Professor Rivka Swenson is giving a talk for the Eighteenth-Century Interdisciplinary Group at the City University of New York on Friday, November 20. The talk title is "'The Eye, in this Respect, is a Female': Subjects, Objects, and the Eighteenth-Century Gaze."
November 2009 Archives
The Department of English and the MFA Program in Creative Writing at Virginia Commonwealth University are pleased to host a reading by acclaimed poet, Lucia Perillo. The reading will take place on Friday, November 13th, at 4 pm in the University Barnes & Noble Bookstore.
The Department of English and the MFA Program in Creative Writing at Virginia Commonwealth University are pleased to host a reading by acclaimed author, Mary Gaitskill. The reading will take place on Thursday, November 12th, at 8 pm in the University Student Commons, Richmond Salons.
VCU Cabell First Novelist Festival will be held today at 6:30pm in the Richmond Salons at the VCU Commons and hear Deb Olin Unferth read from her winning novel Vacation. Following the reading, Unferth will take part in panel discussion with her agent, David McCormick, and her editor from McSweeney's, Eli Horowitz. The three of them will trace the history of her novel from conception to publication. The event is free and open to the public, and a book-signing and reception will follow. Earlier that afternoon, we will have a 2pm Q&A with Unferth in the Cabell Room on the 4th floor of VCU Cabell Library. We look forward to seeing you at these events!
The VCU Department of English is pleased to host a lecture by Professor Rivka Swensen as a part on its ongoing "First Friday" lecture series. The lecture will take place this Friday, November 6 at 3pm in Hibbs 308. Topic: "Vulnerable Subjects: Theorizing the Eighteenth-Century Gaze."
All First Friday events are free and open to the public.
