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Tuesday, November 15, 2005

An upcoming event at the University

Via the Kentucky Literature Newsletter...

Fri Nov 18 -- University of Kentucky -- Scottish Literature Symposium and Exhibition, 9:00a.m til 4:00p.m. Lectures by Gurney Norman (9.30am: “Archetypal Scotland”); Professor Patrick Scott, University of South Carolina (10.00am: “Robert Burns and America ”); Professor Ian Duncan, University of California at Berkeley (2.00pm: What was Scottish Romanticism?”); and Charlotte Fairlie, Wilmington College (11.00am: “Teaching Scottish Literature”). Also an exhibition of rare books and manuscripts by Robert Burns, Sir Walter Scott, James Hogg, Robert Louis Stevenson, J. M. Barrie, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and many more. To be held at UK Special Collections (M.I. King Library) and the Niles Gallery, Little Fine Arts Library. For details contact Univ of Ky Special Collections (859-257-8611) or Department of English (859-257-2901). Open to the public and admission free.

I need to give Gurney Norman back a book, and this would be a perfect opportunity But, unfortunately I'd have to take off from work to go. Well, it is a thought...I have plenty of PTO. Hmmmmm...

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