Speaking of Books
Conversations With Campus Authors
Speaking of Books series features free, open to the community and public talks by UMD faculty authors on their recently published work. You may register through our calendar, or by selecting an upcoming event below.
For more information, contact us at lib-authorseries@umd.edu
Past Events
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Speaking of Digital Scholarship: Slavery, Law, and Power (SLP) Project Launch
Februrary 15, 2022, Online via Zoom
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Speaking of Books with Casey J. Dawkins: Just Housing: The Moral Foundations of American Housing Policy
October 12, 2021, Online via Zoom
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Speaking of Books with Juan Luis Burke: Architecture and Urbanism in Viceregal Mexico
October 12, 2021, Online via Zoom
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Speaking of Books with Dr. Shay Hazkani: Dear Palestine
October 6, 2021, Online via Zoom
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Speaking of Books with Dr. Robert S. Levine: The Failed Promise
September 23, 2021, Online via Zoom
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Speaking of Books with Michael Carlos Abrams: The Art of City Sketching A Field Manual
September 14, 2021, Online via Zoom
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Speaking of Sisters with Transistors with Lisa Rovner and Suzanne Ciani: Screening and Discussion
May 4, 2021, Online via Zoom
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Speaking of Digital Scholarship with Dr. Daryle Williams and Marisol Fila
Wednesday, April 7, 2021 Online via Zoom
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Speaking of Books with Rachel Manekin: Rebellion of the Daughters
Thursday, March 11, 2021, Online via Zoom
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Speaking of Books with Ming Hu: Smart Technologies and Design for Healthy Built Environments
Thursday, November 5, 2020, Online via Zoom
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Speaking of Books with Joseph Williams: Architecture of Disjuncture
Friday, September 4, 2020, Online via Zoom
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Speaking of Books with Dr. Faedra Chatard Carpenter: Coloring Whiteness: Acts of Critique in Black Performance
Tuesday, March 3, 2020, Michelle Smith Performing Arts Library
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Speaking of Books with Dr. Richard Bell: Stolen: Five Free Boys Kidnapped into Slavery and their Astonishing Odyssey Home
Tuesday, February 25, 2020, McKeldin Library
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Speaking of Books with Diane L Dixon: Diversity on the Executive Path
Tuesday, February 18, 2020, McKeldin Library
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Speaking of Books with Dr. Maryl B. Gensheimer: Decoration and Display in Rome's Imperial Thermae
Thursday, February 13, 2020, Michelle Smith Collaboratory for Visual Culture
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Speaking of Books with Paul Shackel: Migration, Labor, and Race in Pennsylvania Anthracite Country
Wednesday, November 2019, McKeldin Library
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Speaking of Books with Mary Corbin Sies and Isabelle Gournay: Iconic Planned Communities and the Challenge of Change
Thursday, October 24, 2019, Architecture Library
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Speaking of Books with Dr. Jessica Enoch and Dr. Carly Woods: Women at Work and Domestic Occupations
Thursday, October 3, 2019, McKeldin Library
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Speaking of Books with Ming Hu: Net Zero Energy Building: Predicted and Unintended Consequences
Wednesday, September 18, 2019, Architecture Library
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Speaking of Books with Dr. Ruth Enid Zambrana: Toxic Ivory Towers- The Consequences of Work Stress on Underrepresented Minority Faculty
Thursday, April 18, 2019, McKeldin Library
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Speaking of Books with Anne Farris Rosen: Deep South Dispatch: Memoir of a Civil Rights Journalist
Tuesday, April 9, 2019, McKeldin Library
Accessibility
At the University Libraries, we strive to present inclusive events that enable all individuals, including those with disabilities, to fully participate. To request an accommodation or for inquiries about accessibility, please contact us at lib-rc@umd.edu.