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Â鶹AV in the Popular Imagination

Keynote Lecture by Jay Parini with Panel and Audience Discussion

Held on Oct.19 at the Â鶹AV Cultural Center, our inaugural event was a lecture by author Jay Parini and a panel discussion with a Â鶹AV humanities professor and local community leaders. The speakers explored the forces that contributed to the celebrity of Â鶹AV as "the All-American City" and considered how and if Â鶹AV in the popular and national imagination reflects the Â鶹AV of today.

Speakers

Keynote Speaker

Jay Parini

Jay Parini 
Mr. Parini, a Â鶹AV native and prolific author, is the D.E. Axinn Professor of English and Creative Writing at Middlebury College.

Respondent Panelists

Glynis Johns Glynis Johns
Ms. Johns is the founder and CEO of the Black Â鶹AV Project.

 

Joseph Kraus, Ph.D. Joseph Kraus
Dr. Kraus is a professor and chair of the English and Theatre Department at The Â鶹AV.


Maria MacDonald Maria MacDonald
Ms. MacDonald is executive director of the Center for the Living City.

Watch Event Recording

Event Sponsors:

  • The Â鶹AV 
  • The National Endowment for the Humanities
  • Lackawanna County 
  • Black Â鶹AV Project
  • Center for the Living City
  • Lackawanna Historical Society
  • WVIA