REGISTRATION REQUIRED - All book discussion sign-ups announced at the beginning of the semester Book: INTO THE WILD by Jon Krakauer Discussion Leader: Dr. Alex Reed, Associate Professor of Legal Studies Date: Wednesday, October 5, 6-8 p.m. Location: Moore Hall 116 Description: In April 1992 a young man from a well-to-do family hitchhiked to Alaska and walked alone into the wilderness north of Mt. McKinley. He had given $25,000 in savings to charity, abandoned his car and most of his…

REGISTRATION REQUIRED - All book discussion sign-ups announced at the beginning of the semester Book: BEATLEBONE by Kevin Barry Discussion Leader: Dr. Nicholas Allen, Director of the Willson Center and Professor in Humanities Date: Monday, October 10, 6-8 p.m. Location: Moore Hall 116 Description: It is 1978, and John Lennon has escaped New York City to try to find the island off the west coast of Ireland he bought eleven years prior. Leaving behind domesticity, his approaching forties, his inability…

REGISTRATION REQUIRED - All book discussion sign-ups announced at the beginning of the semester Book: GOLD DIGGERS by Sanjena Sathian Discussion Leader: Ms. Jessica Hunt, Assistant Dean and Director of Scholarships, Morehead Honors College Date: Monday, October 24, 6-8 p.m. Location: Moore Hall 116 Description: A magical realist coming-of-age story, Gold Diggers skewers the model minority myth to tell a hilarious and moving story about immigrant identity, community, and the underside of ambition. A floundering second-generation teenager growing up in…

REGISTRATION REQUIRED - All book discussion sign-ups announced at the beginning of the semester Book: UNIVERSAL MATERIALITY: WEARABLE INTERACTION DESIGN AND COMPUTER AIDED PROCESS FOR ACCESSIBLE WEARABLE SOLUTIONS by Jeanne Tan and Grace Jun Discussion Leader: Professor Grace Jun, Assistant Professor of Graphic Design (and co-author of book) Date: Wednesday, October 26, 5:30-6:30 p.m. (note special time) Location: Moore Hall 309 Description: Universal Materiality is a summary of design examples from a collaboration including designers, engineers, occupational therapists, nonprofits, academic…

REGISTRATION REQUIRED - All book discussion sign-ups announced at the beginning of the semester Book: THE FAR RIGHT TODAY by Cas Mudde Discussion Leader: Dr. Cas Mudde, Stanley Wade Shelton UGAF Professor of International Affairs (and author of the book) Date: Wednesday, October 26, 6-8 p.m. Location: Moore Hall 116 Description: The far right is back with a vengeance. After several decades at the political margins, far-right politics has again taken center stage. In this timely book, leading global expert…

REGISTRATION REQUIRED - All book discussion sign-ups announced at the beginning of the semester JESUS AND THE DISINHERITED by Howard Thurman Discussion Leader: Dr. Carolyn Medine, Professor of Religion and Director of the Institute for African American Studies Date: Tuesday, November 1, 6-8 p.m. Location: Moore Hall 116 Description: Famously known as the text that Martin Luther King Jr. sought inspiration from in the days leading up to the Montgomery bus boycott, Howard Thurman’s Jesus and the Disinherited helped shape…

REGISTRATION REQUIRED - All book discussion sign-ups announced at the beginning of the semester Book: OLGA DIES DREAMING by Xochitl Gonzalez Discussion Leader: Dr. Éric Morales-Franceschini, Assistant Professor of English and Latin American and Caribbean Studies Date: Wednesday, November 16, 6-8 p.m. Location: Moore Hall 116 Description: It's 2017, and Olga and her brother, Pedro “Prieto” Acevedo, are boldfaced names in their hometown of New York. Prieto is a popular congressman representing their gentrifying Latinx neighborhood in Brooklyn, while Olga…

REGISTRATION REQUIRED - All book discussion sign-ups announced at the beginning of the semester Book: STATION ELEVEN by Emily St. John Mandel Discussion Leader: Dr. Karen Russell, Jim Kennedy New Media Professor and Josiah Meigs Distinguished Teaching Professor of Public Relations Date: Wednesday, February 8, 6-8pm Location: Moore Hall 116 Description: Kirsten Raymonde will never forget the night Arthur Leander, the famous Hollywood actor, had a heart attack on stage during a production of King Lear. That was the night…

REGISTRATION REQUIRED - All book discussion sign-ups announced at the beginning of the semester Book: THE BASTARD BRIGADE: THE TRUE STORY OF THE RENEGADE SCIENTISTS AND SPIES WHO SABOTAGED THE NAZI ATOMIC BOMB by Sam Kean Discussion Leader: Dr. Luke Naeher, Professor of Environmental Health Science Date: Wednesday, February 22, 6-8pm Location: Moore Hall 116 Description: Scientists have always kept secrets. But rarely have the secrets been as vital as they were during World War II. In the middle of…

REGISTRATION REQUIRED - All book discussion sign-ups announced at the beginning of the semester Book: A TESTAMENT OF HOPE by Martin Luther King, Jr. Discussion Leader: Dr. David Williams, Josiah Meigs Distinguished Teaching Professor of Religion Date: Tuesday, February 28, 6-7:30pm Location: Moore Hall 116 Description: "We've got some difficult days ahead," civil rights activist Martin Luther King, Jr. told a crowd gathered at Memphis's Clayborn Temple on April 3, 1968. "But it really doesn't matter to me now because…