Humanities Center Speaker Series Independent Study Opportunity

Independent Study Opportunity

The DePaul Humanities Center is offering the opportunity for 1-3 students to work with Professor Jonathan Gross on an independent study for this year's Speaker Series. If you're interested in this opportunity, please contact Alecia Person at
773-325-4580 no later than Monday, October 6.

SPEAKERS 2008-2009
For all events Reception 5:30 p.m. • Lecture 6:00 p.m.
DePaul Student Center, 2250 Sheffield Ave.


THE RISE OF THE NOVEL

Thursday, November 6, 2008
DePaul Student Center, 314
Patricia Meyer Spacks, University of Virginia, on The Pleasures of Re-reading Early English Novels

Thursday, January 22, 2009
DePaul Student Center, 314
Terry Castle, Stanford University, on Virginia Woolf

Thursday, February 12, 2009
DePaul Student Center, 314
Michael McKeon, Rutgers University, on The Theory of the Novel


AGAINST HAPPINESS

Tuesday, October 7, 2008
DePaul Student Center, 120
Eric G. Wilson, Wake Forest University, Against Happiness

Thursday, May 14, 2009
DePaul Student Center, 314
Phillip Lopate, Hofstra University, Against Joie de Vivre


NORTH BY NORTHWEST: REDEFINING THE MIDWEST
Thursday, September 25, 2008
DePaul Student Center, 120
Stacey Robertson, Bradley University
“’Hearts Beating for Liberty’: Women Abolitionists in the Old Northwest”