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The Ȥ¹º²Ê

Ȥ¹º²Ê in the Popular Imagination

Keynote Lecture by Jay Parini with Panel and Audience Discussion

Held on Oct.19 at the Ȥ¹º²Ê Cultural Center, our inaugural event was a lecture by author Jay Parini and a panel discussion with a Ȥ¹º²Ê humanities professor and local community leaders. The speakers explored the forces that contributed to the celebrity of Ȥ¹º²Ê as "the All-American City" and considered how and if Ȥ¹º²Ê in the popular and national imagination reflects the Ȥ¹º²Ê of today.

Speakers

Keynote Speaker

Jay Parini

Jay Parini 
Mr. Parini, a Ȥ¹º²Ê native and prolific author, is the D.E. Axinn Professor of English and Creative Writing at Middlebury College.

Respondent Panelists

Glynis Johns Glynis Johns
Ms. Johns is the founder and CEO of the Black Ȥ¹º²Ê Project.

 

Joseph Kraus, Ph.D. Joseph Kraus
Dr. Kraus is a professor and chair of the English and Theatre Department at The Ȥ¹º²Ê.


Maria MacDonald Maria MacDonald
Ms. MacDonald is executive director of the Center for the Living City.

Watch Event Recording

Event Sponsors:

  • The Ȥ¹º²Ê 
  • The National Endowment for the Humanities
  • Lackawanna County 
  • Black Ȥ¹º²Ê Project
  • Center for the Living City
  • Lackawanna Historical Society
  • WVIA