MEMS Newsletter (2007-2008) Now Available

Click here for a Pdf of the recent MEMS Newsletter (2007-2008), which includes information on past talks, faculty hires, grant recipents and more MEMS activities at Carolina.

Upcoming Events

August 2008

• Fall reception: Wednesday, August 27 4-6pm, Campus Y, Anne Queen Faculty Commons

September 2008

• Lunchtime Colloquium on Wednesday, September 24 from 12:00-1:00pm: Jonathan Boyarin (Religious Studies) will speak on the topic of: ” The Unconverted Self: Jews, Indians, and the Identity of Christian Europe.”

October 2008

• Lunchtime Colloquium on Wednesday, October 22 from 12:00-1:00pm: Hana Vhlova-Woerner (Music) will speak on the topic of: “The Chants on the Apocalypse and the Antichrist in Late 14th Century Bohemia”
• Deadline for proposals for: Faculty Research Leave Award, Research Awards, Conference Travel Grants, and Dissertation Grants.
• Deadline for proposals for: Ryan-Headley Dissertation Fellowship
• Deadline for proposals to teach MEMS interdisciplinary graduate seminars for the academic year 2009/2010.

November 2008

• Conference on “Global Encounters: Legacies of Exchange and Conflict (1000- 1700)” on November 14-15 at the William and Ida Friday Center at UNC-Chapel Hill.