May 14    Women writers from each state are being showcased in a project by the American Women Writers National Museum. Professor Trudier Harris will represent Alabama and give a presentation entitled "Bama Bones: A Black Southerner Talks Place & Creativity" on May 15th at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. Her talk focuses on how living and growing up in Alabama influenced her scholarly and creative works, and she will revisit topics from her memoir Summer Snow: Reflections from a Black Daughter of the South.
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Apr 30    Prof. Joel Brouwer has won UA's 2012 Burnum Distinguished Faculty Award. As part of the award ceremony, Brouwer will deliver a lecture entitled "Is There Room in Here for a Dancing Sailor?: The Poet as Curator." The Burnum Award is one of the highest honors the University bestows on its faculty and is presented annually to a professor who is judged by a faculty selection committee to have demonstrated superior scholarly or artistic achievements and profound dedication to the art of teaching.
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