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IN THE NEWS

 Nancy Bryan Faircloth (1930-2010) - Center mourns the loss of trustee emerita and friend.


 NHC and PBS's American Experience Partner to Help Teachers - Seminars will show teachers how to use programs and primary source materials together.


 NHC to Host "The State and Stakes of Literary Study" - Conference to be held March 19-20, 2010.


 Spring Schedule of Online Professional Development Seminars Announced - Seven online seminars for teachers of American history and culture accepting applications now.


 Lecture Series at North Carolina Museum of History Features NHC Fellows - Monthly lectures set to begin February 9.


 NHC and CA Dept. of Ed. Announce Program for Teachers - Partnership provides professional development scholarships for online workshops.
FROM THE DIRECTOR

"Two Points about Two Cultures" -
Afterword, Creating Consilience: Toward a Second Wave, eds. Edward Slingerland and Mark Collard (Oxford University Press, 2010).

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COMING EVENTS


PUBLIC LECTURES

Sun., February 21 - 3:00 p.m.
"Fanny Hensel: The Other Mendelssohn," R. Larry Todd, Duke University

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 Thurs., March 4 - 5:00 p.m.
"The Accidental Suicide of the Roman Empire," Michael Kulikowski, Pennsylvania State University

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 Thurs., April 22 - 5:00 p.m.
"Do You Have a Will?" Rüdiger Bittner, University of Bielefeld, Germany

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"PERSPECTIVES ON HISTORY" LECTURES at the North Carolina Museum of History, 5 East Edenton Street, Raleigh, NC*

Tues., February 9 - 7:00 p.m.
"Rethinking Slavery and Freedom in Early Virginia and the British Atlantic," Holly Brewer, North Carolina State University

 Tues., March 16 - 7:00 p.m.
"The Little Girl Who Fought the Great Depression: Shirley Temple and 1930s America," John Franklin Kasson, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

 Tues., April 13 - 7:00 p.m.
"The South's Secret Weapons: Disease, Environment, and the Civil War," Margaret Humphreys, Duke University

 *To reserve space for "Perspectives on History" lectures, please call 919-807-7847.

CONFERENCE

Fri., March 19 – Sat., March 20
 "The State and Stakes of Literary Study" (registration required - $40/$20 students)

ON EXHIBIT

January 4 – May 31
"Creativity Expressed in Stitches," Quilts from the African American Quilt Circle, Durham, NC
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