English Department News
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October 20, 1999
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Volume 2, No. 4
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October 21
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Southern Gothic Dinner, Tim Dykstal's house, 5:30-8:00 p.m.
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October 22
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Harper Lee Award Nominations Due
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October 25
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Auburn Chamber Music Society presents the Amernet String Quartet, Goodwin Music Hall, 8:00 p.m.
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October 25
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Mid-Quarter
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October 25
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John Richetti, Foy 189, 3:00 p.m. |
October 27
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Graduate Studies Committee meeting, HC 9030D, 1:10 p.m.
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October 27
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Job Search Workshop, HC 3104, 5:00 p.m.
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October 30
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Toni Morrison, Alys Stephens Center (UAB), 8:00 p.m.
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November 1
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Littleton-Franklin Lectures, Ursula Goodenough, Auburn University Hotel and Conference Center,
4:00 p.m.
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November 3
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A.A.U.P. Reception for New Faculty, Pebble Hill, 4:00 p.m.
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November 15
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English Hour: Ann Marie Mann Simpkins, Eagle's Nest North, 4:00 p.m.
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November 22-26
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Thanksgiving Holiday
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December 2
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Classes End
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December 3
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Dead Day
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December 4-9
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Final Exams for Quarter
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December 11
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Graduation
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January 24, 2000
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Littleton-Franklin Lectures, Roger Penrose, Auburn University Hotel and Conference Center,
4:00 p.m.
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February 7, 2000
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Littleton-Franklin Lectures, Margaret Wertheim, Auburn University Hotel and Conference Center,
4:00 p.m.
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February 14, 2000
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Littleton-Franklin Lectures, Richard Leakey, Auburn University Hotel and Conference Center,
4:00 p.m.
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April 24, 2000
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Littleton-Franklin Lectures, Helen Thomas, Auburn University Hotel and Conference Center,
4:00 p.m.
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May 18, 2000
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Littleton-Franklin Lectures, William Phillips, Auburn University Hotel and Conference Center,
4:00 p.m.
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Y'all Come--to the Southern Gothic Dinner
 Come to the Southern Gothic dinner this Thursday night (5:30-8:00 p.m.)and feast on peanut stew, fried okra, cornpone, and (maybe) some
peach cobbler. Wash it all down with some tea. Warm your cockles by our (mini-) campfire.
The Southern Gothic Dinner is the annual kick-off event of the English Club and Sigma Tau Delta, the English
honorary society. We (the English Club) stage it for the benefit of our undergraduate English majors and minors, but all lovers of English--graduate
students and faculty--are welcome as well. Please let Tim Dykstal know if you plan to come: he can give you an idea of what dish to bring (but please come even if you feel inept in the kitchen).
For a map to Tim's house, click HERE.
Job Search Workshop Focuses on Interviewing Strategies
A Job Search Workshop on interview preparation will be held on Wednesday, October 27th, at 5:00 p.m. in HC 3104.
New Assistant Professors Chris Keirstead, Ann Marie Simpkins, and Nan Jiang have volunteered to share their recent experiences on
the job market and discuss interviewing strategies and techniques.
Anyone wishing to arrange for mock interviews in November is strongly encouraged to attend this meeting.
All interested faculty members are also welcome. Contact Jon Bolton or Constance Relihan if you have any questions.
Benson Lectures Committee Seeks Nominations
The Benson Lectures Committee invites nominations for a speaker to deliver the 2000 Carl Benson lecture in Twentieth-Century Literature.
This endowed lecture series began as a memorial tribute to Dr. Carl Benson (1916-1979), Hargis Professor of English and a prominent
member of the Auburn faculty from 1947 to 1974. A nominee should be "a distinguished writer or prominent scholar in twentieth-century literature in
English."
Committee members would be pleased to see biographical information about the candidates or a bibliography of the candidates' published works.
Please submit your nominations to George Crandell by Wednesday, October 27, 1999.
In June Margaret Smith
delivered a guest lecture on David Jones at a graduate seminar at Tarleton State University, Stephenville, Texas. From October 7th through 10th, Margaret attended the inaugural conference of the Modernist Studies Association
at Penn State, where she presented a paper called "A Welsh Link to the Past: David Jones's Dai Great-coat."
If you would like to include an item in the "Personal Notes" section of The English Channel,
please submit your note to George Crandell.
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