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Fall 2025 Just Write Schedule Continues This Friday, October 31st, 9:00am-12:00pm

Just Write. Fall 2025
Friday, October 31st
9:00am-12:00pm
The Humanities Institute’s Just Write program continues its fall session this Friday, October 31st from 9:00am-12:00pm in the Z. Smith Reynolds Library 664 Conference Room.
Just Write will be held in Z. Smith Reynolds 664 Conference Room through November 14th.  
 
Please consult the following table for the dates, times, and locations for the rest of the fall semester:
  
 
If you are looking for a change of scenery from your campus and/or home office and a writing community that is not a critique group, Just Write is the program for you. The HI provides space, coffee, and light snacks, you do the rest. Please click here to register (or just stop by). We hope to see you there!
If you have any questions, contact Aimee Mepham, HI Associate Director, at mephamam@wfu.edu.

Path of the Panther: Documentary Film Screening and Conversation with Andrew Brown: Wednesday, November 5th

Path of the Panther: Documentary Film Screening and Conversation with Andrew Brown
Wednesday, November 5th
5:30-7:30pm
Annenberg Forum (Carswell 111)

A special screening of Path of the Panther, the 2024 Emmy winner for Outstanding Nature Documentary, will be held on Wednesday, November 5th from 5:30-7:30pm in Annenberg Forum (Carswell 111). This powerful film explores the intersection of environmental conservation, human impact, and the future of the Florida panther.

The screening will be followed by a Q&A with Andrew Brown, award-winning filmmaker and editor of Path of the Panther. This is a unique opportunity to ask questions about the making of the documentary and to hear his perspectives on how to make a difference in an increasingly complex world.

This event is free and open to the public. (A reception will be provided).

This event is also sponsored by the Program for Leadership and Character, the Interdisciplinary Humanities Program, the Journalism Program, the Documentary Film Program, and the National Endowment for the Humanities and the WFU Humanities Institute together.

Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed at this event do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities.

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American Coup: Wilmington 1898 Film Screening and Discussion with Producer Josh Clinard: Thursday, November 6th

American Coup: Wilmington 1898 Film Screening and Discussion with Producer Josh Clinard
Thursday, November 6th
5:00pm | Z. Smith Reynolds Library Auditorium (Room 404)

Wake Forest will host a screening of the documentary film, American Coup: Wilmington 1898, on Thursday, November 6th at 5:00pm in the Z. Smith Reynolds Library Auditorium (Room 404). Following the screening there will be a discussion and Q&A with coordinating producer, Josh Clinard, and Wake Forest University faculty.

The film tells the story of the only successful coup d’état in US history, when in 1898, self-described white supremacists used intimidation and violence to destroy Black political and economic power and overthrow Wilmington’s democratically-elected, multi-racial government. Black residents were murdered and thousands were banished. The story of what happened in Wilmington was suppressed for decades until descendants and scholars began to investigate. Today, many of those descendants — Black and white — seek the truth about this intentionally buried history.

The screening is part of a state-wide effort by PBS NC and Working Films to share the story of the massacre, its place in US history, and its long aftereffects.

Please RSVP here if you plan to attend.

Co-sponsored by: The Documentary Film Program, Wake the Arts Center, the Departments of Communication, English, and History, and the National Endowment for the Humanities and the WFU Humanities Institute together.

Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed at this event do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities.

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