Keynotes

Dr. Mark Nicholls
St. John’s College, Cambridge University
“Sir Walter Raleigh and the
Elizabethan World of Thomas Harriot”
2008 Thomas Harriot Lecture
Voyages of Discovery Lecture Series
Thursday, April 10, 7:00 p.m.
OC-309 Science and Technology Building

Dr. Carole Levin
University of Nebraska
“Queen Elizabeth in Love”
Friday, April 11, 6:00 p.m.
Joyner Library

The symposium also features presentations on the transatlantic life, literature, and history of Sir Walter Raleigh, delivered by an international roster of scholars including Anna Beer, Michael Booth, Angelica Duran, Joshua Eckhardt, Wayne Erickson, Steven Galbraith, Hannibal Hamlin, Eric Klingelhofer, Julian Lethbridge, David Lee Miller, James Nohrnberg, Margaret Oakes, Judith Owens, Anna Riehl, Charles Ross, E. Thomson Shields, and Alden Vaughan.  A special session will pay tribute to the work of Jerry Leath Mills.

Events on Friday, April 11th will take place at Joyner Library, East Carolina University.

Events on Saturday, April 12th will be held at the Elizabethan Gardens, Manteo.

All events are free and open to the public.

Sponsors: Department of English • Thomas Harriot College of Arts and Sciences • Joyner Library • Harriot Voyages of Discovery Lecture Series • Division of Academic Affairs • Co-curricular Programs and Cultural Outreach • Division of Research and Graduate Studies • Department of History • Department of Anthropology • School of Music • Medieval and Renaissance Studies Program • University Honors Program • Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society • Purdue University Comparative Literature Program •
Elizabethan Gardens, Manteo • North Carolina Humanities Council

Special thanks to: Panera Bread, Greenville

Symposium Organizers:
Thomas Herron • Marianne Montgomery • David Wilson-Okamura