Tracking UNC’s School of Civic Life and Leadership

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SnoopRob said:
You wouldn't find porn in a K-12 school library because porn is age-restricted and almost no one in K-12 is old enough to have access to it.

There shouldn't be a real outcry against having a copy of Mein Kampf in a HS library. I wouldn't put it in an elementary or middle school library due to the nature of the material, but the more mature HS kids should be able to handle it.

There are perfectly good reasons to keep some books out of school libraries, but it's very unlikely that Suzy Homemaker or Pastor Richards are the folks to have the education/training to make those decisions.
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We had “Mein Kampf” in the Chapel Hill High School Library in ‘77-‘80.
 
Zoo_View said:
We had “Mein Kampf” in the Chapel Hill High School Library in ‘77-‘80.
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I have no idea if my HS had a copy of Mein Kampf. But I wouldn't have been shocked if it was there in the early 90s when I was in HS. I'd be pretty surprised if it is there now.
 
The author teaches in the school of Civic Life ? Is she an iconoclast ? Is this satire ?

Is there anything more infantilizing than to spend millions of dollars establishing a shadow curriculum that provides a safe space for students who feel intellectually intimidated to avoid being challenged in the political,historical, scientific and philosophical arenas of discussion and debate ?
 
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SCiLL welcomes 11 new faculty members | UNC-Chapel Hill

The faculty represents a diverse range of disciplines and is particularly strong in political theory.
www.unc.edu www.unc.edu


“UNC-Chapel Hill’s new School of Civic Life and Leadership welcomes 11 new faculty to the Carolina community this academic year.

“UNC-Chapel Hill is ideally positioned to provide a civic education that equips students to flourish in a pluralistic democracy,” said Jed Atkins, dean and inaugural director. “Our faculty are committed to cultivating a free-speech culture inside and outside the classroom.”

Provost Chris Clemens said he was excited about the high caliber of incoming SCiLL faculty. “Attracting a team like this so quickly and outside the normal hiring cycle affirms both the vision for this school and its leadership,” he said. “These new faculty are impressive teachers and scholars who will inspire our students in the classroom and enrich our community of scholars.”

The new faculty includes:

  • Danielle Charette is an assistant professor who studies the history of political economy, slavery, and economic thought. At the University of Virginia, she served as associate director of the program on constitutionalism and democracy.
  • Flynn Cratty is a professor of the practice and historian of early modern Europe, including French and British history. He was the founding executive director of Harvard University’s council on academic freedom and served as associate director of the Human Flourishing Project.
  • David Decosimo is an associate professor specializing in ethics, religion and politics. At Boston University, he directed the Institute for Philosophy and Religion and was chair of the university’s academic freedom committee.
  • Connor Grubaugh is an intellectual historian and political theorist whose research centers on hope in the history of liberal political thought from Locke to Rawls. He will begin his appointment as an assistant professor in SCiLL on July 1, 2025, after a postdoctoral fellowship at the Kenan Institute of Ethics at Duke University.
  • Melody Grubaugh is an adjunct assistant professor and a political scientist whose work focuses on constitutional studies, political theory and politics and literature. She was a senior reader at the Canterbury Institute in Oxford.
  • Michael Hawley is an assistant professor who is an expert in Catholic and Islamic political thought; political rhetoric; and contemporary just war theory. At the University of Houston, his research examined classical and modern republicanism and liberalism.
  • Rita Koganzon is an associate professor who works in the history of political thought. At the University of Houston, she was associate director of the Tocqueville Forum on American Ideas and Institutions.
  • Jose Maria Andres Porras is an assistant professor with extensive knowledge of the intellectual, cultural and social history of Western Europe in the late Middle Ages. At the University of Oxford, he researched how natural philosophy, medicine, theology and political thought shaped conceptions of human personhood and society.
  • John Rose is a professor of practice and a nationally known expert on teaching civil discourse. He will also direct the Morehead-Cain Scholarship Foundation’s Dialogue and Discourse Program. At Duke University, he served as the associate director of The Civil Discourse Project.
  • Dustin Sebell is a professor and a leading expert on classical political philosophy. At Michigan State University, he served as director of the LeFrak Forum on Science, Reason, and Modern Democracy.
  • Lauren Brown Sebell is an adjunct assistant professor and a political scientist whose interests include ancient and modern political philosophy; French political thought; and constitutional law and jurisprudence. Her previous role was at Michigan State University.
These faculty will be joined by two new adjunct associate professors who hold primary appointments in other academic units at Carolina: Li-ling Hsiao, chair of the Asian and Middle Eastern studies department, and Michael Morgan, associate professor of history.

Read more about the new SCiLL faculty.: https://uncnews.unc.edu/2024/08/15/...ce-student-experience-and-campus-initiatives/
 
SnoopRob said:
I have no idea if my HS had a copy of Mein Kampf. But I wouldn't have been shocked if it was there in the early 90s when I was in HS. I'd be pretty surprised if it is there now.
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Guarantee that mine did have a copy of Thomas Dixon’s The Clansman…probably still there too.
 
donbosco said:
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www.unc.edu

SCiLL welcomes 11 new faculty members | UNC-Chapel Hill

The faculty represents a diverse range of disciplines and is particularly strong in political theory.
www.unc.edu www.unc.edu


“UNC-Chapel Hill’s new School of Civic Life and Leadership welcomes 11 new faculty to the Carolina community this academic year.

“UNC-Chapel Hill is ideally positioned to provide a civic education that equips students to flourish in a pluralistic democracy,” said Jed Atkins, dean and inaugural director. “Our faculty are committed to cultivating a free-speech culture inside and outside the classroom.”

Provost Chris Clemens said he was excited about the high caliber of incoming SCiLL faculty. “Attracting a team like this so quickly and outside the normal hiring cycle affirms both the vision for this school and its leadership,” he said. “These new faculty are impressive teachers and scholars who will inspire our students in the classroom and enrich our community of scholars.”

The new faculty includes:

  • Danielle Charette is an assistant professor who studies the history of political economy, slavery, and economic thought. At the University of Virginia, she served as associate director of the program on constitutionalism and democracy.
  • Flynn Cratty is a professor of the practice and historian of early modern Europe, including French and British history. He was the founding executive director of Harvard University’s council on academic freedom and served as associate director of the Human Flourishing Project.
  • David Decosimo is an associate professor specializing in ethics, religion and politics. At Boston University, he directed the Institute for Philosophy and Religion and was chair of the university’s academic freedom committee.
  • Connor Grubaugh is an intellectual historian and political theorist whose research centers on hope in the history of liberal political thought from Locke to Rawls. He will begin his appointment as an assistant professor in SCiLL on July 1, 2025, after a postdoctoral fellowship at the Kenan Institute of Ethics at Duke University.
  • Melody Grubaugh is an adjunct assistant professor and a political scientist whose work focuses on constitutional studies, political theory and politics and literature. She was a senior reader at the Canterbury Institute in Oxford.
  • Michael Hawley is an assistant professor who is an expert in Catholic and Islamic political thought; political rhetoric; and contemporary just war theory. At the University of Houston, his research examined classical and modern republicanism and liberalism.
  • Rita Koganzon is an associate professor who works in the history of political thought. At the University of Houston, she was associate director of the Tocqueville Forum on American Ideas and Institutions.
  • Jose Maria Andres Porras is an assistant professor with extensive knowledge of the intellectual, cultural and social history of Western Europe in the late Middle Ages. At the University of Oxford, he researched how natural philosophy, medicine, theology and political thought shaped conceptions of human personhood and society.
  • John Rose is a professor of practice and a nationally known expert on teaching civil discourse. He will also direct the Morehead-Cain Scholarship Foundation’s Dialogue and Discourse Program. At Duke University, he served as the associate director of The Civil Discourse Project.
  • Dustin Sebell is a professor and a leading expert on classical political philosophy. At Michigan State University, he served as director of the LeFrak Forum on Science, Reason, and Modern Democracy.
  • Lauren Brown Sebell is an adjunct assistant professor and a political scientist whose interests include ancient and modern political philosophy; French political thought; and constitutional law and jurisprudence. Her previous role was at Michigan State University.
These faculty will be joined by two new adjunct associate professors who hold primary appointments in other academic units at Carolina: Li-ling Hsiao, chair of the Asian and Middle Eastern studies department, and Michael Morgan, associate professor of history.

Read more about the new SCiLL faculty.: https://uncnews.unc.edu/2024/08/15/...ce-student-experience-and-campus-initiatives/
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2 different married couples? That’s a little sketchy, no?
 
Geisterfahrer said:
2 different married couples? That’s a little sketchy, no?
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Given that this new school is the brainchild and favorite of right-wingers in the legislature and state government and people like Art Pope, I wonder just how much nepotism and playing favorites there will be in the hiring of personnel. I also expect to see lots of favoritism directed towards this school by the NC GOP powers-that-be.
 
Mulberry Heel said:
Given that this new school is the brainchild and favorite of right-wingers in the legislature and state government and people like Art Pope, I wonder just how much nepotism and playing favorites there will be in the hiring of personnel. I also expect to see lots of favoritism directed towards this school by the NC GOP powers-that-be.
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Heritage foundation selections?
 
mpaer said:
Heritage foundation selections?
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I suspect not or at least not all of them. There are definitely a couple that would be right wing but just glancing at the readings it didn't seem like they were rabid zealots. There also appears to be a few with more liberal slants.

The common theme seems to be political philosophers that are trying to make ancient philosophers all the way up to enlightenment philosophers relevant today.

For example, one guy really leaned into Cicero on if Western democracies can fight just wars and do it without looking like monsters.
 
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gtyellowjacket said:
I suspect not or at least not all of them. There are definitely a couple that would be right wing but just glancing at the readings it didn't seem like they were rabid zealots. They're also appear to be a few more liberal slants.

The common theme seems to be political philosophers that are trying to make ancient philosophers all the way up to enlightenment philosophers relevant today.

For example, one guy really leaned into Cicero on if Western democracies can fight just wars and do it without looking like monsters.
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And at UNCA the BOG just eliminated the Departments of Classics and Philosophy.
 
donbosco said:
And at UNCA the BOG just eliminated the Departments of Classics and Philosophy.
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As I recall we had some discussion on this a while back I get it UNC-A is "losing enrollment, money " And these two Depts have tiny enrollment
What baffles me is if you are The Liberal Arts UNc University-Why not make a ppsh somehow to increase the Philosophy and Classics majors??
 
mpaer said:
As I recall we had some discussion on this a while back I get it UNC-A is "losing enrollment, money " And these two Depts have tiny enrollment
What baffles me is if you are The Liberal Arts UNc University-Why not make a ppsh somehow to increase the Philosophy and Classics majors??
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Perhaps that’s an argument for elimination but to simultaneously mandate a course that every student must take to graduate called “Foundations of American Democracy” seems shortsightedly stupid - unless, of course, there are unspoken/unrevealed motives.
 
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