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Folkorist Keiko Wells kicks off
English department speakers series
August 28, 2008 | LOGAN — Utah State University's
Department of English Speaker Series kicks off the year
Wednesday with Keiko Wells and her presentation "What
I See in America through the Study of Black Spirituals."
The free event begins at 12:30 p.m. at the USU Haight
Alumni Center. Refreshments will be served, and all
are invited.
Wells is a visiting scholar from Ritsumeikan University
in Kyoto, Japan. Her wide-ranging research interests
include American folk music lyrics, hip-hop, Japanese-American
religious traditions, African-American culture, culture
in the American West and variants of the "Little Red
Riding Hood" folktale. Currently, she is translating
Sabine Baring-Gould's "The Book of Werewolves" into
Japanese.
The USU Department of English Speakers Series was
established to promote the value of arts and humanities
in American public life. The series features faculty
writing and research accomplishments, as well as noted
visiting authors and scholars sharing their work.
Next up is the Creative Writing Sampler featuring original
works by USU English faculty Shanan Ballam, Star Coulbrooke,
Brock Dethier and Anne Shifrer. The event will take
place at 12:30 p.m. Sept. 10, at the USU Haight Alumni
Center. For more information, call (435) 797-3858 or
email marina.hall@usu.edu.
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