The University of Connecticut Humanities Institute (UCHI) joins UConn Institute of Africana Studies to host Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award winning author Colson Whitehead. Whitehead will join the UConn community on 9/26 at the Konover Auditorium in the Dodd Research Center to discuss his latest novel The Nickel Boys. A book signing will follow the lecture. Other sponsors of this event include the Office of the Provost, The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, the Department of History, the English Department, and the Creative Writing Program.
Colson Whitehead
Publishing NOW: Colson Whitehead
The University of Connecticut Humanities Institute (UCHI) joins UConn Institute of Africana Studies to host The Colson Whitehead Faculty Reading Group, dedicated to a discussion of Whitehead’s latest novel The Nickel Boys. This discussion is the latest installment in UCHI’s “Publishing NOW” series and will take place at the UCHI conference room on September 19, 2019 from 4:00 to 6:00 PM. This reading project will be followed by a UCHI-sponsored public presentation by Whitehead on September 26, 2019 at 4:30 PM at the Konover Auditorium in the Dodd Center.
UCHI Co-Sponsors Faculty Reading Group to Discuss “The Nickel Boys”
The University of Connecticut Humanities Institute (UCHI) joins UConn Institute of Africana Studies to host The Colson Whitehead Faculty Reading Group, dedicated to a discussion of Whitehead’s latest novel The Nickel Boys. This discussion is the latest installment in UCHI’s “Publishing NOW” series and will take place at the UCHI conference room on September 19, 2019 from 4:00 to 6:00 PM. This reading project will be followed by a UCHI-sponsored public presentation by Whitehead on September 26, 2019 at 4:30 PM at the Konover Auditorium in the Dodd Center.