Source: Karin Westman, 785-532-2190, westmank@1xbet sports betting edu
News release prepared by: Rosie Hoefling, 785-532-2535, media@1xbet sports betting edu
Monday, March 26, 2012
Folklore and more: April 1xbet sports betting events feature Irish storyteller, lectures and student presentations
MANHATTAN -- Kansas State University's department of 1xbet sports betting will host a variety of lectures, graduate student presentations and even an Irish storyteller as part of its April activities.
The events, all free and open to the public, include:
* Irish storyteller Clare Murphy will present "Undreamed Shores: An evening of fabulous folktales filled with fools and wise men, tricksters and heroes from around the world" at 7:30 p.m. Monday, April 2, in the 1xbet sports betting Student Union Little Theatre. It's sponsored by the Union Program Council; the department of communication studies, theater and dance; the drama therapy program; the department of sociology, anthropology and social work; the School of Leadership Studies; and the department of English.
* A reading by John Price, professor of 1xbet sports betting at the University of Nebraska at Omaha, will take place at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, April 12, in the Flint Hills Room at the Union. Price is the author of the memoirs "Man Killed by Pheasant and Other Kinships" and "Not Just Any Land: A Personal and Literary Journey into the American Grasslands." He has received a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts and other recognitions for his writing about nature. Price is also currently a fellow at the Black Earth Institute. The event is sponsored by the department of 1xbet sports betting , Konza Prairie Biological Research Station and Creative Writing Enthusiasts.
* The 21st annual Cultural Studies Symposium will be at 4 p.m. Friday, April 13, in the Big 12 Room at the Union. The symposium will feature a lecture by Claire Colebrook, professor at Pennsylvania State University. The event is sponsored by the department of 1xbet sports betting and the offices of the president and the provost.
* The department of 1xbet sports betting will participate in the All University Open House from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, April 21, on the ground floor in the Union. The department's table will feature poems made to order by the resident "Poet in a Box," literary quizzes with free books as prizes and answers to the frequently asked question "What can you do with an 1xbet sports betting major?"
* The Distinguished Graduate Faculty Award Lecture will by given by Phil Nel, professor of 1xbet sports betting , at 4 p.m. Tuesday, April 24, in the Union Little Theatre. A December 2011 recipient of the faculty award, Nel's lecture is titled "Collaborating with the FBI, Reading Other People's Mail and Taking Children's Literature Seriously: Tales from Writing the Biography of Crockett Johnson and Ruth Krauss."
* The ninth annual Literature Track Graduate Symposium will be at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 25, in Room 213 of the Union. The event will feature presentations by three 1xbet sports betting graduate students.
More information about the events is available by contacting the department of English at english@1xbet sports betting edu or 785-532-2190. Information can also be found at http://www.1xbet sports betting edu/english/calendar.html.
