College of Humanities & Earth and Social Sciences

Africana Studies Partners in Charlotte Africa Initiative

UNC Charlotte’s Africana Studies Department is playing a critical role in the Charlotte Africa Initiative, which will officially launch with a series of workshops at UNC Charlotte Center City during Charlotte Africa Business Week April 24-28. “The Charlotte Africa Initiative allows businesses, students, scholars, and others in the Charlotte region and elsewhere in North Carolina […]

Book of Speeches Edited by Faculty Member Called “Canon of African-American Eloquence”

Richard Leeman, communication studies, co-edited The Will of a People: A Critical Anthology of Great African American Speeches, published in February by Southern Illinois University Press.

Revelations From the Tomb: College Faculty Member Makes Discovery

A world-renowned UNC Charlotte professor and historian has made a discovery in an intact first century tomb in Jerusalem that has revealed a set of limestone Jewish ossuaries or “bone boxes” that are engraved with a rare Greek inscription and a unique image. The findings are detailed in a preliminary report by James D. Tabor, […]

Illustrator Chosen as Africana Artist-in-Residence; Higgins Bond To Offer Student, Faculty and Public Talks

Nationally acclaimed artist and illustrator Barbara Higgins Bond will serve as the 2012 Africana Artist-in-Residence at UNC Charlotte. During her residency from Feb. 13 to Feb. 17, Higgins Bond will participate in a student-focused seminar titled, “Interrogating Self: Redemption of Memory and Meaning in My Art” on Feb. 16 from 9:30 a.m. to 10:45 a.m. […]

Global Diplomat Addresses “Middle East Peace” at Lecture Hosted by College of Liberal Arts & Sciences at UNC Charlotte Center City

Global diplomat, peace negotiator and leadership expert George Mitchell spoke to a capacity crowd on “Turmoil in the Middle East and its Effect on American Policy” at UNC Charlotte Center City on February 1 at 6 p.m. The College of Liberal Arts & Sciences was the host college for the event, which was the inaugural […]

Reception Honors Faculty for Sponsored Research and Published Books

In December 2011, A Celebration of Faculty Achievement recognized College of Liberal Arts & Sciences faculty in two categories:  those faculty who have received external funding during the previous academic year and those faculty who have published books.  128 faculty members in the College fall into one or the other of these two categories, and […]

UNC Charlotte Model United Nations Shines

UNC Charlotte’s Model UN delegates recently competed at the Southern Regional Model United Nations conference in Atlanta against 48 universities and earned the most awards of any UNC Charlotte team ever at a conference.The 53-member delegation from an array of colleges won two of three Outstanding Delegation Awards, an Honorable Mention Delegation Award, a Position […]

Library workshop, co-sponsored by CLAS, to explore digital humanities

The Atkins Library Digital Scholarship Lab, in partnership with the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences, will host the free workshop “Exploring Digital Humanities: Practicalities and Potential” on Monday, Dec. 5, from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m Faculty, graduate students and staff at UNC Charlotte and neighboring institutions are invited to attend either or both […]

GIS Day: Focused on Solving Contemporary Problems

The Department of Geography and Earth Sciences, together with ESRI – a leading geographic information systems (GIS) company, is sponsoring its annual GIS Day on Wednesday, November 16, 2011 in the McEniry lobby from noon to 2 p.m. Graduate students will present their research right after that, at 2 p.m. In anticipation of GIS Day, […]

Local College and University Faculty to Explore Unconventional Aspects of Conventions

Charlotte Teachers Institute (CTI) and its partners will present “Exploding Canons: The Changing Landscapes of Political Conventions” on Friday, Oct. 14, from 5:30 to 8 p.m. at the UNC Charlotte Center City Campus in Uptown Charlotte. With this installment of its multidisciplinary speakers series, CTI invites the Charlotte community to take an unconventional look at […]