Spring 2007 Department Calendar
| Sep. 28 | Lecture by Lausanne Fellow Vaughn Rasberry, “Black Writing In The Era of Cold War Civil Rights.” Faculty Colloquium, 3 p.m. Alumni Room (University Center) |
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| Oct. 9 | Screening of Night of the Living Dead (Dir. George Romero, 1968) Flesh-eating corpses attack a farmhouse near Pittsburgh. Introduction and discussion led by Frann Michel, Associate Professor of English 7 p.m., TIUA Auditorium |
| Oct. 15 | Reading by Calvin Baker, author of Once Two Heroes and Dominion 7 p.m., Hatfield Room (Hatfield Library) |
| Oct. 24 | Poetry Reading, Margaret Ronda and Jessica Fisher, author of Frail-Craft 7 p.m., Hull Lecture Room (Hallie Ford Museum) |
| Oct. 25 | Screening of The Edge of America (Dir. Chris Eyre, 2003) A black English teacher is talked into coaching a girl’s basketball team at the Three Nations Reservation. Director Chris Eyre (Smoke Signals) will introduce the film and participate in a discussion afterwards. Mr. Eyre’s visit is co-sponsored by Film Studies and Indian Country Conversations. 7 p.m., TIUA Auditorium |
| Nov. 6 | Screening of Smoke Signals (Dir. Chris Eyre, 1998) The first major film about Indians by an Indian director. Introduction and discussion led by Ken Nolley, Professor of English 7 p.m., TIUA Auditorium |
| Nov. 8 | “Defoe’s Nation: Robinson Crusoe and the English Species.” Lecture by Indiana University Professor of English Richard Nash, author of Wild Enlightenment: The Borders of Human Identity in the Eighteenth Century. 4 pm, Alumni Room (University Center) |
| Nov. 13 | Reading by Poe Ballantine, author of 501 Minutes to Christ, Decline of the Lawrence Welk Empire, God Clobbers Us All, and Things I Like About America. 4 pm, Hatfield Room (Hatfield Library) |
| Nov. 27 | Screening of Guelwaar (Dir. Ousmene Sembene, 1992) Sembene’s piercing look at religious tensions in Senegal. Introduction and discussion led by Amadou Fofana, Assistant Professor of French 7 p.m., TIUA Auditorium |
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