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Ashton Thorne reads zines at a table in a library. A folder filled with other zines sits in front of him, and his computer is open to make research notes.

Ashton Thorne spent his summer searching for elusive, queercore zines

The UNC senior’s research took him to libraries in Chicago and North Carolina to find transgender representation in queercore publications from the ’80s to the early 2000s.


A sculpture made of blue leaves lies on the ground with colorful real fall leaves around it.

Hettleman Prizes awarded to four exceptional early-career faculty

The annual Phillip and Ruth Hettleman Prizes for Artistic and Scholarly Achievement have been awarded to four promising faculty members who exemplify groundbreaking and innovative research along with future career promise.


Meet a Tar Heel: Thomas Wolfe Scholar Serene Almehmi

Serene Almehmi is one of this year’s two recipients of the Thomas Wolfe Scholarship, a four-year, full-ride merit scholarship through the English and comparative literature department that is given to an exceptional writer every year.


Meet a Tar Heel: Thomas Wolfe Scholar Alex Gast

Alex Gast is one of this year’s two recipients of the Thomas Wolfe Scholarship, a four-year, full-ride merit scholarship for exceptional students interested in creative writing. The scholarship is given by the department of English and comparative literature.


Theodore Nollert stands outside under a tree.

Teaching poetry and literature in prison

Theodore Nollert, a Ph.D. candidate in the department of English and comparative literature, has taught American poetry and literature to an unexpected audience. He has traveled to Granville Correctional Institution dozens of times this year to teach a course to inmates.


White words on coral background: "Good and Ready."

Humanities for the Public Good hosts “Good and Ready” Symposium Sept. 19-23

A modern retelling of “Pride and Prejudice?” Sharing the ancient world with video games? Using theater to process a hundred-year-old trauma? There is so much to learn and explore at the 2022 Humanities for the Public Good (HPG) Symposium. 


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The Process Series chooses ‘Reckoning and Reconciliation’ as theme of 15th season

Performances created by a diverse group of artists will explore race, class, ethnicity, culture, gender, sexuality and childhood illness.