Colleagues,
AN AFTERNOON WITH NOBEL LAUREATE DEREK WALCOTT
Saturday 4 October 2008, 4.30pm
Ivor Crewe Lecture Hall, University of Essex
Celebrated Caribbean poet, playwright, essayist, and visual artist, Derek Walcott, will be in conversation with Professor Marina Warner and Dr Maria Cristina Fumagalli of the Department of Literature, Film, and Theatre Studies (LiFTS); and will then give a reading from his work.
The event will open with the presentation of an honorary doctorate to Derek Walcott by the University in a ceremony presided by the Chancellor, Lord Phillips of Sudbury.
Tickets for the event are priced at £10 (£5 for concessions) and are available from the Mercury Theatre Box Office, ticket hotline: 01206 573948 (Monday to Saturday, 10am-8pm), or online at: http://www.mercurytheatre.co.uk/artson5 <https://exchange5.essex.ac.uk/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.mercurytheatre.co.uk/artson5> . When telephoning the Mercury Theatre ticket hotline please specify that you want to buy a ticket for the Derek Walcott event at the University of Essex.
Peter Hulme
Professor in Literature and Head of Department
Department of Literature, Film, and Theatre Studies
University of Essex
Colchester CO4 3SQ
UK
Telephone (home) +44 (0)1206 240799
Telephone (office) +44 (0)1206 872608
American Tropics: Towards a Literary Geography
http://www.essex.ac.uk/literature/American_Tropics/index.htm
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