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
April 9, 2016: “Singing So Proud”
Speaker Series: March 16, 2016
Nancy W. Sindelar, PhD
The People and Places That Influenced
Ernest Hemingway
The Friends of the Loyola Libraries Speaker Series welcomes educator, Hemingway scholar, and Loyola alumna Nancy W. Sindelar (PhD ’87). Dr. Sindelar will present a talk titled “The People and Places That Influenced Ernest Hemingway.” Her program focuses on the people, places, and activities that shaped the legendary author who courted life-threatening adventures and glamorous friends while writing articles, novels, and short stories that captivated the world.
Focus on the Book: December 8, 2015
The Other Book: The Ames Almanack
Opens a Window on Colonial America
Featuring Susan M. Allen, PhD
Director, California Rare Book School
Tuesday, December 8, 2015
5 p.m. reception, 6 p.m. program
In this age of e-books and e-readers, the word “book” has taken on new meanings. Yet the book in its printed form endures and is highly sought after by the general public, libraries, and book collectors. This lecture series has been created to celebrate the book in print, its form, function, and beauty, its historical importance and lasting nature. Come celebrate with us a “technology” that has been around since Johannes Gutenberg.