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Library Prize Awards Ceremony, Tuesday, May 3, 4PM
Please join us to celebrate the winners of the Library Prize for Undergraduate Research and the Library Prize for Undergraduate Research on Sustainability and the Environment on May 3 at 4PM in the Lecture Hall. Hear outstanding research projects and enjoy a reception. Everyone interested in research and the Libraries are welcome to join us!
April 21–Tasting Freedom: Octavius Catto and the Battle for Equality in Civil War America
April 21, 5:30 PM, Paley Library Lecture Hall, 1210 Polett Walk Tasting Freedom: Octavius Catto and The Battle for Quality in Civil War America: A Conversation with Authors Daniel R. Biddle and Murray Dubin Octavius Valentine Catto was a second baseman on Philadelphia’s best black baseball team, a teacher, an activist who fought in the state capital and on the streets for equal rights, and an orator who shared the stage with Frederick Douglass. With his murder during an election day race riot in 1871, the nation lost a civil rights pioneer. In Tasting Freedom, Daniel Biddle (winner of the Pulitzer Prize) and Murray Dubin painstakingly chronicle the life of this charismatic black leader. Tasting Freedom presents the little-known stories of Catto and the men and women who struggled to change America. Join the authors for a discussion on researching, reconstructing and writing this important American story. Q&A with the authors Watch the authors discuss their research. Hear Murray Dubin speak on Civil Rights leaders in the 19th century. This program is presented in conjunction with Temple University Press.
April 15–Mario Varges Llosa: The Peruvian Writer and Tradition a conversation with Braulio Muñoz
April 15, 3:00 PM, Paley Library Lecture Hall, 1210 Polett Walk Spanish and Portuguese distinguished lecture series the writings of Mario Vargas Llosa.
Braulio Munoz is the Centennial Professor at Swarthmore College and a sociologist, critic and creative writer. He has written, among others, the following books: Songs of the Wind: The Search for Identity in Spanish American Indian Literature (Rutgers U P, 1982), Tensions in Social Theory: Groundwork for a Future Moral Sociology (Loyola U P, 1993), Huairapamushcas: La Búsqueda de la Identidad en la Novela Indigenista Hispanoamericana (Ediciones de la Universidad de la Frontera, 1996), A Storyteller: Vargas Llosa Between Civilization and Barbarism (Rowman & Littlefield, 2000), Alejandro y los Pescadores de Tancay (Andrea Lippolis Editore, 2004), The Peruvian Notebooks (U of Arizona P, 2006), Los Apuntes de Alejandro (Río Santa Editores, 2009), El Misha (Gorèe, 2010), Looking North: Latin American Images of the United States (U of Arizona P, forthcoming). He has published numerous scholarly articles with prominent outlets within and outside the U.S. In 2009, he was the recipient of the International Latino Book Award –First Prize— in New York. Today he will speak at Paley Library as part of the speaking series on the work of Nobel Prize winner Mario Vargas Llosa. This program is sponsored by the Libraries, the Society of Spanish and Spanish American Studies, the Provost, the Senior Vice Provost for Research, Spanish and Portuguese/CLA, Society of Spanish and Spanish-American Studies, and CHAT.
April 14—Bury Me in My Jersey: A Conversation with Tom McAllister and Rey Didinger
April 14, 5:30 PM, Paley Library Lecture Hall, 1210 Polett Walk Bury Me in My Jersey: A Conversation with Tom McAllister and Rey Didinger
Tom McAllister, a Temple faculty member, was born and raised in Philadelphia, where he spent Sundays in the infamous 700 level of Veterans Stadium, or sitting in front of the TV with his father in a nearby recliner, watching both the ugly and beautiful sides of Philadelphia football. As a rabid Eagles fan, McAllister experiences defeats and disappointments, but his biggest challenge is coping with the premature loss of his father to cancer. In Bury Me in My Jersey, McAllister explores the connection between his dedication to the Eagles and the death of his father. He will read from his book and join in conversation with one of Philadelphia’s most hallowed sports writers, Ray Didinger. They will discuss writing, writing about sports and, of course, the Eagles.
Tom McAllister is a graduate of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, and La Salle University in Philadelphia. His work has appeared in several publications, including Barrelhouse, Black Warrior Review, and Storyglossia. A Lecturer in the English Department at Temple University, he lives with his wife and two dogs in New Jersey, a ten minute drive from Lincoln Financial Field, where the Eagles play their home games.
Ray Didinger has won six Emmy Awards as a writer and producer at NFL Films. Before that, he was a reporter covering the National Football League for The Philadelphia Bulletin, and later The Philadelphia Daily News. In 1995 he was enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame as the recipient of the Dick McCann Memorial Award for long and distinguished reporting of pro football. He is the author of One Last Read, and a weekly commentator and panelist on Comcast SportsNet’s Post Game Live show during the football season.
April 13, Special Collections Showcase: Words of the Enlisted
April 13, 4PM, Special Collections Reading Room Tom Whitehead of the Libraries Special Collections Department and Iren Snavely the NEH Archivist at the American Philosophical Society, will show and discuss letters and diaries of Army and Navy men from the Civil War, Spanish American War, and World Wars I and II, including the personal papers of General Lyman L. Lemnitzer, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, 1960-1962 and Supreme Allied Commander Europe, 1963-1969.
April 6, 3PM, Paley Lecture Hall, The Legacy of Judge Abraham Freedman
April 6, 3:00 PM, Paley Library Lecture Hall, 1210 Polett Walk
The Legacy of Judge Abraham Freedman: The Reform Movement of the 1950’s and Lessons Learned Abraham Freedman was a legal scholar, civic leader, judge and teacher. He fought for reformed public housing and against discrimination. He was a leader in the Jewish community of Philadelphia, and was a key figure in the city’s reform movement and one of the authors of the 1951 Home Rule Charter. This program and panel discussion will focus on the legacy and impact of Judge Freedman and the reform movement. It will also include an exploration of Judge Freedman’s archives, housed in the Philadelphia Jewish Archives Collection at Temple University Libraries.
March 31–Chat in the Stacks
March 31, 2:30 PM, Paley Library Lecture Hall, 1210 Polett Walk Chat in the Stacks The Faculty Senate Subcommittee on the Status of Faculty of Color and Temple University Libraries present our ongoing lecture series with Temple faculty. This spring’s second “Chat” is a discussion on the prison industrial complex. Speakers include Joseph Blake, former adjunct with the department of Journalism and editor with the Philadelphia Inquirer and Daily News; Professor Tara Tripp, Criminal Justice and Professor Jerry Stahler of Geography and Urban Studies
March 23, Digital Day
March 23, 11:00AM-2:00PM, Paley Library, 1210 Polett Walk, First Floor DIGITAL DAY Temple Libraries offer more than 400 electronic databases and thousands of journals, books and online resources. These materials are essential to research and exploration in the 21st century library. Our e-resources fair is an opportunity to explore this plethora of knowledge licensed by Temple’s Libraries. Join us for giveaways, snacks and a chance to learn about our depth of resources.
March 17, 1PM, Book Club Discusses War Dances
March 17, 1:00PM Book Club Sherman Alexie’s War Dances This year’s One Book, One Philadelphia selection and winner of the PEN/Faulkner Award, Sherman Alexie’s War Dances is a collection of short stories and poems that examine with humor and grace the intricate facets of human relationships. On Mach 17, join the book club to discuss the book.