Be sure to check the Hours link located in the top central portion of the Auburn University Libraries homepage to see library hours of operation during the Thanksgiving holiday period.  Dates affected are Saturday, November 17 through Saturday, November 24.  Regular hours resume on Sunday, November 25 at 1 p.m.

Georges Adeagbo:  Between Artwork and Exhibition

Kathryn Floyd, Assistant Professor of Art History, Auburn University

Date and Time:  Thursday, November 15 at 3:30 p.m.

Location:  Special Collections and Archives, Ground Floor, Ralph Brown Draughon Library

Prof. Floyd will discuss her ongoing research on the Beninese artist, "whose gathering, organizing, and displaying of objects allows him to shift between the role of artist and curator while speaking to the power relationships and complicated economies that make up the contemporary art world."

All are welcome!

The Princess and the Poet:  Dulce Maria Loynaz and Eulalia de Borbon

Jana F. Gutierrez, Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures

Date and Time:  Wednesday, November 14 at 3 p.m.

Location:  Special Collections and Archives, Ground Floor, Ralph Brown Draughon Library

Sponsored by:  Auburn University Libraries and Auburn University Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures

Discover Auburn Lecture

Lost Auburn:  Chapter Rooms and Frat Houses at Auburn:  1896-1951

Ralph Draughon, Jr.

Date and Time:  Tuesday, November 13 at 3 p.m.

Location:  Special Collections and Archives, Ground Floor, Ralph Brown Draughon Library

Discover Auburn Lecture

The Gods of Prophetstown:  The Battle of Tippecanoe and the Holy War for the American Frontier

Dr. Adam Jortner, Department of History, Auburn University

There will be a book signing after the presentation!

Date and Time:  Wednesday, November 7 at 3 p.m.

Location:  Special Collections and Archives, Ground Floor. Ralph Brown Draughon Library

Sponsored by Auburn University Libraries and AU Bookstore.

In recognition of the 150th. anniversary of the Morrill Act of 1862 which created the land-grant college system, the Auburn University Office of Public Service is sponsoring the following Morrill Land-Grant Recognition Special Lecture:

Auburn v. Alabama:  The Origin of the Rivalry

Dwayne Cox, Ph.D., Head of Special Collections and Archives

Date and Time:  Tuesday, October 23 at 3 p.m.

Location:  Lecture Room, Special Collections and Archives, Ground Floor, Ralph Brown Draughon Library

Discover Auburn Lecture Series

The Confederados:  Old South Immigrants in Brazil

Dr. Cyrus B. Dawsey, Department of Geography, Auburn University

Date and Time:  Thursday, October 11 at 3 p.m.

Location:  Special Collections and Archives, Ground Floor, Ralph Brown Draughon Library

Sponsored by:  Auburn University Libraries

 Humans vs. Zombies will take place at the Ralph Brown Draughon Library this Friday, October 12^th from 8 p.m. to midnight. Registration will take place all this week on the concourse from 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. , and the game is open to the first 250 registrants.

Book Talk

William Alexander Percy:  The Curious Life of a Mississippi Planter and Sexual Freethinker

Dr, Benjamin E. Wise

There will be a booking signing and reception after the presentation.

Date and Time:  Thursday, October 4 at 3 p.m.

Location:  Special Collections and Archives, Ground Floor, Ralph Brown Draughon Library.

Sponsored by:  Auburn University Libraries, Auburn University Department of History, and Auburn University Bookstore.

Library Lecture:  Documenting Racism

Documenting Racism:  African-Americans in U.S. Department of Agriculture Documentaries, 1921-1942

Dr. Emmett Winn, Associate Provost and Professor, Auburn University

Date and Time:  Tuesday, September 25 at 3 p.m.

Location:  Special Collections and Archives, Ground Floor, Ralph Brown Draughon Library

Sponsored by:  Caroline Marshall Draughon Center for the Arts and Humanities in the College of Liberal Arts, University Bookstore, and University Libraries.

All are welcome to attend.