Humanities
Programs, posters, photos and video recordings from these performances at The Black Academy of Arts and Letters, and other items from the academy's archives, will be housed at the UNT Libraries as part of its Special Collections.
Michael Leo Owens presents "The Civic Consequences of 'The New Jim Crow' for Black America" as part of Black History Month at UNT.
Ricardo Rozzi, a professor in the Department of Philosophy and Religion Studies at UNT will serve as a panelist for the World Leaders Dialogue "Stand Up for Your Rights: Parks and Social Equity."
UNT's LGBT Studies program and the Center for Psychosocial Health Research will host a screening Nov. 11 (Tuesday) of "Broken Heart Land," a documentary about Zach Harrington, a gay man who contracted HIV and committed suicide.
Holocaust survivor Paul Kessler will speak about his experience as a child during the holocaust in his speech titled the "Hidden Child of the Holocaust" at 6:30 p.m. on Nov. 17 (Monday) at the University of North Texas.
Marie-Christine Koop, professor of French in UNT's Department of World Languages, Literatures and Cultures, has received the medal of the Ordre des Francophones d'Amérique from Quebec's Superior Council of the French Language.
Mohammad Wattad, assistant professor in the School of Law at Israel's Zefat Academic College, and the Schusterman Visiting Israel Professor at the University of California at Irvine, will speak at UNT Oct. 21 (Tuesday).
A new program under development at the University of North Texas aims to increase the diversity of the rehabilitation counseling career field, while helping students complete an education and move into the profession in less time.
Millions of devoted fans watch "Game of Thrones" and enjoy the book adapted by the television show, but those fans have nothing on the 300 visitors coming to UNT.
Robin Underdahl of Dallas received the top prize of $3,000 and a provisional book contract with the University of North Texas Press in the Book Manuscript competition sponsored by the 2014 Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Conference.
