Speaker - Karl Rove Karl Rove’s recent book, The Triumph of William McKinley, deals with the election of 1896 and its consequences. His lecture will expand on …
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British Studies Lecture Series
The British Studies program at the University of Texas at Austin was created in 1975. For more than thirty years the program has sponsored public lectures in English literature, history, and government, and has conducted a weekly seminar called the Faculty Seminar on British Studies that includes faculty members, graduate students, undergraduates, and members of the Austin community.
Brexit: An Historical Romance
Speaker - Geoffrey Wheatcroft The debate on Britain’s departure from the European Union, before the referendum and ever since, has invoked the past: ‘Our …
Samuel Beckett: Joycean and Surreal?
Speaker - Alan Friedman Scholars tend to label Samuel Beckett’s early career negatively as either his “Joyce years” or his “Surrealist period,” maintaining …