Dr. Sarah Wiggins, professor emerita of history at The University of Alabama, will sign copies of her new book “Love & Duty: Amelia and Josiah Gorgas and Their Family” and discuss her research on Monday, Feb. 13 at 4:30 p.m. in the lobby and reading room of the W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, located on the 2nd floor of Mary Harmon Bryant Hall on campus.
Poet and fiction writer Fanny Howe will give a reading Thursday, Feb. 2, in 205 Smith Hall at 7:30 p.m. as part of the ongoing University of Alabama Bankhead Visiting Writers Series.
Philosopher Margret Grebowicz will present “On Sex, Poetry, and the Violability of Children: June Jordan and Political Philosophy” at 4 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 2 in 140 Bidgood Hall on The University of Alabama campus. The lecture is hosted by the UA women’s studies department.
An array of events will be offered at The University of Alabama to recognize February as African-American Heritage Month, ranging from forums on race relations to musical performances to a health and fitness fair to comedy entertainment and hip-hop poetry.
The Hudson Strode Program in Renaissance Studies at The University of Alabama announces its spring 2006 Strode Lecture Series schedule.
The Harmonies of Liberty Society will hold “The Harmonies of Liberty: A Symposium on the Role of Religion in Public Life” on March 31 at 9 a.m. in the Moot Court Room (room 140) of The University of Alabama School of Law.
The University of Alabama Women’s Resource Center is sponsoring the first Brown Bag Hour of the semester on Thursday, Jan. 26, at noon in 360 Ferguson Center on “Women and Stress Reduction.”
The University of Alabama fraternity, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, will hold the Noble Leslie DeVotie Memorial Blood Drive on Tuesday, Jan. 24 from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m. at the SAE fraternity house on University Blvd.
The University of Alabama will host a regional workshop titled, “Engineering the Automotive Future,” on Jan. 24-25 at the Bryant Conference Center. Topics include fuel cells, the hydrogen economy, hybrid electric vehicles and advanced internal combustion engines. The event is co-sponsored by UA’s Center for Advanced Vehicle Technologies.
Winners of the fifth annual “To Kill a Mockingbird” Essay Contest will be honored Friday, Jan. 27, with a luncheon, awards ceremony and reception/book signing with author Harper Lee at The University of Alabama.