Lecture Series

Made possible in part by the generous support of the Harris Lecture Fund, these lectures are FREE and OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.

2008-2009 Humanities Lecture Series

Fall Quarter 08
Hayden White, University Professor Emeritus, University of California, Santa Cruz and Professor of Comparative Literature, Stanford University
Topic: "The Practical Past."
Lecture Date /Time Wednesday October 15, 5 pm
Colloquium Date/Time: Thursday October 16, Noon
Venue: McCormick Tribune Forum, 1870 Campus Drive

Winter Quarter 09

CANCELED
Carlo Ginzburg, Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa and Professor Emeritus, History Department, UCLA
Topic: “The Invisible Text: Dante on Reading and Writing”
Lecture Date: Wednesday, January 14, 5 pm
Colloquium Date/Time: Thursday January 15, Noon
Venue: Hardin Hall, Rebecca Crown Center,633 Clark Street

Spring Quarter 09
Kay Kaufman Shelemay, G. Gordon Watts Professor of Music and Professor of African and African American Studies, Harvard University
Topic: “ 'Traveling Music': Mulatu Astatke and the Genesis of Ethio-Jazz."
Lecture Date: Wednesday, May 6, 5:00 pm
Colloquium Date/Time: Thursday, May 7, Noon
Venue: Hardin Hall, Rebecca Crown Center, 633 Clark Street

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For information on the completed 2007-2008 lecture series, please see the event archive.