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Real Talk: Community Conversation on Why the Black American Male Still Matters
The final conversation in a year-long series of candid community conversations on the relevance of the American black male in the 21st century will focus on I am a Man! Black, Male and Gay. The event is scheduled for Thursday, May 21 at 6:30 p.m. at UNC Charlotte Center City. UNC Charlotte’s Center for the Study of […]
New Roots in the Old North State
Popular thought that North Carolina is experiencing heavy Latino migration is a demographic reality. Anthropologist Hannah Gill will discuss what the migration means to the state and to the immigrants as she delivers the Levine Lecture, “New Roots in the Old North State,” on Monday, Mar. 9, 2015. The annual lecture is presented by UNC […]
Heart and Soul: What the Health of the Black American Male Means…
The fourth in a yearlong series of candid community conversations on the relevance of the American black male in the 21st century will focus on Heart and Soul: What the Health of the Black American Male Means to the Entire Community. The event is scheduled for Monday, January 19, 2015 at 6:30 p.m. at UNC […]
Soul Food: A Contemporary And Historical Exploration of New South Food
Foodies, farmers, educators and advocates will explore these and more “farm to table” and sustainability questions during a community discussion of “Soul Food: A Contemporary And Historical Exploration of New South Food” on Thursday, October 2 at UNC Charlotte Center City, 320 E. Ninth St. The day’s first discussion, “Rethinking Our Relationship to the Land,” […]
Soul Food: A Contemporary and Historical Exploration of New South Food
Tipton-Martin is a culinary journalist, author of the forthcoming book, The Jemima Code, co-founder of the Southern Foodways Alliance, and founder and executive director of the SANDE Youth Project. She will lead the discussion with her research on historical and contemporary African American cooks and chefs with roots in North Carolina. The accompanying traveling exhibit to […]
Hard Hits: Concussion and the Modern Athlete
A UNC Charlotte panel discussion titled “Hard Hits: Concussions and the Modern Athlete” will consider emerging research on sports-related concussions, in the latest offering in the “Sports in the New South: Culture, Color and Cash” series. The event is scheduled for Tuesday, November 5, 2013 at 6:00 PM at UNC Charlotte Center City, 320 E. […]
49ers Football: The Impact on Town and Gown to Explore Newest Sport
“49ers Football: The Impact on Town and Gown” will explore UNC Charlotte’s newest sport, as part of theSports in the New South: Culture, Color and Cash lecture series presented by the Center for the Study of the New South in the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences. The Tuesday, August 27 panel discussion at UNC Charlotte […]
Without Sanctuary Conference
Without Sanctuary Conference The Center for the Study of the New South, in collaboration with the Levine Museum of the New South, issued a call for papers related to lynching in America and the South in particular, with abstracts due by June 1, 2012. The exhibit of lynching photographs, Without Sanctuary, will be at the […]
Charlotte, The New South, and the Democratic Convention
The Center for the Study of the New South, in collaboration with J. Murrey Atkins Library, will convene a panel discussion on Charlotte, The New South, and the Democratic Convention on Tuesday, October 4, 2011, in Atkins 125 (First Floor) at 3:00. Panel members are contributors to Charlotte, NC, The Global Evolution of a New South […]
The History of White People
On Thursday, April 14 at 6:00 PM at the Levine Museum of the New South, 200 E. Seventh St., UNC Charlotte’s Center for the Study of the New South presents: Nell Irvin Painter, the Edwards Professor of American History, Emerita, Princeton University, and author of “The History of White People.” This event will be followed by a […]