American Studies Seminar Series, Semester 1

Wed 23 September
Chris Jespersen, (Univ of North Georgia), “Graham Greene and The Quiet American as History and Literature,” 4:30, Humanities Inst Seminar rm, Lip 121.  Co-sponsored with English Literature.

Thur 12 November
Simon Philo (Univ of Derby), “Like a Rolling Stone . . . or a Beatle: Why the Invasion Peaked in ‘65,” 4:30, Humanities Inst Seminar rm, Lip 121.

Mon 23 November
Frank Towers (UCD and Univ of Calgary), “The Slave Power’s Grassroots: Voter Mobilization and Proslavery Politics before the American Civil War,” 4:30, rm TBD.

Details for the semester two schedule are still firming up.  The spring schedule will be posted later.