DATE:  FEB. 14

TIME:  12:00 to 1:00 PM

PLACE:  8th Floor Lounge, Anderson

Lucas Sheaffer (doctoral student in English)  will talk about his research  in environmental criticism, specifically an examination of the Tennessee Valley Authority’s far-reaching regional damming projects during the mid-20th century. The talk will open with a brief summary of the project’s scope and central questions before closely examining the turbulent intersection of heritage, guilt, water, drought, and graves in Madison Jones’ A Buried Land. 

​The dissertation, which is nearly complete, is called Damming the American Imagination and encompasses chapters on Robert Penn Warren and David Lilienthal.​