Peterkin Award Winner to Give Reading, Book Signing
Author and 2011 Julia Peterkin Award Winner Jennifer S. Davis will give a free public reading of her recent works of fiction at Converse College on Tuesday, September 27 at …
English
Bringing Literature to Life: Dr. Erin Templeton
Scholarly Interest Transatlantic Modernism, focusing on American, British and Irish literature written between the years 1900-1950. Travel “I’ve traveled to libraries and archives all over the world. I’ve seen original …
Top Poetry Prize Awarded to Converse Alumna
Converse College alumna Amanda Burgess earned the top award in the 2008 Hub City Creative Writing Contest. Her prize is a full scholarship to the week-long Wildacres Writing Workshop in …
Women, Travel, and Nationalism
Dr. Jeanne Moskal, Professor of English at UNC-Chapel Hill, will present a public lecture on travel writing Thursday, March 7 at 7:30 p.m. in Hartness Auditorium. The lecture is made …
Converse College Introduces Nisbet Honors Program
Converse alumna Marian Nisbet ’62, and her husband, Olin, of Charlotte, NC, have given $500,000 to endow a new Honors Program at Converse College. The program is directed by Dr. …