S p y n n y n g e

Spynnynge is a space for anyone who would like public conversation about their thinking and writing. It is for faculty. And it is for students. And it is for hybrids. If your writing is completing, or if it is
stalling, you may want to talk through the obstacles or tell stories of your adventures. If you do, this is your chance.

The person spynnynge is given one hour to do with as they see fit...to converse...to show slides...to muse...to mutter...and so on. Typically these are informal and held on Wednesday's at noon in the Humanities Center seminar room over soup provided free for all. But if you want a black tie 4:10 formal lecture we can arrange that too. The simple truth is that surrounded as we are by similarly minded people, we still sometimes forget that in addition to smiling as we pass, we are also allowed to talk with each other.

If you do, if you want to have an hour for spynnynge at will, contact Gordon Bearn at 610-758-4662 or gordon@lehigh.edu. (We pronounce it "spinning".)

Spring, 2007

• February 21 - 12 noon
  Ziad Munson, Assistant Professor, Sociology and Anthropology
  " Lemmings at the Altar"
  
  
• March 14 - 12 noon
  Beth Dolan, Assistant Professor, English
  "Contagious Others: The Egyptian Opthalmia in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein"
  
  
• April 18 - 12 noon
  Elizabeth Fifer, Professor, English
  "1918--Horton Foote's Drama of War and the Influenza Epidemic"
  
  
• April 25 - 12 noon
  John Pettegrew, Associate Professor, History
  "The Male Curse: Biology, Culture & Masculinity as Contagion"