UNC Institute for the Arts and Humanities

This year, the Institute for the Arts and Humanities provided Arts and Humanities Research Grants to nine faculty members in the College of Arts and Sciences. Read more about the recipients and their research on the IAH website: https://go.unc.edu/Co5n4

City and regional planning professor Roberto Quercia (ALP ’08) was featured on an April episode of the “Economics with Aria” podcast discussing affordable housing in Chapel Hill and the impact of federal decisions on the housing market. Listen to the episode on the ChapelBoro website: https://go.unc.edu/Az8m4

Lauren Jarvis, an associate professor of history in UNC-Chapel Hill’s College of Arts and Sciences, has been selected for a National Humanities Center summer residency to work on an individual humanities-related research project. Jarvis received a 2021 Schwab Academic Excellence Award and a 2022- 2023 Publication Support Grant. Read more on the IAH website: https://go.unc.edu/Kn7x2

Pianist Clara Yang and visual artist Xuan joined creative forces for a multimedia performance at the Baryshnikov Arts Center, exploring the evolving relationship between humanity and technology through immersive visuals and all-American program of piano music.

📸: Austin Ruffer

Lauren Jarvis, an associate professor of history, has been selected for a National Humanities Center summer residency to work on an individual humanities-related research project.

The NHC announced the appointment of 40 scholars for its summer residency program, recognizing leading humanists from universities and colleges in 19 U.S. states and India. The new scholars constitute the seventh class of summer residents since the NHC initiated the program in 2018.

Jarvis, who also holds an adjunct appointment in the African, African American and diaspora studies department, studies the history of South Africa, with special interest in how people lived through and with extreme economic inequality. During her summer residency, Jarvis will be working on a book project that traces how South Africans shaped international debates about economic inequality in the 20th century.

Learn more: https://go.unc.edu/Kw98G
History Department at UNC Chapel Hill

For Ana Silva Campo (FFP ’24), the bookshelf display in Hyde Hall’s lobby, filled with publications the Institute for the Arts and Humanities has supported, is a reminder: the IAH is a place with a history of supporting the kind of research that she does.

"They understand, and have understood historically, the specific needs of arts and humanities research and how to support that research,” said Silva Campo.

Read more about Silva Campo’s research, supported by her Faculty Fellowship, on the IAH website: https://go.unc.edu/Kx9m3

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If you're looking for more insights from Ada Limón after reading her new book, Against Breaking: On the Power of Poetry (2026), listen to her feature on The Institute Podcast on the IAH website (https://go.unc.edu/x3QEs) or watch the recording of her 2026 Weil Lecture on American Citizenship on our YouTube channel (https://go.unc.edu/Qj9g6).

On the new episode of The Institute, associate professor of classics Suzanne Lye (FFP '24) joins the podcast to discuss her unique career journey, her approach to teaching, and her experience leading the Institute's Faculty of Color and Indigenous Faculty Group, which is open to all. See the episode on the IAH website (https://go.unc.edu/a7LQi) and listen wherever you listen to podcasts.

The newest re-release of The Institute podcast features associate professor of classics Hérica Valladares (FFP ’21). In this 2021 episode, Professor Valladares (FFP ’21) discusses the importance of classics and her research project regarding the material culture of domestic Ancient Rome. Listen now on the IAH website (https://go.unc.edu/Wb45G) or wherever you listen to podcasts, and look forward to a new interview with associate professor of classics Suzanne Lye (FFP ’24) coming soon.