Dr. Nancy Koppelman
Dr. Koppelman, a professor of American Studies and Humanities, will give a talk entitled
“Performing Mastery: The Significance of the American Velocipede, 1868-1869.”
Prof. Koppelman creates and team-teaches interdisciplinary undergraduate programs that combine the humanities, the physical sciences, and the social sciences. She consults with U.S. colleges to bridge disciplinary boundaries and strengthen faculty colleagueship. For four years, she was Lead Faculty for the Teaching American History Project in western Washington state, and for two years she was a member of the Speakers Bureau for Humanities Washington. Dr. Koppelman also helped to found the Evergreen Student Civic Engagement Institute, now in its fourth year. Her scholarship focuses on historical intersections of everyday technologies, living energy, and ethical questions in American life, and on the challenges and aims of liberal education.
“Performing Mastery: The Significance of the American Velocipede, 1868-1869.”
Prof. Koppelman creates and team-teaches interdisciplinary undergraduate programs that combine the humanities, the physical sciences, and the social sciences. She consults with U.S. colleges to bridge disciplinary boundaries and strengthen faculty colleagueship. For four years, she was Lead Faculty for the Teaching American History Project in western Washington state, and for two years she was a member of the Speakers Bureau for Humanities Washington. Dr. Koppelman also helped to found the Evergreen Student Civic Engagement Institute, now in its fourth year. Her scholarship focuses on historical intersections of everyday technologies, living energy, and ethical questions in American life, and on the challenges and aims of liberal education.
Dr. David Hawkes
Dr. Hawkes, a professor of English, will give a talk entitled
“Shakespeare, T. S. Eliot and Financial Derivatives.”
Prof. Hawkes is the author of six monographs, most recently Shakespeare and Economic Theory (2015). His work has appeared in a wide range of scholarly and popular journals, including The Nation, the Times Literary Supplement, Studies in English Literature, and English Literary History. Dr. Hawkes is currently researching a book entitled A Pocketful of Currencies: T. S. Eliot in the Bank.
“Shakespeare, T. S. Eliot and Financial Derivatives.”
Prof. Hawkes is the author of six monographs, most recently Shakespeare and Economic Theory (2015). His work has appeared in a wide range of scholarly and popular journals, including The Nation, the Times Literary Supplement, Studies in English Literature, and English Literary History. Dr. Hawkes is currently researching a book entitled A Pocketful of Currencies: T. S. Eliot in the Bank.