Calendar of Events
Spring 2017
The Dayton Literary Peace Prize Panel:
"Bridge to Understanding - A discussion on Systemic Racism in America"
Moderated by Bernice L. McFadden, Author and Tulane Professor
Date: Tuesday, April 4, 2017
Time: 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Location: Freeman Auditorium, Woldenberg Art CenterFree and open to the public.
The 28th Annual Josephine Gessner Ferguson Lecture:
"Two Professors, 'Busting' the German Code, and a Landmark Edition of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales"
Featuring Christina von Nolcken (University of Chicago)
Date: Thursday, April 20, 2017
Time: 6:00PM
Location: Freeman Auditorium, Woldenberg Art Center
Free and open to the public.
Delivered annually in late March or early April, the Josephine Gessner Ferguson Lecture is the only endowed lecture in the Tulane English department. It was established by Charles Ferguson and Barbara Ferguson Ginsberg in memory of their mother, Josephine, who was a student of English Literature at Newcomb College in Tulane University. Although it began as a lecture devoted exclusively to19th-century British literature, the Ferguson Lecture now considers literature from any of the traditional British periods.
Spring 2016
27th Annual Josephine Gessner Ferguson Lecture "Shakespeare in America"
Featuring James Shapiro (Columbia University)
Date: Thursday, April 28, 2016
Time: 6:00 PM
Location: Freeman Auditorium, Woldenberg Art Center
Delivered annually in late March or early April, the Josephine Gessner Ferguson Lecture is the only endowed lecture in the Tulane English department. It was established by Charles Ferguson and Barbara Ferguson Ginsberg in memory of their mother, Josephine, who was a student of English Literature at Newcomb College in Tulane University. Although it began as a lecture devoted exclusively to19th-century British literature, the Ferguson Lecture now considers literature from any of the traditional British periods.
First Folio! Exhibition Grand Opening
Includes a Jazz Funeral for Shakespeare, conducted by Michael White and the Liberty Brass Band
Date: Monday, May 9, 2016
Time: 6:30 PM
Location: Newcomb Hall, Newcomb Art Museum
First Folio! The exhibition opens on the Tulane campus with a Jazz Funeral for Shakespeare, conducted by Michael White and the Liberty Brass Band, 6:30 pmhttp://newcombartmuseum.tulane.edu/portfolio-item/shakespeare-first-folio/http://firstfolio.tulane.edu
Parking Information:
https://newcombartmuseum.tulane.edu/parking/
First Folio! HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER WORKSHOP
conducted by Scott Oldenburg (Associate Professor, English Department, Tulane University)
Date: Sunday, May 15, 2016
Time: 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Location: Newcomb Art Museum
Open to the public, to participate, contact the English Department, Tulane University, (504) 865-5160
Sonnets in the Gallery Poetry Reading
featuring Peter Cooley (Professor, English Department, Tulane University and Poet Laureate of the State of Louisiana)
Date: Monday, May 16, 2016
Time: 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Location: Newcomb Art Museum
Open to the public, to participate, contact the English Department, Tulane University, (504)865-5160
Past Event Highlights
See our event photo archives page.
A memorial service for Caecilia Davis-Weyer, Professor emerita of Medieval Art History at Tulane
A Reading by the Creative Writing Faculty: Thomas Beller, Peter Cooley, Zachary Lazar, and Jesmyn Ward
A Reading by Robert Stone
A Reading by Chang-rae Lee
Michael Ondaatje & Linda Saplding
Ferguson Lecture: Mark Samuels Lasner
Jericho Brown
A.S. Byatt
Josephine Gessner Ferguson Lecture: Ian Baucom
Poet Laureate Series: Robert Hass
Writers Writer Series: James Salter
Great Writers Series: Michael Ondaatje
Pierce Butler Chair Lecture: Robert Douglas-Fairhurst
Remembering Katrina: A 5th Anniversary Poetry Reading
Great Writers Series: Carlos Fuentes
Poet Laureate Series: Rita Dove
Writer's Writer Series: Edmund White
Writer's Writer Series: Deborah Eisenberg
Less-Than-Secret Lives: A Symposium on the Personal Essay
Great Writers Series: Joan Didion
Poet Laureate Series: Billy Collins
African Writers Symposium