Mark Hulsether will speak June 18 in the Hodges Library Auditorium about his book Religion, Culture, and Politics in the Twentieth-Century United States. This event is sponsered by the UT Libraries Diversity Committee in support of the Culture Corner. In Religion, Culture, and Politics Hulsether leads readers on a tour of religion in the United … Continued
On Monday, April 21, RB Morris will host his final event as the UT Libraries’ Writer-in-Residence. This last Writers in the Library event of the semester will feature readings by RB and by authors Greg Congleton, Jesse Graves, Brian Griffin, Marilyn Kallet, Charlotte Pence, and Jack Rentfro. Readings begin at 7 pm in the UT … Continued
Students in UT’s Creative Writing Program compete annually for the John C. Hodges Graduate Writing Prizes in fiction and poetry. Winners will read from their award-winning works at Writers in the Library, Monday, April 14, at 7 pm in the Hodges Library auditorium. The prizes were endowed by the same long-time UT English professor, author … Continued
Film Movement Film Series Tuesday, April 8, 2008 7:30pm Hodges Library Auditorium Dreams Of Dust Burkina Faso, Canada, France / d. Laurent Salgues / 86 min Mocktar, a Nigerien peasant, comes looking for work in Essakane, a dusty gold mine in Northeast Burkina Faso, Africa, where he hopes to forget the past that haunts him. … Continued
Join the Baker Center for a roundtable discussion of the 2nd Amendment with UT professors Otis Stevens (Law), Glenn Reynolds (Law), and Dorothy Bowles (Journalism and Electronic Media), as well as Cumberland Law School’s Brandon Denning. Bring your questions, bring your comments and be ready for a fascinating dialogue. April 3 4:00-5:00 pm Culture Corner … Continued
Writers in the Library hosts local poets Judy Loest and Linda Parsons Marion on Monday, March 24. Readings begin at 7 p.m. in the Hodges Library auditorium. Born in Snowflake, Virginia, Judy Loest earned her Master’s Degree in English from the University of Tennessee in 1998. Her work has appeared in various journals and anthologies … Continued
****EVENT MOVED TO THE MARY E. GREER ROOM**** ****258 Hodges Library (at Melrose Ave. entrance)**** Who are the Melungeons? These mysterious inhabitants of Hancock County, Tennessee and environs are one of a number of “tri-racial isolate”* groups living in southern Appalachia. Like other mixed-race groups, they were the targets of legal and social restrictions enacted … Continued
Self-taught topiary artist Pearl Fryar will visit UT this month. Fryar, an African American man in his mid-60s who began creating a three-acre topiary garden in 1984 in an effort to win Yard of the Month for his home, has become an international phenomenon and is the subject of an award-winning film. The film, A … Continued
Writers in the Library continues its spring line-up of authors with readings by local authors Julie Auer and Stephen Dupree on February 25. Readings begin at 7 pm in the Hodges Library auditorium. Julie Auer is a Knoxville lawyer and freelance writer of fiction and nonfiction. Previously inspired by her work as a public defender … Continued
The UT Graduate Student Senate continues their tradition of raising funds for the UT Libraries with the 16th annual “Love Your Libraries” Fun Run, Saturday, February 23. The 5K run through the heart of the UT campus will start at Circle Park at 8:30 am, and the one-mile fun walk will follow. The registration table … Continued