Discover Auburn Lecture Series Fall 2010 Schedule Posted

Joyce Hicks provides the following update on this fall’s lecture series.

The Discover Auburn Lecture Series, sponsored by the Auburn University Libraries, resumes this fall.  The lectures take place in Special Collections, located on the ground floor of the Draughon Library.

On Thursday, August 26, 2010, at 3 PM, Tom Eden, Auburn’s head cheerleader during the 1949-1950 academic year, will discuss this activity as the Tigers inaugurate a new football season.

On Thursday, September 16, 2010, at 3 PM, Dwayne Cox, Head of Special Collections, will discuss Auburn’s history from 1900 to 1920 as part of the centennial of Comer Hall, occupied in 1910.

On Thursday, October 14, 2010, at 3 PM, Jeff Jakeman, Editor of the Encyclopedia of Alabama and Associate Professor of History, will discuss this valuable on-line resource, located at http://encyclopediaofalabama.org/face/Home.jsp.

On Thursday, November 4, 2010, at 3 PM, a color power-point presentation will feature archival photographs, taken by the late Cornelia Martin, of Afghanistan and the Pakistan frontier before the fighting.

On Tuesday, November 16, 2010, at 3 PM, Richard Penaskovic, Coordinator of Religious Studies, will discuss “The Muslin-Christian Dialogue”.

All are welcome to attend the lectures and the receptions that follow.  Past lectures appear in the Auburn University Digital Library at http://diglib.auburn.edu/.  For further information contact Joyce Hicks at 334-844-1705 or hicksjo@auburn.edu.