UA Presents Reading as Part of Rose Gladney Lecture on Justice and Social Change

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – Dr. John Howard will read excerpts from his book, “The Same Language” by Ben Duncan, Thursday, Nov. 10 at 7 p.m. at The University of Alabama W. S. Hoole Special Collections Library on the second floor of Mary Harmon Bryant Hall. The reading is part of the Rose Gladney Lecture on Justice and Social Change.

The book, which is edited and has an afterword by Howard, is a memoir of Duncan, through his life as an orphan in Depression-era Alabama to a Henry Fellowship to study at the University of Oxford. The book was first published in London in 1962 and received great acclaim. This edition, published by the UA Press, focuses on the struggles of being homosexual in both the United States and in England and includes new chapters and commentaries he could not write in the 1960s.

Howard is a 20th-century U.S. social and cultural historian and teaches at King’s College, University of London in the United Kingdom. He received his master’s degree in American studies from UA and his doctorate from Emory College. Howard is the author of “Men Like That: A Southern Queer History.”

The lecture is named for Dr. Rose Gladney, who retired in 2003 as UA associate professor of American studies. Gladney spent her career working on issues of social justice and change. She was one of the early professors in the UA’s women’s studies department and helped craft the master’s program in that field. She also helped develop and sustain the African-American studies minor.

A reception and book signing will follow the discussion. The event, sponsored by University Libraries, New College and the departments of American studies and women studies, is free and open to the public.

For more information, please contact Jessica Lacher-Feldman at jlfeldma@bama.ua.edu or 205/348-0500.