The Great Cartoon Debate (Artists at odds: Left, right and completely off-center) was held on April 15, 2015 at the Water Tower Campus of Loyola University Chicago. The event featured political cartoonists Scott Stantis of the Chicago Tribune and David Fitzsimmons of the Arizona Daily Star and was moderated by Don Wycliff, former Chicago Tribune […]
Civil War Chicago: Eyewitness to History
Tuesday, October 20, 2015 at 6 p.m.
Klarchek Information Commons, Fourth Floor
Theodore J. Karamanski, PhD and Eileen M. McMahon, PhD, editors of Civil War Chicago: Eyewitness to History will discuss the Civil War’s transformative role in our city’s development as the heartland metropolis and the integral part that Chicagoans played in shaping the course of American history.
Watch John Donoghue’s Talk: Rough Justice under the Jolly Roger
John Donoghue, PhD, Associate Professor of History at Loyola University Chicago, presented his talk, Rough Justice under the Jolly Roger: Pirates of the Caribbean and the Court of “King Death”, at the Friends of the Loyola Libraries Speaker Series on Thursday, February 12, 2015. For more information about John Donoghue and his lecture, please visit […]
Watch Mark Dimunation’s “Focus on the Book” Lecture
Mark Dimunation, Chief of the Rare Book and Special Collections Division at the Library of Congress since 1998, presented his lecture, Jefferson’s Enlightenment: Reconstructing Thomas Jefferson’s Library at the Library of Congress, at the second annual Focus on the Book (a lecture by and for bibliophiles) on December 3, 2014. For more information about Mark […]
Rough Justice under the Jolly Roger
Friends of the Loyola Libraries Speaker Series • 2014-2015
John Donoghue presents
Rough Justice under the Jolly Roger:
Pirates of the Caribbean and the Court of “King Death”
Thursday, February 12, 2015 • 6 PM
Klarchek Information Commons, 4th floor
The Great Cartoon Debate: April 15, 2015
Artists at odds:
Left, right and completely off-center
Featuring political cartoonists
Scott Stantis
of the Chicago Tribune and
David Fitzsimmons
of the Arizona Daily Star
Focus on the Book featuring Mark Dimunation
Second Annual Focus on the Book
a lecture by and for bibliophiles, featuring
Mark Dimunation
Chief, Rare Book and Special Collections Division at the Library of Congress
Jefferson’s Enlightenment:
Reconstructing Thomas Jefferson’s Library at the Library of Congress
Wednesday, December 3, 2014
Speaker Series: Stuart Dybek
STUART DYBEK Presents Ecstatic Cahoots and Paper Lantern
Tuesday, September 30, 2014 at 6 PM
Please join us as we welcome back acclaimed writer and Loyola alumnus Stuart Dybek (BS ’64, MA ’68). 2014 marks the publication of both Ecstatic Cahoots: Fifty Short Stories and Paper Lantern: Love Stories, on which Mr. Dybek will speak and which will be available for purchasing and signing by the author.
Speaker Series: Kelly O’Connor McNees
On April 15 the Friends of the Library Speaker Series welcomes
Kelly O’Connor McNees.
Please join us as she discusses her historical novel, The Island of Doves.
Tuesday, April 15, 2014
6 PM
Klarchek Information Commons, 4th Floor
Lake Shore Campus
Ascending Peculiarity: Edward Gorey and His Sources (an exercise in presumption)
THIRD ANNUAL GREGORY AND ROSALIND TERRY LECTURE
Featuring
Karen Wilkin, author of
Elegant Enigmas: The Art of Edward Gorey
Wednesday, April 9
7 PM
Crown Center Auditorium
Lake Shore Campus
Loyola University Chicago
1001-25 W. Loyola Avenue
Please join the Loyola University Chicago Libraries for one of the highlight events of the Edward Gorey exhibition season as we welcome writer, independent curator, and critic specializing in 20th century modernism, Karen Wilkin.