Over the next three weeks six candidates for the SunTrust Bank Chair of
Excellence in Humanities will visit our campus.  Each candidate will give a
lecture that is open to the public and designed for a general audience.
The schedule for the first three lectures is given below, along with
information about the candidates.  Please encourage your students to
attend.

There will also be further opportunities to meet with each of the
candidates, and I should be happy to hear from any faculty who wish to be
included.

Herbert Burhenn (755-4336)
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Friday, February 19, 2:00 pm, Raccoon Mountain Room, University Center
Wilfred McClay : "THE LONELY CROWD, Then and Now"

Prof. McClay holds the Ph.D. in American history from Johns Hopkins
University and is on the faculty at Tulane University.  During this
academic year he is serving as a visiting professor at Georgetown.  His
book THE MASTERLESS: SELF AND SOCIETY IN MODERN AMERICA (1994) won the
Merle Curti Award from the Organization of American Historians.  He is
currently at work on a biography of the American sociologist David Riesman.

Tuesday, February 23, 3:15 pm, 356 Fine Arts Center
Sam D. Gill: "Shadow Play: A Javanese Inspired Theory of Dancing"

Prof. Gill holds the Ph.D. in the history of religions from the University
of Chicago and currently teaches at the University of Colorado.  The author
of seven books on Native American religions, he is now focusing his work on
Australia and Southeast Asia, with a particular interest in the role of
dance in religious traditions.

Thursday, February 25, 3:15 pm, 204 Holt Hall
James Ward: "Three Men in a Hupp: A Study in Business Imperialism"

James Ward holds the Ph.D. from Louisiana State University and has taught
at UTC since 1969.  He was appointed Guerry Professor of History in 1992.
His six published volumes include an American history textbook (co-authored
with Larry Ingle) and five books on the history of the railroad and
automobile industries in the US, including THE FALL OF THE PACKARD MOTOR
CAR COMPANY (1995).