Arts & Sciences Events Calendar for University of Richmond

Research Introductions (12/1/2009)

Tue, 1 Dec 2009 23:00:00 GMT

Start Date:	12/1/2009	Start Time:	6:00 PM
End Date:	12/1/2009	End Time:	7:00 PM

University of Richmond

University of Richmond - Gottwald Science Center

University of Richmond - Gottwald Science Center
Room: Auditorium

Chemistry professor Michelle Hamm and physics professor Ovidiu Lipan present their current research.

Writers Series: Marjorie Perloff (2/3/2010)

Thu, 4 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Start Date:	2/3/2010	Start Time:	7:00 PM
End Date:	2/3/2010

American poetry critic Marjorie Perloff is the author of 13 books and a few hundred essays and reviews on twentieth century poetry and poetics and visual arts. Her books include Radical Artifice: Writing in the Age of Media, The Poetics of Indeterminacy: Rimbaud to Cage,Frank O’Hara: Poet Among Painters, Twenty-First Century Modernism, and Wittgenstein's Ladder: Poetic Language and the Strangeness of the Ordinary. She also has published a cultural memoir, The Vienna Paradox.

She has lectured at most major universities in the U.S. and throughout Europe, Asia and Latin America. Perloff has held Guggenheim, NEH and Huntington fellowships, served as President of the Modern Language Association and is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. She is Sadie D. Patek Professor Emerita of Humanities at Stanford University.

Writers Series: David Shields (3/22/2010)

Mon, 22 Mar 2010 23:00:00 GMT

Start Date:	3/22/2010	Start Time:	7:00 PM
End Date:	3/22/2010

University of Richmond - Weinstein Hall
Room: Brown-Alley Room

American prose writer David Shields's most recent book, The Thing About Life Is That One Day You'll Be Dead, (Knopf, 2008), was a New York Times bestseller. He is the author of eight previous books, including Black Planet: Facing Race During an NBA Season, a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award; Remote: Reflections on Life in the Shadow of Celebrity, winner of the PEN/Revson Award; and Dead Languages: A Novel, winner of the PEN Syndicated Fiction Award.

Shields has received a Guggenheim fellowship, two NEA fellowships, and an Ingram Merrill Foundation Award, among others. He teaches in the English department at the University of Washington. His new book, Reality Hunger: a Manifesto, will be published by Knopf in January 2010. The title of his talk is "Genre is a Minimum-Security Prison."

Writers Series: Gillian Conoley (3/31/2010)

Wed, 31 Mar 2010 23:00:00 GMT

Start Date:	3/31/2010	Start Time:	7:00 PM
End Date:	3/31/2010

University of Richmond - Weinstein Hall
Room: Brown-Alley Room

Gillian Conoley has published seven books of poetry, including Tall Stranger, a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award, and Profane Halo. Her most recent book, The Plot Genie, uses a 1930’s how-to book for pulp fiction writers as its foundation. A recipient of several Pushcart Prizes and an NEA fellowship, she teaches at Sonoma State University in California and edits Volt magazine.

Writers Series: Rae Armantrout (4/14/2010)

Wed, 14 Apr 2010 23:00:00 GMT

Start Date:	4/14/2010	Start Time:	7:00 PM
End Date:	4/14/2010

University of Richmond - Weinstein Hall
Room: Brown-Alley Room

American poet Rae Armantrout has published 11 books of poetry, most recently Versed. Her book Next Life was a New York Times Notable Book of 2007. An original member of the Language Poets, Armantrout’s work has gained increasing acceptance in recent years, appearing not only in magazines and anthologies associated with experimental writing, but also in The New Yorker, The Oxford Book of American Poetry and numerous volumes of The Best American Poetry. She also has published a memoir, True, and a volume of collected prose. She teaches at the University of California-San Diego.