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Department of English Calendar
May 1 (Thurs.), 4:00, Gerber Lounge—Professor Trudier Harris, J. Carlyle Sitterson Professor of English at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, will deliver the F. Wendell Miller Lecture “Southern Horrors: How Tayari Jones Tames the Monster of the South in Leaving Atlanta” which is taken from her forthcoming book.
May 2 (Fri.), 3:45 p.m., Gerber Lounge—The Graduate Awards Ceremony
May 2 (Fri.), 4:00 p.m., 315 PH—Brinda J. Mehta, Professor of French and Francophone Studies at Mills College, will be presenting a lecture titled “Framing Dougla Identity in Caribbean Literature: Truncated Roots, Racialized Paradigms of Subjectivity, Historical Liminalities”.
May 4 (Sun.) 2:00 p.m., Prairie Lights Bookstore—The UI's Jewish Writers Series presents Michael Chabon.
May 4 (Sun.) 4:00 p.m., Buchanan Auditorium—The UI's Jewish Writers Series presents Michael Chabon.
May 5 (Mon.) 3:30 p.m., Gerber Lounge—David Dowling will give a talk called "Capital Letters: Authorship in the Antebellum Literary Market," presenting material from his forthcoming book of the same name.
*****CANCELED*****May 7 (Wed.) 7:00 p.m., Richey Ballroom, IMU—Dessert Reception for Newly Emeritus Faculty. Please R.S.V.P. to Jada Black by April 30 (335-2615).
May 8 (Thurs.) 3:45 p.m., Gerber Lounge—Faculty Meeting
May 9 (Fri.) 3:30 p.m., 331 EPB—Early Modern Reading Group
May 9 (Fri.)—Close of second semester classes
May 16 (Fri.)—Close of examination week