Category: CLP

  • Emily Dickinson: Civil War Poetry CLP

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    The  English Department and the Furman University Libraries are joining to present: “I’m Sorry for the dead…” Emily Dickinson’s Civil War Poetry April 12, 2012  – 4pm Pitts Room, Duke Library, 2nd Floor CLP As the country celebrates the Sesquicentennial of the Civil War (1861-1865) and National Poetry Month, this lecture will introduce students to the…

  • UN World Day for Water

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    The United Nations General Assembly declared the observance of World Water Day on March 22 to promote public awareness of how water resource development contributes to economic productivity and social well-being.   During March, Furman has been exploring the global importance and challenges of water. As part of the Global Issues Forum, Dr. Pete Rogers…

  • TODAY: Mostly Medieval (CLP)

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    Mostly Medieval (CLP) Wednesday, March 21,  4:30 to 5:30 pm Pitts Room, Duke Library, 2nd floor Last summer, the James B. Duke Library purchased a Medieval Manuscript Teaching Collection that contains fifteen original manuscript leaves.  Thirteen of the leaves are medieval, one is a nineteenth-century page from the Koran, and one is an early twentieth-century…

  • Undeniable (CLP)

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    Shell rings on Daws Island, located in Port Royal Sound, Beaufort County, South Carolina  (photo courtesy of the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources)   Undeniable: Humankind as a Force of Nature (CLP) March 27, 2012     4:30-5:30 Pitts Room, 2nd floor Duke Library Dr. Patrick McMillan, a professional naturalist as well as host and writer of…

  • Furman’s Art Mystery (CLP)

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    A Gainsborough at White Oaks? Furman’s Art Mystery CLP Lecture by Hugh BelseyIn 1975, Charles and Homozel Daniel purchased Portrait of Lady Impey from an auction house in New York City. They were told it was painted by the renowned 18th-century English portraitist Thomas Gainsborough. The Daniels bequeathed the painting to Furman and it was…

  • Ye Olde Debate

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    Ye Olde Debate at Furman College: Civility in Perspective The Furman Debate Society teams up with the Furman Library’s Special Collections to host a debate modeled after the 19th century Philosophian and Adelphian Literary Societies at Furman. Members of the Debate Society will debate a resolution pulled straight from the minute books of these societies.…

  • CLP and Reception

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    photograph courtesy of Special Collections and Archives  Diversity Endangered, Remnants From A Richer Past CLP and Reception, February 8, 2012 4-6 pm Pitts Room, James B. Duke Library     Diversity Endangered is a natural history exhibition created by the Smithsonian Institution with a grant from the National Science Foundation. Twelve colorful panels cover…