Western Kentucky University

Literary Events: Far Away Places with Strange Sounding Names

Upcoming Talks

2012

Fall talk series are pending.

 

Talks Already Given

2012

April 12, 2012 - "Big Game Parks of South Africa"
Michael Trapasso, Department of Geography & Geology, WKU
April 5, 2012, - "Ernest Hemingway and Spain: Or How a Land Can Attract a Man"
Ricardo Marin Ruiz, Professor, University de Castilla-La Mancha, Albacete, Spain

February 16, 2012 - "To Kill a Tiger: A Memoir of Korea"
Jid Lee, Department of English, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro


2011

November 17, 2011 - "Gabon"
David Keeling, Dept. of Geography & Geology, WKU

October 20, 2011 - "The Peace Corps: A Historical and Kentucky Perspective"
Jack and Angene Wilson, Emeritus Professor of Education

September 15, 2011 - "Global Health and Humanitarianism in Post-Soviet Georgia"
Erin Koch, Dept. of Anthropology, University of Kentucky

April 21 , 2011 - Bolivia and the United States: The Ties that Bind and Constrict
James Siekmeier, Dept. of History, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV

March 17 , 2011 - Climbing Mt. Everest: Tibet, 2010
John All, Dept. of Geography & Geology, WKU

February 17 , 2011 - China's Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow: A Look at a City Called Tianjin
Haiwang Yuan, Dept. of Library Public Services, WKU

2010

November 18, 2010 - Medelin, Colombia: A City Reborn
Holli Drummond, Dept. of Sociology WKU
John Dizgun, Kentucky Institute for International Studies

October 19, 2010 - Discoveries Underwater in the Mediterranean
John Hale, Director of Liberal Studies, University of Louisville, KY.

September 16, 2010 - Stories from Rights Movements in Ukraine
Sarah D. Phillips, Dept. of Anthropology, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN

April 15, 2010 - Alaska
Michael Trapasso, Dept. of Geology & Geography, WKU

March 25, 2010 - The Road to Santiago
John Moore, Dept. of Foreign Languages, University of Alabama & Birmingham

February 18, 2010 - Ghana
Dr. Saundra Ardrey, Dept. of Political Sciences, WKU

2009

November 19, 2009 - The Baker's Boy
Barry Kitterman, Austin Peay State University in Clarksville, TN

September 17 , 2009 - Slovenia
Professor Debbie Kreitzer, Dept. of Georgraphy and Geology, WKU

April 16, 2009 - "Viking Voyages"
Dr. Michael Trapasso, Dept. of Geography & Geology, WKU

March 19, 2009 - "Dead Sea Scrolls"
Dr. Joseph Trafton, Dept. of Philosophy & Religion, WKU

February 19, 2009 - The Galapagos Islands
Dr. Doug McElroy, Dept. of Biology, WKU

 

2008

November 20, 2008 - Robots in Space
Dr. Roger Launius, National Air and Space Museum Smithsonian Institution

October 16, 2008 - Cambodia
Dr. David Keeling, Dept. of Geography & Geology, WKU

September 18, 2008 - Panama
Dr. Aristofanes Cedeno, Dept. of Spanish, University of Louisville

April 17, 2008 - Vietnam
Binh P. Le, Associate Librarian, Penn State University at Abington

March 20, 2008 - Easter Island
Dr. Michael Trapasso, Dept. of Geography & Geology, WKU

 

2007

November 15, 2007 - Underwater Maya: "Wooden Buildings Below the Sea Floor"
Dr. Heather McKillop, William G. Haag Professor of Archaeology, Louisiana State University

October 18, 2007 - South India
Uma D. Doraiswamy, WKU Libraries

September 20, 2007 - The Sahara
Dr. David Keeling, Dept. of Geography & Geology, WKU

April 12, 2007 - Israel
Shannon Schaffer, WKU, Dept. of Philosophy & Religion

March 22, 2007 - Ireland
Jim Flynn, WKU, Dept. of English (Ret.)

February 15, 2007 - Antarctica
Michael Trapasso, WKU Dept. of Geography & Geography

2006

November 16, 2006 - Medieval Morocco
Prof. Ronald Messier, Vanderbilt Univerity

October 19, 2006 - Turkey
Dr. David Keeling WKU Dept. of Geography & Geography

September 21, 2006 - Tales of the Han Chinese
Haiwang Yuan WKU Libraries

April 13, 2006 - Portugal
Dr. Shawn Parkhurst, Dept. of Anthropology, University of Louisville

March 16, 2006 - Belize

Peggy Wright and Dr. Brian Coutts, Dept. Library Public Services, WKU

February 16, 2006 - Yucatan
Dr. John Dizgun, Dept. of History, WKU

2005

November 17, 2005 - Life and Death in Ancient Egypt
Dr. Tosha Dupras, Dept. of Anthropology, University of Central Florida
 

October 20, 2005 - Tanzania
Dr. David Keeling, Dept. of Geography and Geology, WKU

September 15, 2005 - Cuba
Andrew McMichael, Dept. of History, WKU

April 14, 2005 - Digging in the Holy Land
C. Thomas McCollough, Dept. of Religion, Centre College, Danville, KY

March 17, 2005 - Cyprus
Richard Keyser, Dept. of History, WKU

February 17, 2005 - Norway
Charles Bussey, Dept. of History, WKU

2004

November 18 - Niu, Tokelau, and Nauru
Richard Deal, Dept. of Geography and Geology

October 21 - Australia
David Keeling, Head Department of Geography and Geology

September 16 - The Balkans
Burnam W. Reynolds, Prof. of History
Asbury College, Wilmore, KY

April 22, 2004 - Ecuador
David Coffey, Dept. of Agriculture

March 18, 2004 - France
Eric Reed, Dept. of History

February 19, 2004 - Nigeria
Johnston Njoku, Dept. of MLMS

2003

November 20 , 2003 - Chile
David Keeling, Dept. of Geography

October 16, 2003 - New Zealand
Judith Hoover, Dept. of Communication

September 18, 2003 - Thailand
Janet Colbert, Dept. of Accounting & Finance

April 17, 2003,Spain
Melissa Stewart, Dept. of Modern Languages & Intercultural Studies

March 20, 2003, Belgium & The Netherlands
William Parsons & Pieter De Grez, Dept. of Economics & Marketing

Feb. 20, 2003, West Africa
Lawrence Alice, Dept. of Biology

2002

Nov. 14, 2002, Taiwan
Robert Antony, Dept. of History

October 17, 2002, Argentina
David Keeling, Geography & Geology

September 19, 2002, Sri Lanka
Jeffrey Samuels, Dept. of Philosophy & Religion

April 18 , 2002, Scotland
Robert Hoyt, Dept. of Biology

March 21, 2002, Japan
Hideko Norman, Dept. of Psychology

February 14, 2002, India & Pakistan
Jack Montgomery & Malia Formes, Libraries and Dept. of History

2001

November 15, 2001 - Russia
Hugh Phillips, Dept. of History

October 18, 2001 - Zanzibar
Michael Trapasso, Dept. of Geography & Geology

September 13, 2001 - Nepal
Linda Johnson, Dept. of Mgmt & Info System

April 19, 2001 - Germany
Laura McGee, Dept. of Mod Lang. & Int'l Studies.

March 22, 2001 - England
Joe Glaser, Dept. of England

February 15, 2001 - Brazil
David Keeling, Dept. of Geography & Geology

2000

November 16, 2000 - China
Haiwang Yuan, University Libraries

October 19, 2000 - Costa Rica
In memory of Prof. Richard Salisbury, Dept. of History

September 14, 2000 - South Africa
Nancy Baird, Kentucky Library

 
   
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WKU Geography Professor Michael Trapasso shared his research experience and encounters with exotic and sometimes dangerous animals in South Africa's big game parks on April 12 at Barnes and Noble Bookstore.

Ricardo Marin Ruiz, Professor of English at the University of castilla-La Mancha, Spain, talked in our "Far Away Places series" about “Ernest Hemingway and Spain: Or How a Land Can Attract A Man” on Thursday, April 5 at Barnes & Noble Bookstore.

On the evening of Februrary 16, 2012, Professor Jid Lee from Middle Tennessee State University spoke about her book To Kill a Tiger, a personal narrative of her girlhood in a traditinal South Korean family against the traumatic events of recent Korean history including the Japanese occupation. Her lecture is part of the Libraries' Far Away talk series that take place monthly at Bowling Green Barnes & Noble Booksellers on Campbell Lane.
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