Dr. DeLapp’s Students Sink their Teeth into Monster Lore
What counts as a “monster”? What makes something “monstrous”? What makes monsters scary and why? How is it that we can be ‘scared’ by depictions of monsters in movies and …
Faculty
History Professor’s Book Explores Lives of Ordinary WWI Soldiers
Just in time for the 100th anniversary of the outbreak of the First World War, Dr. Edward Woodfin, associate professor of history at Converse, has published a new book on …
Dr. Melissa Walker’s New Book Inspired by Converse Course
A new book by history professor Melissa Walker grew out of a course she teaches at Converse College. Hub City Bookshop will host a special launch for that book, The …
Converse Professor Named Art Educator of the Year
The South Carolina Art Education Association (SCAEA) has named Dianne Bagnal as the 2012 South Carolina Art Educator of the Year. Bagnal is coordinator of the Art Education program at …
Peterkin Award Winner Peter Schmitt to Give Reading
The Converse College Visiting Writers Series welcomes Poet Peter Schmitt, the 2012 Julia Peterkin Award winner, for a reading on Thursday, Oct. 25 at 8 p.m. in the Bain Room …
Celebrating the Life of Carlos DuPré Moseley (1914–2012)
Converse College has lost one of its greatest champions, Carlos DuPré Moseley, who died Monday, Oct. 1 at age 98. Moseley was instrumental in founding the Friends of the School …
Visiting Writers Series to host Robert Olmstead for Reading
Olmstead’s most recent book, The Coldest Night, was published in April. Publishers Weekly called it “(An) elegiac, gritty coming-of-age novel, powerful, desolate and well crafted.” It was chosen as an …
Professor’s Exhibit in Asheville Offers "Rowdy, Southern good time"
The Flood Gallery in Asheville, NC is exhibiting a new body of screen-prints on wood panel and paper by Converse art professor Andrew Blanchard. Described by Blanchard as offering viewers …
Converse Professor Wins SC First Novel Prize
The South Carolina Arts Commission and Hub City Press announce Susan Tekulve of Converse College as the winner of the 2012 South Carolina First Novel Competition. Tekulve’s novel, In the …