English Department Lectures and Events 2009-10
Great Brown Nonfiction Writers Lecture Series 2009-10
See the Series Poster (pdf format)
Series Organizer: Elizabeth Taylor, Senior Lecturer, Nonfiction Writing Program
| Wednesday March 17 6:30 p.m. |
David Shields '78 Literary Nonfiction Location TBD |
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Great Brown Nonfiction Writers Lecture Series 2009-10
See the Series Poster (pdf format)
Series Organizer: Elizabeth Taylor, Senior Lecturer, Nonfiction Writing Program
| Thursday April 8 |
Mara Liasson '77 Casey Shearer Memorial Lecture NPR National Political Reporting Location TBA |
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[Previous Events]
The Roger B. Henkle Memorial Lecture
| Thursday September 24 5:00 p.m. |
Sharon Marcus '86, Columbia University Salome and the Drama of Celebrity Brown/RISD Hillel, 80 Brown St., 2nd floor |
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Great Brown Nonfiction Writers Lecture Series 2009-10
See the Series Poster (pdf format)
Series Organizer: Elizabeth Taylor, Senior Lecturer, Nonfiction Writing Program
| Wednesday October 7 6:30 p.m. |
Susan Cheever '65, Writer and Teacher The Art of Literary Memoir and Biography Smith-Buonanno 106, 95 Cushing Street, Pembroke Campus |
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Lecture: Helen Thoreau's Anti-Slavery Scrapbook: Abolitionism and Transcendentalism in Concord, Massachusetts
| Lecture by Robert Gross, sponsored by the Howard Foundation. Thursday, October 8, in Pembroke 305. For more information about the Howard Foundation, see their web page. Cosponsored by the English Department. | 
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| Monday October 19 5:30 p.m. |
Marc Redfield, Claremont Graduate University Echoes of War: Biopolitics and Aesthetic Shock in Schiller, Goethe, and Wordsworth Brown/RISD Hillel, 80 Brown St., 2nd floor |
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Great Brown Nonfiction Writers Lecture Series 2009-10
See the Series Poster (pdf format)
Series Organizer: Elizabeth Taylor, Senior Lecturer, Nonfiction Writing Program
| Wednesday November 11 6:30 p.m. |
David Shenk '88 Literary Investigative Journalism Smith-Buonanno 106, 95 Cushing Street, Pembroke Campus |
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Nonfiction Writing Program: The Rise of the New Taliban
| Monday November 16 4:00 p.m. |
David Rohde '90, Reporter, The New York Times
List Art Center, Room 120, 64 College St. This event is made possible by the Shane Family Program Fund and the Nonfiction Writing Program, Department of English. |
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Lecture in Modern Culture & Media
| Thursday November 19 12:00 p.m. |
Priscilla Wald, Duke University Human Being after Genocide: Cells, Genes, and Stories Wilson Hall 101, Main Green Co-sponsored by the English Department |
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