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College of Liberal Arts Speakers Bureau Discover Auburn Lecture Series Draughon Seminars in State and Local History
Alabama Issues ForumsIn cooperation with the David Mathews Center for the Civic Life and a number of local partners, CMD CAH coordinates deliberative forums in communities around the state. Deliberative forums offer the public an opportunity to discuss significant issues of concern in a non-threatening and non-divisive environment. Forums foster dialogue among citizens-not debate-and lead to an informed and engaged public demonstrating civic responsibility.
Breeden Eminent ScholarThe Daniel F. Breeden Eminent Scholar Chair was established in 1989 to provide support for both the academic and the outreach missions of the College of Liberal Arts. The chair is supported by an endowment from Dr. Daniel F. Breeden. Persons named to the Breeden Eminent Chair must be nationally recognized in their field with outstanding credentials in arts or humanities. They must also demonstrate potential and willingness to engage in outreach activities in the community. The Breeden Chair must also contribute a unique quality, characteristic or function to the teaching and learning objectives of the College of Liberal Arts.
College of Liberal Arts Speakers BureauThe College of Liberal Arts Speakers Bureau is a highly visible and competitive annual College of Liberal Arts speakers program that showcases college scholarship in venues both on and off campus. Programs by the CLA Speaker’s Bureau can be booked by contacting the Caroline Marshall Draughon Center for the Arts and Humanities at (334) 844-4946 or claspeakers@auburn.edu. The programs are offered free of charge on a first-come, first-serve basis.
Discover Auburn Lecture SeriesThis year-long series features programs on AU research, history, and other topics of interest. The series is co-sponsored by the Auburn University Libraries, the Caroline Marshall Draughon Center for the Arts & Humanities and the Auburn University Bookstore. Lectures are held in the Special Collections Department of the Ralph Brown Draughon Library. See events page for lecture dates and speakers.
Draughon Seminars in State and Local HistoryThis annual Center offering brings new research in Alabama history to public audiences throughout the state. The seminars are funded by the Kelly Mosley Endowment in honor of Dr. Ralph B. Draughon, AU president from 1947 to 1965, a historian with a deep commitment to both state history and public education. To schedule a program, please contact (334) 844-4946 or draughonsem@auburn.edu.
New Perspectives: Alabama ArtAlabama’s rich visual arts heritage is the focus of this annual lecture series offered in Auburn and around the state. New Perspectives has major funding from the Alabama Humanities Foundation and is supported by community partners in each of its locations. See events page or call (334) 844-4946 for more information.
Pebble Hill BooksPebble Hill Books is a cooperative publishing venture of the Caroline Marshall Draughon Center for the Arts & Humanities and the University of Alabama Press. Designed to publish works that grow out of or contribute to the Center’s programming, Pebble Hill Books preserves and disseminates scholarship and creative works by Auburn University College of Liberal Arts faculty and by Center associates. The inaugural title, In the Path of the Storms: Bayou La Batre, Coden, and the Alabama Gulf Coast by Frye Gaillard, was published in 2008. Albert Murray and the Aesthetic Imagination of a Nation, a collection of papers delivered at the Albert Murray Symposium in January 2008 and edited by Dr. Barbara Baker, will be published in 2009. Paul Hemphill’s A Tiger Walk Through History: A Compete History of Auburn Football from 1892 to the Tuberville Era also appears under the Pebble Hill Books imprint.
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This Goodly Land
This Goodly Land is an online resource for information on Alabama writers past and present. The site highlights the scope of Alabama literary culture as well as the abundance of nationally and internationally significant work by the state's writers. Go to www.alabamaliterarymap.org to learn more!
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