The American Idea: Temple University Libraries' Fall 2012 Programming
This academic year, the Beyond the Page programming series will examine the culture, ideals, stories, myths and realities that have built America. We will discuss the American idea from a diverse variety of perspectives, disciplines and points-of-view. Programs will cover topics ranging from politics to museums, race to sports, architecture to immigration, food to housing and more.
We will explore American music, American authors, American artists and the American city through a dynamic series of talks, discussions, programs and events. Please join us throughout the year to analyze, interpret and reinterpret American ideas through the eyes of scholars, curators, authors, cultural producers and you.
The American Idea on Sports and Race:
A Conversation with Larry Lester and Rebecca Alpert
October 2
3:30 PM
Paley Library
Larry Lester is one if the founders of the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum, while Rebecca Alpert is the author of Out of Left Field: Jews and Black Baseball (Oxford University Press, 2011).
Visit us this fall for this, and all of our programs on the American Idea!
• September 27, 2:30 PM, Chat in the Stacks: Teaching Diversity
• October 5, 3:00 PM, The American Gallerist: Sande Webster on 40 Years with Art and Artists
• October 8, Noon, Noir: An American Genre, A Conversation with Lou Boxer, Chris Cagle and Robert Polito
• October 9, 12:30 PM, The American Idea on Architecture: A Conversation with Skylar Tibbits of MIT
• October 23, 2:00 PM, The American Idea on Elections and Electoral Politics: A Conversation with Keya Dannenbaum and Hal Gullan, hosted by Robin Kolodny
• November 1, 2:30 PM, Chat in the Stacks: A
Conversation on Race in the Race
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