Join us for the eighth annual Cultural Crossroads, an Alabama history symposium, which will be held from 9 am to 4 pm on January 31, 2009 at the Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts.
Auburn professors Angela Lakwete and Patience Essah of History and Gary Mullen of Entomology will join Auburn University Montgomery English professor Nancy Anderson; author Jeffrey Benton and Alabama Historical Commission architectural historian Robert Gamble; and Dr. Betsy Sheldon and Paula Weiss. Entitled "Settling In," the program will focus on the settlement and early development period of Alabama, 1820s-1840s.
Cultural Crossroads is sponsored by Landmarks Foundation of Montgomery, the Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts and the Caroline Marshall Draughon Center for the Arts & Humanities in the College of Liberal Arts at Auburn University. Major funding is provided by the Alabama Humanities Foundation, the state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Registration: Members of Landmarks Foundation and the Montgomery Museum, $30; the general public, $35; and students and faculty members, $20. Registration fee includes refreshments and lunch. For information and further details, please contact the Landmarks Foundation at 334-240-4518, 334-240-4500 or 1-888-240-1850 or the Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts at 334-240-4333.
A registration form may be found here. (PDF)
Friday, January 16, 2009
Cultural Crossroads
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
View the Nordan Symposium Online - Live!
If you are not able to attend Lewis Nordan and the Heartbreaking Laughter of Transcendence and Hope: A Symposium in person -- you can attend virtually!
On January 23rd, visit www.connect.auburn.edu/cah to access live video of the symposium. Viewers will be able to chat with other participants and ask questions. If you are having trouble connecting, visit www.auburn.edu/img/connect for troubleshooting tips.
Would you like to see more events like this broadcast live? Or videos and podcasts available on our website? We would love to hear your comments and suggestions. Email us at cenarts@auburn.edu.
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Winter 2009 Newsletter
The Winter 2009 Newsletter (PDF) is available on our website.
In this issue, you will find information about:
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In this issue, you will find information about:
- Lewis Nordan and the Heartbreaking Laughter of Transcendence and Hope: A Symposium
- New Perspectives: Views from Alabama's Historically Black Colleges and Universities
- 2009 Draughon Seminars in State and Local History
- Daniel F. Breeden Eminent Scholar for the Humanities
- The Creek War and War of 1812 in the South: A Symposium
- and more!
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Tuesday, December 2, 2008
Upcoming Readings and Book Signings
Thursday, December 4, 2 pm, Special Collections and Archives Department of the Ralph Brown Draughon Library: Madison Jones, author of The Adventures of Douglas Bragg
Jones, former writer-in-residence at Auburn University, is the award winning author of twelve books, including Nashville 1864: The Dying of the Light, which was awarded a Michael Shaara Award for Civil War Fiction from the United States Civil War Center. His new book, The Adventures of Douglas Bragg, follows a long tradition of Southern humorists, including Mark Twain, Erskine Caldwell and Harry Crews. A coming-of-age novel, it is, according to reviewer Hugh Ruppersburg, "full of jokes, pranks, shenanigans, tall tales, country music, drug-running morticians, houses of ill repute, hypocritical preachers, communes, and fun." In addition to membership in the prestigious Fellowship of Southern writers, Jones has held fellowships from the Sewanee Review, Rockefeller Foundation and Guggenheim Foundation. He is also the recipient of the Harper Lee Lifetime Literary Award.
The reading and book signing is sponsored by the Auburn University Libraries, the Caroline Marshall Draughon Center for the Arts & Humanities in the College of Liberal Arts and the Auburn University Bookstore.
Wednesday, December 10, 5 pm, Arriccia Fireplace Lounge: Paul Hemphill, author of A Tiger Walk Through History: A Compete History of Auburn Football from 1892 to the Tuberville Era, with an introduction by David Housel
A Tiger Walk Through History is the second title in the Pebble Hill Books imprint series, a cooperative publishing venture of the Caroline Marshall Draughon Center for the Arts & Humanities in the College of Liberal Arts at Auburn University and the University of Alabama Press. This groundbreaking joint enterprise between Auburn and the University of Alabama is designed to publish works that grow out of or contribute to the Center's programming.
The reception is sponsored by the Caroline Marshall Draughon Center for the Arts & Humanities in the College of Liberal Arts at Auburn University, the College of Liberal Arts Development Office, the Auburn Alumni Association and the Auburn University Bookstore. Copies of the book will be available for purchase.
Hemphill was sports editor of the Auburn Plainsman during the National Championship season of 1957 and is the author of sixteen books. In A Tiger Walk Through History, he tells the story of the progress of Auburn from that first game-coached by Auburn legend George Petrie-through the team's growth and development into the national force it is today. Contributors to the volume include David Housel, Rheta Grimsley Johnson, Ken and Joy Ringer, Anne River Siddons, Jim Stewart and Cynthia Tucker.
Jones, former writer-in-residence at Auburn University, is the award winning author of twelve books, including Nashville 1864: The Dying of the Light, which was awarded a Michael Shaara Award for Civil War Fiction from the United States Civil War Center. His new book, The Adventures of Douglas Bragg, follows a long tradition of Southern humorists, including Mark Twain, Erskine Caldwell and Harry Crews. A coming-of-age novel, it is, according to reviewer Hugh Ruppersburg, "full of jokes, pranks, shenanigans, tall tales, country music, drug-running morticians, houses of ill repute, hypocritical preachers, communes, and fun." In addition to membership in the prestigious Fellowship of Southern writers, Jones has held fellowships from the Sewanee Review, Rockefeller Foundation and Guggenheim Foundation. He is also the recipient of the Harper Lee Lifetime Literary Award.
The reading and book signing is sponsored by the Auburn University Libraries, the Caroline Marshall Draughon Center for the Arts & Humanities in the College of Liberal Arts and the Auburn University Bookstore.
Wednesday, December 10, 5 pm, Arriccia Fireplace Lounge: Paul Hemphill, author of A Tiger Walk Through History: A Compete History of Auburn Football from 1892 to the Tuberville Era, with an introduction by David Housel
A Tiger Walk Through History is the second title in the Pebble Hill Books imprint series, a cooperative publishing venture of the Caroline Marshall Draughon Center for the Arts & Humanities in the College of Liberal Arts at Auburn University and the University of Alabama Press. This groundbreaking joint enterprise between Auburn and the University of Alabama is designed to publish works that grow out of or contribute to the Center's programming.
The reception is sponsored by the Caroline Marshall Draughon Center for the Arts & Humanities in the College of Liberal Arts at Auburn University, the College of Liberal Arts Development Office, the Auburn Alumni Association and the Auburn University Bookstore. Copies of the book will be available for purchase.
Hemphill was sports editor of the Auburn Plainsman during the National Championship season of 1957 and is the author of sixteen books. In A Tiger Walk Through History, he tells the story of the progress of Auburn from that first game-coached by Auburn legend George Petrie-through the team's growth and development into the national force it is today. Contributors to the volume include David Housel, Rheta Grimsley Johnson, Ken and Joy Ringer, Anne River Siddons, Jim Stewart and Cynthia Tucker.
Monday, November 3, 2008
Eugene Walter: Last of the Bohemians
Join us for a screening of Eugene Walter: Last of the Bohemians, a documentary by Robert Clem, on Wednesday November 12, at 3 p.m. in the Special Collections and Archives department of the Ralph Brown Draughon Library.
Preview Last of the Bohemians
Last of the Bohemians documents the life and career of writer, poet, actor, artist and raconteur Eugene Walter. Born in Mobile in 1921, Walter lived at the hub of 20th-century cultural life, first in New York and later in Paris and Rome. He collaborated with George Plimpton and others in founding the Paris Review, edited Europe's preeminent multilingual literary journal Botteghe Oscure, and worked with film director Federico Fellini as a set and costume designer, translator, actor and songwriter. His books include the now classic Time Life volume on Southern cuisine, a Lippincott Fiction Prize winning novel, The Untidy Pilgrim, and many other works.
Preview Last of the Bohemians
Last of the Bohemians documents the life and career of writer, poet, actor, artist and raconteur Eugene Walter. Born in Mobile in 1921, Walter lived at the hub of 20th-century cultural life, first in New York and later in Paris and Rome. He collaborated with George Plimpton and others in founding the Paris Review, edited Europe's preeminent multilingual literary journal Botteghe Oscure, and worked with film director Federico Fellini as a set and costume designer, translator, actor and songwriter. His books include the now classic Time Life volume on Southern cuisine, a Lippincott Fiction Prize winning novel, The Untidy Pilgrim, and many other works.
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Alum’s Book Chronicles Tiger Experience in the ‘70s
Actor, author, athlete and Auburn alumnus Thom Gossom, Jr., will read from his memoir, Walk-On, on Thursday, Nov. 6, 2008 from 6 - 7 p.m. at the Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art in Auburn, Alabama. A reception will follow the reading, and both the reading and the reception are free and open to the public.
Walk-On is a coming of age memoir set in the culturally changing Alabama of the 1970's. The memoir chronicles Gossom's barrier shattering journey to become the first black athlete to graduate from Auburn University. It is a story of overcoming adversity, gaining success, losing it, regaining it and in doing so making history. The author will sign copies and Walk On will be available for purchase at the Museum.
Monday, October 27, 2008
Lewis Nordan and the Heartbreaking Laughter of Transcendence and Hope: A Symposium
Writer Lewis "Buddy" Nordan will be the focus of the second annual Pebble Hill Books Symposium, scheduled for Jan. 23, 2009, in Auburn. An international slate of scholars and writers-including Nordan himself and his friend and colleague Clyde Edgerton-will convene to celebrate the much beloved author of four novels, three short story collections and a memoir.
The symposium, sponsored by the Caroline Marshall Draughon Center for the Arts & Humanities in the College of Liberal Arts and designed to showcase significant literary, arts and cultural figures with connections to Alabama, follows the successful 2008 symposium on writer and critic Albert Murray.
Details can be found here.
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