Tuesdays, 7:30pm
Tipsy Teapot

• Dr. Peter Green, Adjunct Professor of Classical Studies, will give reflections on famous authors that he has known:
  January 31, T.S. Eliot, author of The Waste Land
  February 28, William Golding, author of Lord of the Flies
  March 27, Louis MacNeice, author of Autumn Journal

Feb. 21, 23

• Since the year 2000, UNESCO has been celebrating the International Mother Language Day, in an attempt to promote the use of native languages, raise awareness about the vast linguistic diversity worldwide, and advocate for the rights of their speakers. In 2012, East Carolina University will join in these celebrations by portraying the linguistic diversity present at the local university community and by engaging students, faculty and scholars in a discussion regarding the importance of recognizing and preserving mother languages. Link to the Schedule of Events

March 26

• The Program in Medieval & Renaissance Studies will sponsor a collquium on "French Across the Borders," with a plenary lecture by Penny Roberts (U. Warwick).

November 17, 3pm
Joyner 2409

• Dr. Jennifer M. Valko, associate professor of Hispanic Studies, will discuss "Encounters at the End of the World: Women's Writing, Immigration, and Identity Formation in Patagonia."

November 17, 4:45pm
Sci-Tech OC309

• Prof. Joshua Landy (French, Stanford University) will speak on, "The Uses of Literature." Faced with an increasing need to justify the value of literary study, many have responded in one of two ways, either by claiming unrealistic benefits ostensibly conferred by literature (moral improvement, for example) or by insisting on its glorious uselessness. This talk outlines three benefits literary artworks can genuinely be said to put on offer: (1) clarification; (2) formal modeling; (3) the fine-tuning of the capacities. For the third case, the Parable of the Sower in Mark will provide an extended example. Prof. Landy is currently fellow in residence at the National Humanities Center in Triangle Park, where his subject of research is: Literature, Narrative, and the Shape of a Life.

November 8, 3pm
Bate 1030

• Michael Schinasi, Associate Prof. of Spanish will speak about his current research on nineteenth-century Spanish theater, "Ideology, Realpolitik, and the Creation of Spain's First National Theater." The lecture is a research colloquium of the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures.

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The Great Decisions Program
ECU Fine Arts Calendar
S. Rudolph Alexander Performing Arts Series
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Exhibitions at the Ackland Museum, Chapel Hill