News and Upcoming Events
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.
