Please join the Parr Center for Ethics for a wide-ranging discussion of the multiple causes and effects of anti-Muslim fear and hostility in the United States. Our panel will include: Juliane Hammer (UNC Religious Studies) Charles Kurzman (UNC Sociology) Timothy … Read more

UNC Public Policy welcomes UNC students, faculty, alumni, and friends to its 9th annual Thomas Willis Lambeth Distinguished Lecture in Public Policy on Thursday, September 29, 2016, at 5:00PM in Gerrard Hall on the UNC-Chapel Hill campus. The event is … Read more

October 4th, 2016 6:00-7:30 PM Nelson Mandela Auditorium FedEx Global Education Center Health care (e.g., surgery) and public health (e.g., vaccinations) contribute to an individual’s health in very different ways. This lecture investigates the significance of this difference for a … Read more

Join us for an Ethics Around the Table session with Maggie Cao, a scholar of American art and material culture. She received her doctorate in art history from Harvard University in 2014 and did postdoctoral work at Columbia University’s Society … Read more

Please join the Parr Center for Ethics for a wide-ranging discussion of voter disenfranchisement in the United States. We will discuss multiple aspects of this issue including gerrymandering, reduced early voting, voter ID laws, and felon disenfranchisement, and we will … Read more

"Utopophobia” David Estlund is the Lombardo Professor of the Humanities at Brown University, where he teaches moral and political philosophy. Pizza will be served.

Please join the Parr Center for Ethics and Institute for the Environment for a day-long Symposium on Climate Ethics to be held on Friday, October 28 2016 at the UNC-Chapel Hill Student Union Room 3411. We will have three panel … Read more

Talking about Race during the Election Season: Faculty Political Advocacy In the run up to the 2016 Presidential Election, race and politics are natural topics for discussion on campus. Given the rhetoric emerging from the two major candidates, the racial violence … Read more

Join us for Ethics Around the Table with Dr. Ariana Vigil. Dr. Vigil conducts research and teaching in the field Latina/o literature, focusing on issues of activism, transnationalism, and gender and sexuality. Other areas of interest include: Central American-American Studies and Jewish … Read more