Dina Smith, assistant professor of English at Drake University, will present a talk on “1950s Hollywood” on Thursday, June 18, as part of Cowles Library’s Midweek Muses and Munchies series.
The
initiative aims to promote discussion and discourse related to books and
various academic topics.
The events, which are free and open to the public, will
begin at 12:10 p.m. by Cowles Café outside of room 122 in Cowles Library, 28thStreet and University Ave.
Participants can bring their own lunches or purchase food
from the café or the grill outside the library’s main entrance.
The rest of the Midweek Muses and Munchies schedule is
below:
- June
23 — “Books as Art” — Mireille
Djenno, assistant professor of librarianship and first-year experience
librarian - June
24 — “Dyslexia and Reading Struggles” — Anne Murr, Adult Literacy Center coordinator - June
25 — “1950s Hollywood”: Part II —
Dina Smith, assistant professor of English - June
30 — TBA - July
1 — TBA — Elizabeth West, assistant
professor of English - July
2 – “Women in Horror Films”: Part I —
Beth Younger, associate professor of English - July
7 — “Cataloging History” – Dorothy
Pisarski, assistant professor of journalism, and Drake student Chad Allen - July
8 — TBA — Elizabeth West, assistant
professor of English - July
9 — “Women in Horror Films”: Part II
— Beth Younger, associate professor of English - July
22 – “The Copyfight: Can Intellectual Property Rights be Pushed Too Far?” — Marcia
Keyser, coordinator of information services and associate professor of
librarianship
For more information about the series, contact Susan
Breakenridge at 515-271-3994 or susan.breakenridge@drake.edu.
Read more about the series online.