Upcoming programs focus on immigration reform, Walt Whitman, Native American history and more
U.S. Immigration Reform: Making the Dream Real
Thursday, April 11
3:00 PM
Paley Library Lecture Hall
1210 Polett Walk
Philadelphia, PA 19122
Join a panel of activists and experts to discuss one of today’s most crucial and controversial political issues—immigration reform. Speakers include Jorge Salazar, a "Dreamer," born outside the US, brought here as a child, and raised in Philadelphia in the shadows of undocumented status; Blanca Lucia Pacheco, a young activist who has been working to try to keep immigrant families intact, organizing people in her neighborhood near Temple; and Jaya Ramji-Nogales, a Temple Law professor who will discuss the political landscape of immigration reform. This program will be moderated by Terry Halbert, professor of Legal Studies in the Fox School of Business.
Walt Whitman: An American Icon
Thursday, April 18
3:30 PM
Paley Library Lecture Hall
1210 Polett Walk
Philadelphia, PA 19122
Celebrate National Library Week and National Poetry Month with us!
Walt Whitman’s legacy—iconoclast, celebrity, and the father of American poetry—is unparalleled in its influence on American writing and culture. Join David Haven Blake and Michael Robertson, professors of English at The College of New Jersey (TCNJ) and co-editors of Walt Whitman, Where the Future Becomes Present to discuss the impact that Whitman has had on American culture—an impact that reaches far beyond his influence on poetry. Blake is also the chair of the English Department at TCNJ, and author of Walt Whitman and the Culture of American Celebrity. Robertson is the recipient of two National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowships and author of the award-winning book Worshipping Walt: The Whitman Disciples (Princeton UP, 2008). This program will be moderated by Katherine Henry, associate professor of English at Temple.
Upcoming Programs
| • | Thursday, April 25 at 12:00 PM in Paley Library Lecture Hall Dr. Andrew Isenberg, professor of American History at Temple University, will host a discussion on Native American history and culture with scholars William Carter, assistant professor of history at the College of New Jersey; Doug Kiel, a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of History and a visiting fellow at the Center for Native American Studies at the University of Pennsylvania; and Louis Warren, currently a visiting research scholar at Princeton. |
| • | Wednesday, June 19 at 3:00 PM at the Blockson Collection Save the date for our annual Juneteenth celebration at the Blockson Collection! |
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