Justin Blanton (UNC), "Becoming Chiquitano: Crafting Ethnic Identity in the Imperial Borderlands of the Greater Paraguayan River Basin"

Danna Agmon (Virginia Tech)

Public Lecture: What Is the Futore of #Altac? With full-time, tenure-track jobs increasingly scarce, more Ph.D.’s are going into #altac (alternative academic) positions. As a result, altac professionals are becoming essential personnel upon whom universities and faculty rely; however, it is not always clear what the role of Ph.D.-credentialed #altac staff is (or should be) …

Altac Careers: Future Proofing Your Ph.D. A workshop for graduate students This highly interactive session provides concrete and immediate assistance for graduate students in any discipline who want to be better prepared to land a job that is both fulfilling and full-time without leaving the academy. Dr. Bethman will discuss how participants can think about …

Preparing Graduate Students for the Changing Employment Landscape An informal faculty conversation with Dr. Brenda BethmanD The Alternative Academic Careers for PhDs Carolina Seminar invites all faculty members—and especially directors of graduate studies and placement directors—to join us for an informal dialogue and conversation about graduate student career preparation with Dr. Brenda Bethman. This event …

Debra Franko

Don Nonini and Dottie Holland (Anthropology): "Potential for and Limits to Democratic Possibilities: The Case of Local Food Activism.”

Alice Kaplan (Yale)

Sarah Meacham (Virginia Commonwealth), "'The Polite Assurance and Affable Cheerfulness of a Gentleman': Status and Emotions in the Eighteenth-Century South"

The Carolina Seminars Program, the Parr Center for Ethics, and the Institute of African American Research (IAAR) are sponsoring a special call for applications for problem-focused seminars focusing on ethical dimensions of diversity at UNC. This call is designed to bring the considerable intellectual and ethical talents of Carolina faculty and students to bear on …