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Dr. Miriam Isaacs. Photo submitted.

A day with Dr. Miriam Isaacs: Yiddish language scholar workshop and lecture
Oct 3, 2019

The Center for Judaic, Holocaust and Peace Studies will host the Yiddish language scholar Dr. Miriam Isaacs for a day-long program on Thursday, October 17, 2019.

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"Dirt" as Artifact: Geoarchaeology and the Study of "Prepared Surfaces"
Sep 25, 2019

The Department of Anthropology Presents: "Dirt" as Artifact: Geoarchaeology and the Study of "Prepared Surfaces" with Dr. Sarah C. Sherwood of Sewanee, The University of the South.
Thursday, October 17, 2019
5 p.m.
Belk Library, Room 114

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Humanities Council Symposium: Building A Just World
Sep 25, 2019

Wednesday, October 2, 2019
8:30 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Rough Ridge, Room 415, Plemmons Student Union

The event is free and open to the public.

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'Two Flags' chronicles the life and politics of a quaint French town: Pondicherry, a film by Pankaj Rishi Kumar. Image from his film.

Film Screening: Two Flags
Sep 24, 2019

Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2019
Greenbriar Theater
5:30 p.m.

Pankaj Rishi Kumar will be visiting campus to screen his two new films on September 30 and October 1. This is the second of two film screenings.

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“Intimate Crime in Early Modern England and Wales”
Sep 23, 2019

With Dr. Anna Field (Rhinehart Postdoctoral Fellow 2019-20)

Wednesday, September 25, 2019
5 p.m.
History Lounge in Anne Belk Hall, Room 212

This event is free and open to the public.

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Humanities Discussion book discussion

Building A Just World: A Discussion of Leigh Goodmark’s “Decrimnalizing Domestic Violence: A Balanced Policy Approach to Intimate Partner Violence”
Sep 20, 2019

Tuesday, September 24, 2019
7 - 9 p.m.
Watauga County Library - 140 Queen St, Boone, NC 28607

 This event is free and open to the public.

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“When Everything Beyond the Walls Is Wild: Being a Woman Outdoors in America” by Lilace Mellin Guignard - Book jacket cover image, photo submitted.

What Happens When Women Hear the Call of the Wild?
Sep 19, 2019

“When Everything Beyond the Walls Is Wild: Being a Woman Outdoors in America” with poet and award winning author Lilace Mellin Guignard
Tuesday, October 8, 2019
5 p.m.

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Historian Dr. Leonard Rogoff author of “Gertrude Weil: Jewish Progressive in the New South” (2017) and “Down Home: Jewish Life in North Carolina” (2010) . Photo submitted.

Historian Dr. Leonard Rogoff will present a lecture on the Art Collecting Cone Sisters of Blowing Rock
Sep 5, 2019

“The Cones on Blowing Rock: Kultur in the High Country”
Thursday, Sept. 19, 2019
2:30 p.m.
Parkway Ballroom, Room 420, Plemmons Student Union

This event is free and open to the public.

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LLC International Speaker Series introduces Nihad Dukhan
Sep 3, 2019

Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures (DLLC) International Speaker Series introduces

“Art Starts with a Line: Foundations of Arabic/Islamic Calligraphy” with Dr. Nihad Dukhan

Tuesday, September 24, 2019

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