College of Liberal Arts News Archive
The Marshall University Department of History will present the 2023 Charles Hill Moffat Lecture featuring Dr. Leslie Heaphy, associate professor of history at Kent State University at Stark. The lecture, “A Journey through the Negro Leagues,” will take place Tuesday, April 11, at 6:30 p.m. in the Shawkey Dining Room of the Memorial Student Center.
The Marshall University Department of Political Science will present the Annual Paul D. Stewart Lecture, featuring Amelia Pridemore, an assistant professor of political science at Minnesota State University, Mankato.
Marshall University’s Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies will present the 2023 Charlotte Schmidlapp Distinguished Lecture in Women’s Studies Wednesday, March 29, at 7 p.m. in the Don Morris Room in the Memorial Student Center.
The Marshall University speech and debate team, Thundering Word, will compete this month at the International Forensic Association Tournament in Tokyo, Japan.
The Marshall University A.E. Stringer Visiting Writers Series will host renowned poet Allison Joseph on Tuesday, Feb. 28, at 7:30 p.m. in the Shawkey Dining Room of the Memorial Student Center. Joseph is currently the director of the Master of Fine Arts program in creative writing at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, Illinois. Born in
Marshall University will host a discussion by a leading authority on the topic of unclaimed art, looted from Jews by the Nazis and their allies, on Tuesday, Feb. 21, on its Huntington campus.
Marshall University’s Amicus Curiae Lecture Series on Constitutional Democracy continues Tuesday, Jan. 31 at 7 p.m. in the Brad D. Smith Foundation Hall, with a lecture by Marjorie J. Spruill. Spruill is distinguished professor emerita of history from the University of South Carolina. Spruill’s lecture, titled “Divided We Stand: The Battle over Women’s Rights and
“Testament: Recovering Identity after War,” is seeking participants for its first discussion series, beginning with a welcome reception at 10 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 14, in the Huntington Vet Center.
The inaugural Alys Smith Symposium on Women Professionals will feature the president of the West Virginia Gas and Oil Association, Maribeth Anderson. Anderson is a 1992 graduate of Marshall University and leads one of the most prominent groups in the state.
The Marshall University A.E. Stringer Visiting Writers Series will continue Thursday, Nov. 10, at 7:30 p.m. in the Shawkey Dining Room of the Memorial Student Center, with readings by Dr. Forrest Roth and Dr. Tony Viola.