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Preface- Reading Program: 2023

A guide for all Preface novels

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Preface 2023 Events

*All events are in the CLC ballroom except where noted.

 

Thursday, September 14, 2023

Keynote Address:

"Raising the Dead: 'Resurrecting Lost Lives and Lost Places'"

Ron Rash, Western Carolina University | 5:00-6:00 pm

Poetry Writing Workshop for local high school students | 1:00-2:00 pm

 

Tuesday, September 19, 2023

"Old-Time Medicine and Women Healers"

Kristi Miller, USC Upstate | 3:00-4:00 pm

 

Tuesday, September 26, 2023

"The Environmental Impact of Dams"

Peter Brewitt, Wofford College | 3:00-4:00 pm

 

Thursday, September 28, 2023

"The Cherokee: Jocassee Valley's Original Inhabitants"

Speaker: Paul Grady, USC Upstate | 10:45 am-12:00 pm

 

Tuesday, October 3, 2023

"Missing Bodies and Murder Mysteries"

Michele Covington, USC Upstate | 4:00-5:00 pm

 

Thursday, October 12, 2023

"The History of the Jocassee Valley"

Claudia Hembree | 4:00-5:00 pm

 

Tuesday, October 17, 2023

"Lake Jocassee, Then and Now"

Speaker: Alan Stuart, Duke Energy | 4:00-5:00 pm

 

Thursday, October 25, 2023

"Veterans and PTSD"

Speaker: Stefanie Keen, USC Upstate | 3:00-4:00pm

 

Thursday, November 2, 2023

"Infertility as Disability: How Rhetoric Impacts Access to Healthcare"

Speaker: Monika Herr, USC Upstate | 3:00-4:00 pm, Tukey Theatre

 

Thursday, November 9, 2023

"Sheriff Alexander's Reflections on Southern Natural History"

Speaker: Jonathon Storm, USC Upstate | 3:00-4:00 pm

 

Wednesday, November 15, 2023

Session Title: "Global  and Local Displacements: Refugees, Sex Trafficking, and the Consequences of Urban Renewal"

Speakers: Discussion Panel | 12:00-1:30 pm

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