The Institute Podcast

By Institute for the Arts and Humanities (UNC-CH)

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November 14, 2024 Episode 137: How Inger Brodey Applies Public Humanities to Jane Austen Scholarship and SCiLL
Inger Brodey (FFP '11, '24) shares details about her new publication, Jane Austen and the Price of Happiness, and her upcoming Jane Austen research she worked on as a recent faculty fellow. In addition to book projects, she discusses her public humanities service with UNC's School of Civic Life and Leadership, the Jane Austen Summer Program, and more.
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31min
October 24, 2024 Episode 136: Adam Versényi on Dramaturgy, Translation, and the Chairs Leadership Program
Adam Versényi is a professor of dramaturgy in the UNC Department of Dramatic Art. In this episode, Versényi shares his collaborative work in dramaturgy and translation projects. He also discusses his previous fellowships with the IAH and also what the current Chairs Leadership Program cohort is up to this year.
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33min
September 10, 2024 Episode 135: Historian Michelle King and the Impact of Fu Pei-mei
History associate professor Michelle King specializes modern Chinese gender history and food history. In this episode, she discusses her experience in the IAH Faculty Fellowship Program and the research behind her new book, Chop Fry Watch Learn: Fu Pei-mei and the Making of Modern Chinese Food (Johns Hopkins University Press).
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30min
March 12, 2024 Episode 134: Weil Speaker Judy Woodruff on ‘America at the Crossroads’
In advance of the 2024 Weil Lecture on March 25, Director Patricia Parker conducts a phone interview with speaker Judy Woodruff. During her lecture, Woodruff will speak on her reporting project, Judy Woodruff Presents: America at a Crossroads. In this podcast, Director Parker asks Woodruff about her distinguished career in journalism, the inspirations for the project, and the divisions and conversations she witnesses throughout it.
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40min
February 12, 2024 Episode 133: Examining Biblical Texts with Assistant Professor Hugo Mendez
Assistant professor of religious studies Hugo Mendez (FFP '22) discusses his research in his recent book projects: one exploring the role of St. Stephen in early Christian communities, and the most recent examining the biblical books of John. He also describes his fellowship experiences – at the IAH and at the National Humanities Center – and how they provided the needed time and interdisciplinary connections to work on his current book.
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25min
January 24, 2024 International Collaborative Research with Associate Professor Andrea Bohlman
Andrea Bohlman is an associate professor of music who received a 2023 Summer International Collaborative Research Grant from the Institute for the Arts and Humanities. Part of Bohlman’s research examined the consent and politics of sound and sound-recordings, and she collaborated with colleagues at Polish universities. In the podcast, she talks about her research and the impact of the $20,000 grant.
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39min
November 15, 2023 Episode 131: The Women of NOW with historian Katherine Turk
Historian Katherine Turk (FFP ’21) discusses her new book, The Women of NOW: How Feminists Built an Organization that Transformed America (The Macmillan Group). She shares the history of the National Organization for Women, and on three leaders who helped shape the organization.
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36min
October 18, 2023 Episode 130: When the Swelling Goes Down with Actor, Playwright Samuel Ray Gates
Actor and playwright Samuel Ray Gates (FFP ’22) talks about his Faculty Fellowship experience, where he continued his work on his one-person show, When the Swelling Goes Down. Gates shares the themes of the show, the writing process, and the ways comedy can be used to explore and heal through difficult issues.
Recorded in spring 2023.
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35min
September 06, 2023 Episode 129: Digital Humanities, Game Studies, and International Collaborations with Courtney Rivard
Recorded in spring 2023, Courtney Rivard, a 2023 fellow in the Tyson Academic Leadership Program, discusses her work as Director of the digital literacy and communications lab at UNC-Chapel Hill. She also shares recent projects in digital humanities, gaming studies, and a book that she worked on during her spring 2022 Faculty Fellowship.
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20min
May 10, 2023 Episode 128: Kenneth Janken on Bringing the Wilmington Ten to the Public’s Attention
African, African American and diaspora studies professor Kenneth Janken received the 2022 George H. Johnson Prize for Distinguished Achievement by an IAH Fellow. On March 23, 2023, he received the award and delivered a lecture, "Bringing the Wilmington Ten to the Public's Attention: One Historian's Experience in Public Humanities.” Before his lecture, he sat down to talk about his research, public reaction to the case, and his Fellowship experiences.
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31min

FAQs about The Institute Podcast:

How many episodes does The Institute Podcast have?

The podcast currently has 171 episodes available.