Lectures and Speakers
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Philosophy Today Lecture Series: Dr. Anya Plutynski
Philosophy Today Lecture Series: Dr. Anya Plutynski
The University of Alabama’s Department of Philosophy has invited Dr. Anya Plutynski (Washington University, St. Louis) to present a talk, “Explaining Cancer” on February 9, 2023 from 7:30pm-9:00pm in ten Hoor Hall, room 125. This event is open to the public and all are welcome. If you have any questions, please contact Lesley Perkins at lpperkins@ua.edu.
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ALLELE Seminar Series: Dr. Daniel Odess
ALLELE Seminar Series: Dr. Daniel Odess
Dr. Daniel Odess, with the National Park Service, will present an ALLELE seminar titled, "Tracks in the Sand: White Sands National Park and the Peopling of the Americas."
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Visiting Artist and Scholar Lecture Series: Krista Clark
Visiting Artist and Scholar Lecture Series: Krista Clark
Artist Krista Clark will present a public lecture on her art on Thursday, February 23, 2023, at 5:30 p.m. in Garland Hall 203 on UA campus. Clark writes that her works “are inquiries into the commodification of space and the standardization of building aesthetics. I incorporate new and repurposed materials to construct familiar forms in new spatial arrangements; displaced from their accustomed sites and settings. Formal gestures: overlapping, layering, stacking and cutting reflect the complicated and often compromised relationship we have with our built environment. [...]
An Evening with Garth Greenwell
An Evening with Garth Greenwell
UA English’s Creative Writing Progam is excited to host celebrated writer Garth Greenwell, who will read a selection of his work and answer audience questions. Please join us at the Dinah Washington Cultural Arts Center on Thursday, February 23 at 7 p.m. for a wonderful evening! Copies of his books will be available for purchase and signing. This event is free and open to the public. Garth Greenwell is the author of What Belongs to You, which won the British Book Award [...]
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BOOK TALK – Dr. Jolene Hubbs
BOOK TALK – Dr. Jolene Hubbs
Dr. Jolene Hubbs’s book, Class, Whiteness, and Southern Literature, explores the role that representations of poor white people play in shaping both middle-class American identity and major American literary movements and genres across the long twentieth century.
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LECTURE – “The White House Historical Association and Five Chapters of White House History”
LECTURE – “The White House Historical Association and Five Chapters of White House History”
Stewart McLaurin, a 1981 graduate of The University of Alabama Department of History and current president of the White House Historical Association (WHHA), will return to campus on March 1 to speak as part of the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute‘s (OLLI) lifelong learning lecture series. McLaurin will be in town to discuss the WHHA’s history, current projects, and role in preserving the presidential mansion for future generations. His presentation is entitled, “The White House Historical Association and Five Chapters of White House History.” [...]