Lifelong Learning
Winston House Launches Lecture Series in London
When UNC dedicated Winston House in the aca- demic heart of London in 2007, supporters saw it
as an outpost for students and faculty to study and
teach abroad, as well as a place for far-flung Tar Heels
to keep in touch with their alma mater.
GEORGE ARCHER
A new lecture series project by the College of Arts
and Sciences, Honors Carolina, UNC Global and the
GAA brings all those
elements together.
The first Winston
House Discovery Series
launched in September
and will run through
next spring, bringing
prominent UNC faculty
and alumni to speak on
a wide range of topics
to alumni, students and
other visitors.
“Winston House is
dedicated to extending
Carolina’s international
reach and preparing stu-
dents for leadership in a
21st-century global
society,” said Jim
Leloudis ’ 77, professor of
history and associate
dean for honors at
UNC. “The new
Winston House
Discovery Series is all
about advancing those
goals and building a
strong community of Tar
Heels worldwide.
“It shines a spotlight
on Carolina students,
faculty and alumni who are thought-leaders at home
and abroad,” said Leloudis, who also earned a doctorate
in history from UNC in 1989. “It’s a vital part of our
effort to take Carolina to the world and to bring the
world home to Carolina.”
William E. Leuchtenburg, William Rand Kenan Jr.
Professor emeritus at UNC, delivered the first lecture
in the Winston House Discovery Series in September.
Located in Bedford Square — the oldest remaining
complete Georgian garden square in the city — in historic Bloomsbury, the European Study Center in
Winston House is near the British Museum and
Library and King’s College London. It has hosted a
variety of programs and seminars, as well as serving as a
home base for visiting faculty and students. The
Discovery Series is its first ongoing series spanning the
entire academic year.
William E. Leuchtenburg, William Rand Kenan Jr.
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Professor emeritus of history at UNC, inaugurated the
lectures in September with “The South in American
Politics: From George Washington to Barack Obama.”
Nearly 60 UNC alumni, students and others attended
the event. The October lecture, “Nationalism and
National Identities in a Global Age,” was a joint presentation by UNC and King’s College faculty.
The remaining lectures in the series are:
■ Nov. 17: “Smiling Through the Great Depression:
Shirley Temple, Laura Ingalls Wilder
and 1930s America,” Joy S. Kasson,
professor of American studies and
English, and John F. Kasson, professor of history and American studies. The Kassons are in residence at
Winston House this semester as
faculty directors of the Honors London Study
Abroad Program.
■ Jan. 19: “Laying Down Tracks: Rail,
Jobs and Global Competitiveness,”
Rachel Willis, Bowman and Gordon Gray associate professor of
American studies.
■ Feb. 23: “Global Health and Global
Infectious Diseases,” Dr. Myron
Cohen, associate vice chancellor
for global health and J. Herbert
Bate Distinguished Professor of
medicine, microbiology and
immunology.
■ March 8: “The Greatest Flight:
Reliving the Aerial Triumph That
Changed the World,” Peter McMillan ’ 81 of London, aviator and subject of a National Geographic film
about building a replica of a World
War I-era plane to re-create a flight
from England to Australia that
launched commercial aviation.
■ April 12: “The Future of Freedom:
Lessons From Martin Luther King,”
Taylor Branch ’ 68, author of a
Pulitzer Prize-winning series of
books on the civil rights era in
America.
■ May 25-26: “Americans Abroad:
Finding New Identities in Old-World Cultures,” Lloyd Kramer,
professor and chair of the history
department at UNC.
ONLINE: For details about the Discovery Series lectures
and other Winston House programs, visit
winstonhouse.unc.edu.
