Thanks to a generous bequest from Joseph S. Schick, Professor Emeritus of English at Indiana State University, the Department of English is able to host the Joseph S. Schick Lectures in Language, Literature, and Lexicography. According to the conditions of Professor Schick's will, "Eminent scholars . . . will be invited to present lectures on the literature, language and lexicography of the United States . . . and Great Britain. The topics of the lectures will be limited to the period before 1900."
After a number of delays, work has begun on the Schick Reception Room. Combining two underutilized rooms, the large space will be used for the receptions that follow Schick Lectures. If the electricians, carpenters, painters, and carpet layers can coordinate their work--and if the furniture arrives on time--the Reception Room should be ready in time for the first Schick Lecture.
Beginning in 1988, the Department has hosted from four to eight Schick Lecturers a year. Scholars from around the United States--and from England, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales--have presented formal lectures related to periods before 1900. As part of their visits, these scholars have also presented informal talks on contemporary topics, read from their works, and visited literature classes and writers' workshops.
To enhance the Schick Lectures, the Department purchases copies of all in-print books authored or edited by Schick Lecturers. After they are signed, they are placed in the Department's collection, which currently includes over five-hundred volumes. The collection is available for research and reading by undergraduate students, graduate students, and faculty.
All programs to be held in Root Hall at 3:30 PM unless otherwise noted.
Kathy Edwards, Administrative Assistant, Root Hall, A-265
812-237-3161 or kedwards18@isugw.indstate.edu