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Dear Friends and Colleagues,
I am writing to invite you all to return to Wesleyan this Fall to celebrate the
50th anniversary of the College of Letters. The celebration will take place
over the Homecoming/Family Weekend (November 6-8, 2009) and will include:
The Hallie Lecture
On Friday evening, Professor Alexander Nehamas (Edmund N. Carpenter II Class
of 1943 Professor in the Humanities at Princeton University) will deliver the
annual Hallie Lecture. In honor and appreciation of Philip Hallie's great
interest in Montaigne, Professor Nehamas will deliver a lecture entitled
"Because It Was He, Because It Was I: The Good of Friendship."
The COL Alumni/ae Colloquium
On Saturday morning Professors Howard Needler, Paul Schwaber, and Javier
Castro-Ibaseta will lead a COL Alumni/ae Colloquium on William Shakespeare's
The Merchant of Venice. In true COL format we encourage you to read
the piece in advance and come prepared for discussion with your fellow alums and
the COL faculty.
COL Celebration Dinner
The COL celebratory dinner will feature the
poetic styling of Frank Reeve backed by his jazz band performing an original
piece created by Frank and Matthew Weiner (COL '87 and creator/executive
producer of Mad Men) .
To help us defray the costs associated with the reception and dinner, we're
asking for $25 per person registration fee. R.S.V.P. to Erinn Savage (esavage@wesleyan.edu)
by October 15. It is important that we hear by
then so that we can plan appropriately. Kindly tell us the names of all
attendees. If you plan to attend the dinner you may send in a check payable
to Wesleyan University to College of Letters, Butterfield C, 50 Huber Avenue,
Middletown, CT 06459.
For more details please visit the Homecoming/Family Weekend website:
http://www.wesleyan.edu/hcfw/2009/
All of us at the College of Letters are very excited about this opportunity to
celebrate with our entire COL family and we look forward to seeing you the
weekend of November 6-8, 2009.
Ethan Kleinberg
Director, College of Letters