Professor Michael Bennett (English Department) will give the inaugural lecture in the University of Idaho's Kurt O. Olsson Visiting Lecture Series. As part of his lecture, he will be sharing some brochures on the natural and built environment of New York City--created by students in LIU Honors classes he taught on "Urban Culture and Ecology." Event Details
"Coming From and Going To: Explorations in Urban Ecocriticism"
Thursday, October 28, 2010
7:30 PM
Teaching & Learning Center 040
Michael Bennett is a leading scholar of American literature, specializing in ecocriticism and African-American studies. Among a wide body of published work, he is particularly well-known as the author of Democratic Discourses: The Radical Abolition Movement and Antebellum American Literature, and as editor of The Nature of Cities and Recovering the Black Female Body. He holds a Ph.D. in English from the University of Virginia.
General Information about the Kurt O. Olsson Visiting Lecture Series
The Olsson Lectures will bring major figures in literary studies and related fields to the University of Idaho to give scholarly talks based on their current research. The Olsson Lectures are sponsored by the University of Idaho Department of English.
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