The 2018 Series

This year-long series features programs on Auburn University research, history, and other topics of interest. The series is co-sponsored by the Auburn University Libraries, the Caroline Marshall Draughon Center for the Arts & Humanities and the Auburn University Bookstore. Lectures are held in the Special Collections Department of the Ralph Brown Draughon Library.

The Civil Rights Movement in the United States

Thursday, November 1, 2018 @ 3:00 PM
by Dr. Bernard LaFayette
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The Black Press and the American Apocalypse

Tuesday, October 23, 2018 @ 3:00 PM
by Dr. Benjamin Fagan
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Political Polarization in America: The War Over Two Social Contracts

Thursday, October 18, 2018 @ 3:00 PM
by Dr. Soren Jordan
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To Raise up the Man Farthest Down: Tuskegee University's Advancements in Human Health, 1881-1987

Thursday, October 4, 2018 @ 3:00 PM
by Dana Chandler
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Why the government Is Losing the Trust of Rural America

Thursday, September 20, 2018 @ 3:00 PM
by Dr. Loka Ashwood
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Auburn in Africa

Thursday, September 13, 2018 @ 3:00 PM
by Dr. Elizabeth I. Essamuah-Quansah
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Folklore and Mythology of the Center of Ireland: a Comparative Study

Thursday, August 30, 2018 @ 3:00 PM
by Dr. Frederic Armao
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Nurse Eunice Rivers and the Untold story of the United States Public Health Service Syphilis Study at Tuskegee

Tuesday, April 10, 2018 @ 3:00 PM
by Joan R. Harrell
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Binet's Cycle de Melodies: Unearthing a Forgotten Song Cycle

Thursday, April 5, 2018 @ 3:00 PM
by Dr Matt Hoch
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From the Congo to the Convict Lease: Africa in Alabama Coal Mines

Tuesday, March 20, 2018 @ 3:00 PM
by Dr. Jennifer Brooks
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Democracy Is Rooted in Accessible, Secure, and Fair Elections: Looking Ahead to the 2018 Federal Election (An EAC Perspective)

Tuesday, February 27, 2018 @ 3:00 PM
by Thomas Hicks, Vice Chairman, United States Election Assistance Commission
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On Multilingualism

Thursday, February 22, 2018 @ 3:00 PM
by Dr. Iulia Pittman
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Getting Out of the Mud: The Alabama Good Roads Movement and Highway Administration, 1898-1928

Thursday, February 8, 2018 @ 3:00 PM
by Dr. Marty Olliff, Professor of History and Director of the Wiregrass Archives, Troy University, Dothan
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African American Covers of Country Music Before Ray Charles: Prevalence and Significance

Tuesday, January 16, 2018 @ 3:00 PM
by Tim Dodge
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Last updated: 02/05/2019