The BookHampton Winter Lecture Series is free, and will
be held on Saturdays at 5:00pm at BookHampton in East Hampton (41 Main Street, 631-324-4939). Please join us!
January 16thThe Rise and Fall of the Aztec
Empire Dr.
Elizabeth Newman, Professor of Anthropology at Stony Brook-Southampton, is an expert
in Mesoamerican studies.
January 23rd Biodiversity in the Ocean:
Consumer Culture vs. Marine Life Dr. Kurt Bretsch has done extensive
research in Marine Community Ecology at St.Lawrence University, and teaches at
Stony Brook Southampton.
January 30th Climate Change and the Long Island
Seascape Dr.
Bradley Peterson, an expert on the Eastern seaboard ecosystems, has
published extensive research both in laboratory and field findings. He teaches
Marine Science at Stony Brook
February 6th Exuberance: Walt Whitman and Emily
Dickinson The 19th
Century’s American Master poets could not have been more different – a look at
their influence. Professor Julie Sheen is the recipient of the Barnard Women’s
Poets Prize and currently teaches poetry at Stony Brook.
February 13th Oekologie to Oecology
to Ecology: the History & Essence of a Young Science Dr. James Hoffman previously served
as Director of Integrated Biological Sciences at the University of Vermont, and
currently teaches biology and ecology at Stony Brook Southampton.
February 20th Writing Your Own Story Professor Luann Walker, the author
of A Loss for Words and Hand, Heart, and Mind will share her
insights and expertise on the art of memoir writing.
February 27thThe Economics of
Education: Teaching for All our Children Dr. Pedro Noguera is an urban
sociologist, a Dimon Professor of Communities and Schools at Harvard, and
currently teaches at the Steinhardt School at New York University.
March 6th True Stories: Finding Freedom at the
Crossroads of Cultural and Persona Myths A look at writers who have explored “the human
condition” from Lyotard to Neitzche. Professor Stephanie Wade teaches
writing and rhetoric at Stony Brook University.
March 13th Environmental Design: Homes in
Harmony with the Landscape. Dr. Marc Fasanella is a recipient of a Long Island
University’s Trustees Award for Scholarly Achievement.
March 20th Montaigne: The Pleasure of Books and Conversation
Professor Sara Aponte-Olivieri guides us through the intellectual history
of Michel de Montaigne, the French writer who created the literary form we call
“essays.”
March 27th The Hudson River: Its History and
Its Resources
Dr. Alan Rice taught at City University of New York and has worked extensively
as a researcher with the American Museum of Natural History.
April 3rd Not Fiction: How Other’s Lives Help Us Understand
Our Own. Professor Heather Dune Macadam’s book, Rena’s Promise was nominated for a National Book Award, she is
frequently heard on “All Things
Considered.”
April 10th A Journey across Three Centuries Dr. Pamela Newkirk, Professor of Journalism at New York University and author of Letters of Black America will highlight the narrative overview of black history provided in her research of this acclaimed book.
BookHampton Winter Lecture Series Director: Laurie Newberger
For more information please contact
us at bookhampton@bookhampton.com
