Douglass Hunt Lecture Featuring Dr. Danielle Allen
Carolina Seminars hosts The 2016 Douglass Hunt Lecture Keynote Speaker | Danielle Allen, PhD, Professor, Government, Harvard University; Director, Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics-Harvard. Difference Without Domination: Reconciling Free Speech And Social Equality On College Campuses Is it possible to reconcile what currently are experienced as competing commitments to free expression and an egalitarian campus culture? …
2017-2018 Carolina Seminars Call for Proposals
The Carolina Seminars program is accepting proposals for the 2017-2018 Carolina Seminars. Deadline is May 15, 2017. Visit here for additional details.
Legislative Districts in North Carolina: A Conversation
Freedom Forum Conference Center, Carroll Hall, School of Media and Journalism 211 Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesPresented by the UNC School of Media and Journalism and Carolina Seminars Panelists include: David Daley, Author, Senior Fellow at FairVote Pricey Harrison, Democratic representative, NC General Assembly District 57 David Lewis, Republican representative, NC General Assembly District 53 John Hardister, Republican representative, NC General Assembly District 59 When: Wednesday, April 3, 2019 5:30pm - …
2019 Douglass Hunt Lecture with David Daley
NCThe Douglass Hunt Lectures will feature author David Daley for its 2019 lecture series.
A Conversation with Frank Wilderson III
A dialogue among UNC-Chapel Hill faculty, students, and Frank Wilderson III, award winning author and former elected official for the African National Congress. Moderated by Tanya Shields, Director of Carolina Seminars.
Toward a Pedagogy of Compassion: Why Students Laziness Does Not Exist
Dr. Devon Price, author of the new book Laziness Does Not Exist, presents a research-based approach to dismantle the “laziness lie” in college classrooms. In this talk, Dr. Price will address the psychological underpinnings of instructors’ perceptions of student motivation and provide the framework for a pedagogy of compassion. Emphasis on contextual factors that de-couple …
Dual Impact of Covid-19 and Systemic Racism and Inequity on Children’s Developmental Trajectories in the Early Years: Interdisciplinary Conversations and Development of a Research-Policy Agenda
The Carolina Seminars is a learning environment where innovative interdisciplinary conversations take place. Faculty, students and community leaders can participate in these conversations. We have been funded for a 3-year new Seminar that will bring together scientists and child advocates across disciplines to build a bidirectional translational bridge between research and public policy. These conversations …
Dual Impact of Covid-19 and Systemic Racism and Inequity on Children’s Developmental Trajectories in the Early Years: Interdisciplinary Conversations and Development of a Research-Policy Agenda
This meeting will discuss, from a policy-lens, the impact of the COVID crisis on child education, and in particular, focusing on the systemic inequities that disproportionately impact black and other minoritized children and communities. The goal is to inform us of issues and action-driving needs that can be addressed with innovative science and interventions that …
The Double Whammy: The Disproportionate Impact of Systemic Racism and COVID on Children of Color
Please join our next Carolina Seminar—The Double Whammy: The Disproportionate Impact of Systemic Racism and COVID on Children of Color—featuring Debra Furr-Holden, Director of the Flint Center for Health Equity Solutions. Dr. Furr-Holden has developed a critically important body of research, practice and policy around the Flint water supply contamination and other social determinants of …
How Inequality Kills: Equity as a Health System Imperative
Please join us for our final Interdisciplinary Seminar in Health Equity for the academic year. Following the theme of the impact structures have on health disparities, we will hear a presentation from Dr. David Ansell, MD, MPH on How Inequality Kills: Equity as a Health System Imperative. This important seminar is a collaborative effort of …