Events
All events are held in Lippitt Hall Auditorium, Room 402. Events are free and open to the public.
Thursday, 12 February, 4:30-6:00pm:
- Prof. Cheryl Foster, URI, Philosophy—“Writing Philosophically Informed Fiction”
- Prof. Wendy Roworth, URI, Art History—“Salvator Rosa’s Fortuna and the Fortunes of Salvator Rosa”
Thursday, 26 February, 4:30-6:00pm:
- George Steele (ABD), URI, English—“(Re)Scoring the Silent Film: Music, Modernism, Affect”
Thursday, 5 March, 4:30-6:00pm:
- Prof. Evelyn Sterne, URI, History—“Blue State Bible Belt: Evangelical Protestantism in 20th Century New England”
- Prof. Judith Swift, URI, Communication Studies—“Voices of Katrina: Speaking in the Aftermath”
Thursday, 2 April, 4:30-6:00pm:
- Prof. Ryan Trimm, URI, English—"Cultural Value: Transacting Worth in Post-Imperial Britain”
Previous Events, Fall 2008
Wednesday, 19 November 4:30-5:30pm—Dr. Robert Weisbord, URI, History
Title: “Racial Questions in the modern Olympics – The Case of Mexico City (1968)
Friday, 21 November 4:00pm—Dr. Robert L. Hohlfelder, History, U. of Colorado
Title: “An Architectural Revolution Beneath the Sea: Building Harbors in the Roman Empire”
Monday, 10 November 4:30-6:00pm—Dr. Richard P. McIntyre, URI, Economics & Dr. Scott Molloy, URI Labor Research Center
Discussion and book signing with two of URI’s recent humanities authors: Dr. McIntyre, Are Worker Rights Human Rights? (The University of Michigan Press, 2008); Dr. Molloy, Irish Titan, Irish Toilers, Joseph Banigan and 19th Century New England Labor (University of New Hampshire Press, 2008).
Wednesday, 5 November 3:30-5:00pm—Dr. Alain-Philippe Durand, URI, French
Monday, 20 October, 7pm—Best Selling Author, Antonia Arslan: "Skylark Farm" (copy of program announcement—MSWord document)
Tuesday, 21 October 8pm—Best Selling Author, Antonia Arslan: Screening of Paolo and Vittorio Taviani's film adaptation of Arslan's novel: "La Masseria delle Allodole"
Wednesday, 29 October 4:30-6:00pm—Dr. Timothy George, URI, History, “Toroku: Mountain Dreams, Chemical Nightmares” & Dr. Joelle Rollo-Koster, URI, History, “Textual Forensic…or, The Tedious and often Thrilling Job of a Medievalist”