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Dec 13, 2024
Join the #McConnellCenter as we welcome Dr. Amy Sturgis to convince us to read Mary Shelley - but probably not the book of which you are thinking!
Amy H. Sturgis earned her Ph.D. in Intellectual History from Vanderbilt University and specializes in Science Fiction/Fantasy/Gothic and Indigenous American Studies....
Dec 13, 2024
Join the #McConnellCenter as we welcome Trivius Caldwell for a discussion centered around Ralph Ellison.
Lieutenant Colonel Trivius G. Caldwell is an accomplished U.S. Army officer with over 18 years of diverse military experience. Commissioned in 2006 as a Second Lieutenant of Infantry through ROTC at Tuskegee...
Dec 13, 2024
Join #McConnellCenter Director Dr. Gary Gregg for a discussion regarding the seminal work of Aldous Huxley.
An award-winning political science teacher and expert on the U.S. presidency, Gregg has written or edited several books, including Securing Democracy: Why We Have an Electoral College.
We all know we need to...
Dec 13, 2024
Join #McConnellCenter Director Dr. Gary Gregg for a conversation about Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451 .
An award-winning political science teacher and expert on the U.S. presidency, Gregg has written or edited several books, including Securing Democracy: Why We Have an Electoral College.
We all know we need to read more...
Why You Should Read Octavia Butler’s The Parable of the Sower with Dr. David Anderson
Nov 27, 2024
Join the #McConnellCenter as we host Dr. David Anderson for a conversation about the work of Octavia Butler.
David Anderson received his Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania, and has published on American and African American poetry. He is currently editing an anthology of African American writing about the sea,...