Scholarly Speakers Series
Scholarly Speakers Series
The annual WMU Department of English Scholarly Speakers Series brings in academic speakers from all over the United States to share their scholarship with the department, the university, and the community. In addition to visiting scholars, this series also celebrates the achievements of our own faculty, recognizing two of our colleagues each year who have recently published books or otherwise contributed to their discipline in a significant way.
Spring 2012 Schedule
Thursday, February 9 at 7 pm, 3025 Brown Hall
Professor Allen Webb, Department of English, WMU
Keynote Lecture: "Drones, Gunships, and Good Shooting: War or Video Game?"
Thursday, February 23 at 7 pm, University Center for the Humanities - 2500 Knauss Hall
Professor Neville Hoad, University of Texas-Austin, Department of English and affiliate of the Center for Women's and Gender Studies, the Center for African and African American Studies, and the Bernard and Audre Rapoport Center for Human Rights and Justice
Lecture: "Wildean Savagery"
Co-Sponsors: Gender and Women's Studies Program, Comparative Drama
Two-Day Visit: Wednesday, March 28 and Thursday, March 29 (event locations below)
Prof. Jen Bervin, Harvard University and Vermont College of Fine Arts
March 28, 4 pm, Meader Rare Book Room (3016 Waldo Library)
Lecture: “Small Infinities—Emily Dickinson's Manuscripts”
March 29, 7 pm, Kalamazoo Book Arts Center (off-campus: Park Trades Building, 326 W. Kalamazoo Ave)
Poetry Reading
Co-sponsors: Visting Scholars and Artists Program, Gender and Women’s Studies, University Center for the Humanities, Kalamazoo Book Arts Center, Waldo Library, Friends of the Library
The visit by Professor Ania Loomba (University of Pennsylvania) has been reschedulede for Fall 2012 (details TBA).