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Teaser! Parr/Bioethics Joint Lecture Series: Maggie Little
Dr. Maggie Little will be giving a talk on January 28th as part of the Parr Center and the UNC Center for Bioethics’ joint lecture series. Dr. Little’s talk is titled “ A Plea for Translational Ethics”.
Call Me by My First Name
My name is how I manifest my personal identity in the external world. One is inextricable from each other. This connection is usually recognized.
In Review: “She Who Tells a Story: Women Photographers from Iran and the Arab World”
The exhibit provides viewers with the unique opportunity to see conflict through the eyes of the people that it has directly affected. For students, this is a way to go beyond the books. The exhibit humanizes Arab society, Islam, and Iran in a way that is often looked over in efforts to academically “understand” each other.
Denialism: the Ethics of the Recognition of the Armenian Genocide
Post-Armenian genocide literature, as well as all literature of the Armenian diaspora has a unique ethical role in reestablishing history, even serving as a facilitator of transitional justice. Modern writing in the diaspora reflects the split and transitional identity of the Armenian people: diverse, often fragmented, and concerned with themes like survival and identity.