News & Events
UNC Asheville’s Center for Jewish Studies Presents Poet and Zen Buddhist Priest Norman Fischer
January 11, 2012
Norman Fischer, a poet and Zen Buddhist priest, will present a poetry reading and lecture on two consecutive evenings at UNC Asheville. Fischer’s work focuses on Zen’s application to Western culture and on the relationship between Buddhist and Jewish practice; his appearances are sponsored by the Center for Jewish Studies at UNC Asheville.
Talk by Author and Artist damali ayo to Highlight Martin Luther King Jr. Week at UNC Asheville
January 5, 2012
“Are You Ready to Fix Racism? (or are you still pretending it doesn’t exist?),” a presentation by damali ayo, will highlight a series of events at UNC Asheville to commemorate Martin Luther King Jr. Week. Her talk begins at 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 19, 2012 in UNC Asheville’s Lipinsky Auditorium and is free and open to the public.
“Hiking through History” Talk to Link Appalachian Trail Sites with Murders at Shelton Laurel and other Civil War Incidents
November 2, 2011
Leanna Joyner, author of “Hiking through History,” will speak at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 15, in UNC Asheville’s Highsmith University Union Grotto.
UNC Asheville to Host Lecture, “Jonah’s Whale of a Tale”
November 2, 2011
The story of Jonah, as considered by Judaism, Christianity and Islam, will be the subject of a lecture by Dr. Katherine Peters, “Jonah’s Whale of a Tale,” 7 p.m. Monday, Nov. 14 in UNC Asheville’s Humanities Lecture Hall. The lecture is free and open to the public.
The Center For Craft, Creativity & Design Announces the 2011 Craft Research Fund Grant Awards
November 1, 2011
The Center for Craft, Creativity & Design (CCCD), a center of UNC Asheville, is pleased to announce the 2011 Craft Research Fund grant awards. This is the center’s 7th year of awarding $95,000 annually to advance, expand and support research about craft in the United States for both graduate and professional level scholars. This national grant program is funded by a private charitable foundation.
UNC Asheville Sociologist to Speak on “The Modern Eye and the Quilt as Art Form”
October 26, 2011
Sociologist and writer Karin Peterson will deliver the final lecture in the Fall 2011 “Meet the Maker” series at UNC Asheville, titled “How the Ordinary Becomes Extraordinary: The Modern Eye and the Quilt as Art Form.” Peterson, associate professor of Sociology at UNC Asheville, will speak at 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 3, in Owen Hall room 302 on the campus.
UNC Asheville to Host Lecture, “Stealing the Past: Collectors and Museums of the 21st Century”
October 24, 2011
Anthropologist Richard Leventhal will present a lecture titled, “Stealing the Past: Collectors and Museums of the 21st Century,” at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 27, in UNC Asheville’s Ramsey Library. The talk is free and open to the public.
Soumitra Lahiri to Perform Indian Classical Music at UNC Asheville
October 5, 2011
Award-winning sitar player Soumitra Lahiri and tabla player Samir Chatterjee will perform together in concert, 8 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 25, at UNC Asheville’s Lipinsky Auditorium. The concert offers a rare opportunity in Western North Carolina to hear top-level Indian musicians. The duo will perform Indian classical music blended with modern influences.
Hispanic Heritage Month Events Include Talk by Fidel Castro’s Daughter
September 21, 2011
During National Hispanic Heritage Month, September 15-October 15, UNC Asheville will host a series of special events, including appearances by writers Stephanie Elizondo Griest and Gabriela Garcia Medina, and a talk by Alina Fernandez, daughter of Fidel Castro.
UNC Asheville to Host Lecture, “Archaeology and the Small Town,” by Jane Eastman
September 14, 2011
Jane Eastman, director of Cherokee Studies at Western Carolina University, will deliver the Curtis Holliday lecture at UNC Asheville, 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 22, in the Ramsey Library.
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