MEDIA ALERT: CHIMAMANDA NGOZI ADICHIE IN CONVERSATION
Adichie examines the powerful impact storytelling has on politics and culture across generations.
The University of Maryland’s College of Arts and Humanities presents the WORLDWISE Arts and Humanities Dean’s Lecture Series featuring Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, 2008 MacArthur Foundation Fellowship recipient and award-winning Nigerian author, and it’s FREE!
WHAT:
An intimate conversation with the influential author, Chimamanda Adichie. Named by The New Yorker as one of the 20 most important fiction writers under 40 years old, Adichie describes her work as “realist fiction” and is largely inspired by the cultural and political history of her home country of Nigeria.
She will speak to the cross-generational significance of storytelling and its enduring impact on the cultural history of our lives.
Recently Adichie was also named one of “The New Guard: People Who Are Shaping Washington” by the Washingtonian and awarded the 2011-2012 fellowship by the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University. Her newest novel, “Americanah” will be published by Knopf in May 2013.
WHEN:
Tuesday, February 19, 2013, 5:30-7:30 PM
WHERE:
Gildenhorn Recital Hall, Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742 Map.
BACKGROUND:
Presented by the College of Arts and Humanities in collaboration with the Center for Literary and Comparative Studies and the Institute for International Programs.
Admittance is free. Media should present credentials. For those attending:
- Please RSVP with Nicky Everette at meve@umd.edu
- Due to limited seating, please arrive early - Doors open at 5:00 p.m.
- No food/drinks are allowed in the Gildenhorn Recital Hall
ABOUT THE DEAN’S LECTURE SERIES:
The Dean's Lecture Series provides an opportunity for the college faculty, students and staff to join together with colleagues across campus for stimulating conversation about issues that cross our disciplines. Lectures and performances may address either enduring or emerging questions central to the arts and humanities, or questions arising from other disciplines to which the arts and humanities might speak.
In addition to presenting a major public event, each speaker interacts in smaller settings with faculty, graduate students and/or undergraduates. This new series follows up on the spirited and popular moderated round table discussions, "BE WORLDWISE: The Arts and Humanities in the 21st Century."
MEDIA:
Media coverage is welcome. Parking is available in the Stadium Drive Garage across from the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center and just off University Blvd.
To join in the live twitter conversation on the day of the event, follow the College of Arts and Humanities on Twitter @umd_arhu and use #ARHUDLS
CONTACT:
For more information about this event, please contact Nicky Everette, College of Arts & Humanities, Director of Marketing and Communications at meve@umd.edu or 301-405-6714.
