Community Engagement

Guests can experience the rich world of classic and contemporary films from France, Italy, South Korea, Russia and Spain at UNC Charlotte’s International Film Series and Tournées Festival, Wednesday, March 13 through Monday, March 25.

Highly-regarded Rice University scholar April DeConick will present “The Ancient New Age: How Gnostic Spirituality Revolutionized Religion in Antiquity” on Monday, March 11, at 7 p.m. in the Cone University Center, McKnight Hall, for the 29th Annual Loy H. Witherspoon Lecture in Religious Studies.

Nigerian master woodcarver, structure designer, folklorist and environmental activist Kasali Akangbe Ogun is serving as the 2013 Africana Artist-in-Residence at UNC Charlotte.

It will be “hats off” to Dr. Seuss at the Seuss-a-Thon event co-sponsored by UNC Charlotte’s English Department and Park Road Books at the bookstore on Saturday, March 2 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

The newly-appointed advisory council for the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Women’s Summit includes several College of Liberal Arts & Sciences representatives, who will provide oversight and guidance to the organization and help plan the 2014 Women’s Summit Conference. “This advisory council represents an outstanding group of highly qualified and committed members of our community who will guide and […]

UNC Charlotte is hosting over 200 scholars from around the world at the first International Pragmatics Conference of the Americas and the fifth International Conference on Intercultural Pragmatics on October 19-21 at UNC Charlotte Center City. Pragmatics, generally speaking, is the investigation of human language and communication. The joint conference is promoting theoretical and applied […]

UNC Charlotte’s Center for the Study of the New South on Oct. 11-13 will host “Without Sanctuary: A Conference on Lynching and the American South,” in conjunction with the Levine Museum of the New South and its exhibit of photographs, postcards and narrative that explores one of the most horrific chapters of history. The “Without […]

International, national and local media reporting on the presidential nominating conventions have turned to College of Liberal Arts & Sciences faculty for their expertise on public policy, historical and cultural context, communication issues and other topics. This has been especially true during Democratic National Convention activities in Charlotte during the days immediately leading up to […]

In recognition of a lifetime of public service, UNC Charlotte has named one of its first master’s programs The Gerald G. Fox Master of Public Administration Program. Over 50 people gathered in Fretwell Building on August 15 to commemorate the naming, with representatives from local and state government, student groups, faculty and staff, and the […]

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 […]