The 2nd American Studies Colloquium will feature Hester Blum, associate professor of English at Penn State University and associate director of the Institute for the Arts and Humanities. She is the author of "The View From the Masthead: Maritime Imagination and Antebellum American Sea Narratives." This event is complimentary and open to the Oakland community and general public. Light refreshments will be served. Sponsored by American Studies, the Department of English, and the Department of History. For more information,
view the event flyer.