Spanish Professor to Speak at Faculty Forum
Posted on Thursday, March 5, 2009
Dr. Jeffrey Bersett, Westminster College associate professor of Spanish and chair of the Department of Modern Languages, will present "Who is JoaquÃn Sorolla and Why Have You Never Heard of Him?" at Faires Faculty Forum Wednesday, March 11, at 11:40 a.m. in the Sebastian Mueller Theater in the McKelvey Campus Center.
JoaquÃn Sorolla, a key figure from the turn of the 20th century in Spain, represents his time and place, yet goes against everything we have been taught to believe about the important social and cultural movements of the day. This presentation will shed some light on a man for whom light was everything.
Bersett, who is also the director of off-campus study, has been with Westminster since 2002. He earned an undergraduate degree at Washington University and a master's and Ph.D. from the University of Virginia.
Faculty Forum was established in 1990 by Dr. Barbara Faires, Westminster professor of mathematics, during her term as Dean of the College and Vice President for Academic Affairs. Faculty members from all disciplines volunteer to present lectures on their current research, artistic productions, and/or scholarship of teaching and learning. Each forum presents new ideas with innovative lecture techniques.
Contact Bersett at (724) 946-7259 or e-mail bersetjt@westminster.edu for more information.
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