Announcements for Wednesday November 18, 2009
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Darren Hick to Speak on Art and Copyright
Darren Hick (Visiting Assistant Professor, Philosophy) will speak on the topic, "Toward an Ontology of Authored Works," on Friday, November 13, at 4:00 p.m. in Philosophy 264. This event is free and open to the public.
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Ph.D. Student in English to Publish Essay
Andrew Husband, Ph.D. student in the Department of English, will publish the essay "The Environment of the Moment: Non-Places in Martin McDonagh's The Beauty Queen of Leenane" in the Texas Theatre Journal.
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Ph.D. Student in Creative Writing to Publish Poems
Ruben Quesada, Ph.D. student in Creative Writing in the Department of English, will publish the poems "Last Photograph of My Parents" and "Mornings Before School, Age Four" in Palabra Magazine (Issue 5).
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Ph.D. Student in Creative Writing to Publish Short Story
Rachel Furey, Ph.D. student in Creative Writing in the Department of English, will publish the short story "Machete Maneuvers" on Terrain.org: A Journal of the Built & Natural Environments, Issue No. 25 (March 2010).
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History Professor Presents Paper at Southern Historical Association Conference
Dr. Sean P. Cunningham, professor of history, presents paper at the 75th annual meeting of the Southern Historical Association, November 6.
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Ethan Schmidt Leads Panel Discussion on Documentary
Ethan Schmidt, history, leads public panel discussion on documentary film, November 12, in observance of American Indian Month.
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History Department Hosts Native American History Symposium
Dr. Ethan Schmidt and the Department of History hosted a symposium on Native American history, Friday, November 6.
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History Professor Presents Paper at British Studies Conference
Dr. Abigail Swingen presents paper at the annual North American Conference on British Studies, held in Louisville, Kentucky the weekend of November 5-8.
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David Larmour Debates Vladimir Nabokov with Khrushchev's Granddaughter
David Larmour, Horn Professor of Classics in CMLL, gave a paper "Orpheus and the Outwork: Prefacing Nabokov's Early Novels" in a roundtable discussion of Emigration and Literature, with Nina Khrushcheva (The New School, NY) and Masha Rubins (University College, London) at the Amercian Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies conference in Boston. Dr. Khruscheva has accepted an invitation to visit Texas Tech and deliver a lecture in the near future.
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