Jeffery Wade Jones, Associate Professor, Department of History, University of North Carolina in Greensboro (In cooperation with the UNC Chapel Hill Center for Slavic, Eurasian and East European Studies) In keeping with her journalistic style of conveying the views … Read more

BOYHOOD: TRACKING IN THE RHODESIAN ARMY DURING THE ZIMBABWE WAR OF LIBERATION (1964-1979)

569 Hamilton Hall 102 Emerson Drive, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Presenting is Luise White, Professor, Department of History, University of Florida (In cooperation with the UNC Chapel Hill African Studies Center) The presentation explores the tracking of African guerrillas by the Rhodesian security forces during Zimbabwe’s liberation war. Like hunters … Read more

Islamic State, Women, and Violence

569 Hamilton Hall 102 Emerson Drive, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

This event is part of the Carolina Gender, War and Culture Project and Series. The millennial association of rape and war was challenged in 2001 when the ICTY decreed that rape in war constituted a crime against humanity. Although men … Read more

Workshop: What is Digital Humanities?

Pleasant Room, Wilson Library

Access the workshop schedule here. In recent years, digital humanities has with much fanfare received the label of “the next big thing” in the humanities. The capacities of DH to facilitate new ways of gathering and analyzing data, interdisciplinary collaboration … Read more