Every year, the University Libraries offers free programs such as author talks, panel discussions, and speaker presentations to facilitate the academic pursuits and cultural enrichment of Loyola and the community. Below are recordings of programs we presented in 2020-2021. We hope you will enjoy viewing them! Dr. Peter Gilmour, founding Friends of the University Libraries […]
Speaker Series: Let the People See: The Story of Emmett Till by Elliott J. Gorn
The Loyola University Chicago Libraries Speaker Series event took place on Tuesday, February 5, 2019. Our featured author was Loyola Professor, Elliott J. Gorn, PhD, of the Department of History. His latest book, Let the People See: The Story of Emmett Till, examines the life of a 14-year-old Chicago boy who was brutally murdered in 1955 in Mississippi, […]
Speaker Series: The Importance of Being Funny
The Importance of Being Funny
by Al Gini
Wednesday, April 11, 2018
Please join us as Al Gini, Professor of Business Ethics, Quinlan School of Business at Loyola University Chicago, discusses his new book The Importance of Being Funny: Why We Need More Jokes in Our Lives.
Counting Time Like People Count Stars: Speaker Series with Spencer Reece
Counting Time Like People Count Stars: Speaker Series with Spencer Reece
Monday, November 13, 2017
Voices Beyond the Wall: Film Screening
Wednesday, November 8, 2017
Marie Skłodowska Curie: Piecing Together the Historical Puzzle
Loyola University Chicago Libraries
and the Newberry Library
Present the Fifth Annual
FOCUS ON THE BOOK
Celebrating the 150th Anniversary
of the Birth of Marie Curie
Thursday, October 26, 2017
Speaker Series: Shaw vs Tunney
Friends of the Loyola Libraries Speaker Series welcomes
Jay R. Tunney
Shaw vs Tunney
March 21, 2017
2016 Race to the White House: Speaker Series (photos)
On November 7, 2016 the Loyola University Libraries welcomed Elizabeth Tandy Shermer, PhD for the Friends of the Loyola Libraries Speaker Series: 2016 Race to the White House: Its Highs, Lows, and Historical Precedents. She discussed the highs and lows of the 2016 election to consider how unprecedented this unforgettable race was and how it […]
Curating Our Time: Focus on the Book
Focus on the Book
Stephen Enniss, PhD
Curating Our Time:
The Story of the Harry Ransom Center
November 30, 2016
Carl Sandburg: Troubadour for Our Times? (photos)
On April 7, 2016 the Loyola University Libraries presented: Troubadour for Our Times? A Panel Discussion on the Relevance of Carl Sandburg for Millennial Chicago featuring panelists Melissa Bradshaw (Department of English, Loyola University Chicago), Tony Fitzpatrick (artist, poet, and actor), and Bill Savage (Department of English, Northwestern University) and moderated by Robert Bucholz (Chair, […]
The People and Places That Influenced Ernest Hemingway (photos)
On March 16, 2016, the Friends of the Loyola Libraries Speaker Series welcomed educator, Hemingway scholar, and Loyola alumna Nancy W. Sindelar (PhD ’87) who presented The People and Places That Influenced Ernest Hemingway. The complete event details can be found here, and photos from the event can be viewed on the Loyola University Libraries […]