Dr. Andrew Ade, Westminster College assistant professor of English, will deliver the third in the ongoing series of Bleasby Colloquia Thursday, Feb. 15, at 7 p.m. in the Sebastian Mueller Theater located in the McKelvey Campus Center.

"I will talk about my experience last summer in Paris as a participant in a National Endowment for the Arts Seminar," Ade said.

Ade, along with 14 other professors from a range of academic disciplines across the United States, was selected to participate in the 2006 NEH seminar, "Modernist Paris." The group was led by two Princeton University professors and spent five weeks investigating the multifaceted art movement occurring in Paris in the early 20th century involving painting, literature, drama, music, and memoir. His presentation, "Search and Research: A Scholarly Scavenger Hunt in Paris," will chronicle the pleasures and misadventures of doing scholarship amidst unexpected travel misfortune.

Ade, who has been with Westminster College since 2003, earned his undergraduate degree from Northwestern University, and his master's and Ph.D. from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.

This colloquium is part of a series of events scheduled for the George Bleasby Colloquia, a series of literary events in honor of the late Dr. Bleasby, who chaired the Department of English at Westminster from 1954-75.

This event is free and open to the public. Contact Ade at (724) 946-7349 or e-mail mailto:adeaw@westminster.edu for more information.

Dr. Andrew Ade