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Frieze Lecture

Frieze Lecture: "Gilead"

Lucas Street, director of the Reading/Writing Center at Augustana, will discuss "Gilead" by Marilynne Robinson.

Frieze Lecture: "Mason & Dixon"

Brett Biebel, Augustana teaching fellow of English, will discuss "Mason & Dixon" by Thomas Pynchon.

Frieze Lecture: "The Odyssey"

Dr. Kirsten Day, Augustana professor of Classics, will discuss "The Odyssey" by Homer.

Frieze Lecture: "Ulysses"

Dr. Joseph McDowell, Augustana professor of English, will discuss  "Ulysses" by James Joyce.

Frieze Lecture: The Legacy of Bill Sampson

Dr. Tom Tredway, former Augustana president and professor emeritus of history, will present the final lecture of this year's Frieze Lectures on the changing nature of activism.

Frieze Lecture: "Radical" to the "Radicant"

Vickie Phipps, associate professor of art and graphic design, will present the third lecture of this year's Frieze Lectures on the changing nature of activism.

Frieze Lecture: Student activism and the digital age

Dr. Monica Smith, vice president for diversity, equity and inclusion, will present the second lecture of this year's Frieze Lectures on the changing nature of activism.

Frieze Lecture: School Strikes for Climate Action

Dr. Bobby Wengronowitz will present the first of this year's Frieze Lecture series on the School Strike for Climate Action.

Frieze Lecture: 1841 marks the dawn of Antarctic exploration

Dr. William Hammer, Fritiof Fryxell Chair in Geology, notes that 1841 marks the dawn of Antarctic exploration. British naval Captain James Ross, commanding HMS Erebus and HMS Terror, discovered what they named the Victoria Barrier, and would later be renamed the Ross Ice Shelf. Hammer is the discoverer of the first dinosaur remains unearthed in Antarctica.

Frieze Lecture: The birth of the 1841 literary magazine Punch

Dr. Kelly Daniels, associate professor of English, discusses the 1841 birth of the literary magazine Punch, and all that has meant for satire and humor in writing.