News & Events
UNC Asheville’s Annual F-Word (Feminist) Film Festival Returns March 21-26
March 13, 2012
UNC Asheville’s annual F-Word (Feminist) Film Festival: A Celebration of Images By and About Women But For All Audiences, returns March 21-26 with screenings on campus of “Miss Representation” and three other films, and discussions featuring university faculty, students and distinguished leaders in the community, including Asheville Mayor Terry Bellamy. All F-Word Festival events are free and open to the public.
Muslim Pacifist and Human Rights Lawyer Arsalan Iftikhar to Lecture at UNC Asheville
March 7, 2012
Arsalan Iftikhar, the human rights lawyer and Islamic pacifist who has become a leading international commentator, will speak at 7 p.m. Monday, March 19 in UNC Asheville’s Humanities Lecture Hall.
The Roma, Before and After the Holocaust – New Photo Exhibit at UNC Asheville
March 6, 2012
“The Heroic Present: The Gypsy Photographs of Jan Yoors,” a new exhibition hosted by UNC Asheville’s Center for Diversity Education, is now on view through April 16 in the Karpen Hall lobby on the campus. The exhibition features extraordinary photographs taken before and after World War II by an outsider who was welcomed into Roma communities.
Duke Religion Scholar to Present at UNC Asheville: “Johnny Cash in the Holy Land: Christian Zionism and American Popular Culture”
February 29, 2012
Duke University religion scholar Shalom Goldman, together with folksinger Lisa Deaton, will present “Johnny Cash in the Holy Land: Christian Zionism and American Popular Culture,” at 7:30 p.m. Monday, March 12, in UNC Asheville’s Sherrill Center Mountain View conference room 417. This event is free and open to the public and is sponsored by the Center for Jewish Studies at UNC Asheville.
“Our Voices, Our Stories” – UNC Asheville Hosts Multi-Media Exhibit Conveying Immigrants’ Experiences
February 21, 2012
“Our Voices, Our Stories, Nuestras Voces, Nuestras Historias,” a new traveling exhibition documenting the lives of immigrants and their journeys to and within Western North Carolina, will take up residence at UNC Asheville’s Highsmith University Union Gallery during the month of March. The exhibit includes art in different and mixed media, and the voices of immigrants interviewed about their lives and experiences.
Creating a Lifelike Virtual Lincoln
February 17, 2012
A rarely seen scar on Lincoln’s nose, perhaps inflicted by a river pirate’s knife, intrigues UNC Asheville student team as it recreates Honest Abe.
Poet and Novelist Sandra Cisneros to Speak March 2
February 15, 2012
Celebrated novelist and poet Sandra Cisneros takes the stage in Asheville on Friday, March 2, at 7 p.m., at UNC Asheville’s Lipinsky Auditorium. An Evening with Sandra Cisneros is free and open to the public and will include a book-signing and reception.
Author of “Moral Minority: Our Skeptical Founding Fathers” to Speak at UNC Asheville
February 2, 2012
Brooke Allen, author of “Moral Minority: Our Skeptical Founding Fathers” (2006, Ivan R. Dee), will lecture about the religious beliefs (or lack thereof) among our nation’s founders. Her talk is free and open to the public, and begins at 7 p.m. Monday, Feb. 13, in UNC Asheville’s Humanities Lecture Hall.
Pulitzer Prize-Winning Poet Natasha Trethewey to Read at UNC Asheville
January 30, 2012
Natasha Tretheway, one of America’s most acclaimed poets and a compelling speaker, will offer a reading and talk at 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 23, in UNC Asheville’s Humanities Lecture Hall. This event is free and open to the public.
UNC Asheville Guest Lecture: “Girls’ Athletics in Ancient Greece”
January 20, 2012
“Go Spartans: Girls’ Athletics in Ancient Greece,” is the subject of a guest lecture by Jenifer Neils at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 16, in the Whitman Room of UNC Asheville’s Ramsey Library. Neils is the Ruth Coulter Heede Professor of Art History and Classics at Case Western Reserve University. This lecture is free and open to the public.
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