DAYTONA BEACH, FL (Feb. 19, 2010) - A colloquium, presented by the Center for Interdisciplinary Writing and Research (CIWR) at Daytona State College, on the topic of "Ditch of Dreams: The Cross Florida Barge Canal and the Struggle for Florida's Future," will take place Friday, Feb. 26, at 11 a.m. in the Madorsky Theater located in building 1200 on the Daytona Beach Campus at 1200 W. International Speedway Blvd.
Dr. Steven Noll, senior lecturer of History, University of Florida, and Dr. David Tegeder, professor of History, Santa Fe College, will discuss the fascinating cultural history of the Florida Barge Canal with reference to its impact on our state's ecological development and environmental policy.
Mark your calendar for upcoming colloquiums:
Tuesday, March 2, 6 – 7:20 p.m. – “Economic Crisis and Focalization in Ellen Glasgow's Vein of Iron,” presented by Dr. Ashley Lear.
Tuesday, April 6, 6 – 7:20 p.m. – A roundtable discussion that examines Francis Fukuyama’s shocking pronouncement in 1989 that we had come to “the end of history,” that after the fall of the Berlin wall, the world was destined to become more westernized and questions whether other theories and/or systems of governance have emerged since 1989 that challenges Fukuyama’s hypothesis, lead by Dr. Perry Ballard and Chris Whitaker.
Tuesday, April 20, 6 – 7:20 p.m. – “Marketing Fictions: Product Branding and Late 19th-Century American Literature,” presented by Dr. Ben Graydon.
Colloquiums are co-sponsored by the Southeast Museum of Photography and the Office of Leadership Development. For more information call Dr. Richard Grego, associate professor, School of Behavioral and Social Sciences, at (386) 506-3342.
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