2008-2009 Inaugural Lecture Series

The Annual Inaugural Lectures are given by honored faculty members within the Colleges of the Arts and Humanities who have obtained the rank of full professor. This annual event provides the opportunity to highlight and bring attention to the scholarly work that is being done by distinguished faculty.

This year, Arts and Humanities honorees, in order of appearance, are:
(Past lectures, from this series, are listed below.)

Bruce Heiden.

Professor Bruce Heiden, Department of Greek and Latin
Title: "The View from Olympus: Literature and Cosmopolitanism"
Date: Thursday, February 26, 2009
Time: 4:30 pm
Place: Faculty Club Grand Lounge

Professor William Batstone, Department of Greek and Latin
Title: "Roman Historians in the Wake of Post-Modernism" Date: Monday, March 9, 2009
Time: 4:30 pm
Place: Faculty Club Grand Lounge

Professor Arved Ashby, Department of Music
Date: Thursday, April 23, 2009
Time: 4:30 pm
Place: Faculty Club Grand Lounge

Professor Steven Glaser, Department of Music
Date: Monday, April 27, 2009
Time: 4:30 pm
Place: Weigel Hall Auditorium

Professor Russel Mikkelson, Department of Music
Title: "The Conductor's Role: Revealing the Mystery that IS Conducting"
Date: Wednesday, May 6, 2009
Time: 4:30 pm
Place: Faculty Club Grand Lounge

Professor Shari Speer, Department of Linguistics
Date: Monday, May 20, 2009
Time: 4:30 pm
Place: Faculty Club Main Dining Room

Make plans to attend all the
Arts and Humanities 2008-2009 Inaugural Lectures!

Past 2008-2009 Inaugural Lecture Series

Professor Elizabeth Renker, Department of English
Title: "The End of the Curriculum"
Date: Monday, November 3, 2008
Time: 4:30 pm
Place: Faculty Club Grand Lounge

Professor Brenda Brueggemann, Department of English
Title: "Documenting Deaf Lives"
Date: Monday, November 17, 2008
Time: 4:30 pm
Place: Faculty Club Grand Lounge

*An ASL interpreter is scheduled for this event.

Professor Nina Berman, Department of Comparative Studies
Title: "What People Say, What People Do: On the Dynamics Between Code and Conduct, Texts and Practices"
Date: Monday, February 9, 2009
Time: 4:30 pm
Place: Faculty Club Grand Lounge

*If you have questions concerning access or wish to request a sign language interpreter or accommodations related to a disability, please contact Annie Gordon at gordon.421@osu.edu or 614-292-1882. Early requests are encouraged, a week will generally allow us to provide seamless access.