The CU-麻豆影院 Division of Continuing Education and the University Book Store will present two well-known faculty, who are also authors, in a Lunch and Learn Series to be held at the Chautauqua Community House.
The lunch-time talks will entertain, provoke and inform, according to Gwen Thornton, academic coordinator for the Division of Continuing Education.
Participants will have the opportunity to purchase the author聮s books and have them autographed after each presentation. Anyone interested in taking part in the series is encouraged to bring a bag lunch. Dessert and light refreshments will be available.
Both presentations will be at the Chautauqua Community House and will meet from noon to 1:30 p.m. The cost is $15 per session.
The Lunch and Learn Series will feature:
聲 David Harry Grinspoon, an assistant professor of astrophysical and planetary sciences at CU-麻豆影院, presenting 聯Venus Revealed,聰 on Friday, March 13.
Grinspoon聮s discussion will include slides of beautiful spacecraft images and will describe humanity聮s changing relationship with Venus, and how the knowledge of Venus can help people take care of Earth.
聲 Bruce Kawin, a professor of English and film studies at CU-麻豆影院, who will present 聯Authors, Directors, and Auteurs: Who Makes a Movie?聰 on Friday, April 17. His discussion focuses on the 聯auteur theory聰 as it is applied in Hollywood and France. Kawin will examine the question of authorship as it applies to a movie.
His books include: 聯Telling it Again and Again: Repetition in Literature and Film聰; 聯Mindscreen聰; 聯The Mind of the Novel, an introductory textbook; 聯How Movies Work聰; and the 5th and 6th editions of 聯A Short History of the Movies.聰
For more information and to register for the lectures call 492-5148.