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Dr. Gage
McWeeny addresses the Birmingham Lunch Series
By Amy Sirianni '06
On March 17, English Professor Dr. Gage McWeeny
delivered this semester’s second Birmingham Lunch Series lecture to
Villanova faculty members. The title of McWeeny’s lecture was
 “Forms
of Promiscuity: Oscar Wilde and the Epigram,” which was also the topic he
tackled in his doctoral dissertation. He is currently working on turning the
dissertation into a book.
The Birmingham Lunch Series, which began in the fall
of 1998, was named in honor of Dr. Robert M. Birmingham, the chair of the
Villanova University Board of Trustees in 1996. Dr. Birmingham gave a
generous $1 million donation to the Core Humanities Department in 1996 and
the Birmingham Lunch Series was named in his honor.
“Instead of naming a building after Dr. Birmingham,”
said Dr. John A. Doody, associate dean of Liberal Arts and Sciences Core
Curriculum, “we decided to honor him in this way.”
According to Dr. Doody, who also currently holds the
Robert M. Birmingham Chair in Core Humanities, the luncheon series has an
interdisciplinary focus. Although attendees are primarily Liberal Arts and
Sciences faculty members, lecturers from the Commerce and Finance Department
have spoken in the past.
Dr.
McWeeny, who recently gained his doctorate from Princeton University, will
be leaving Villanova to teach at Williams College at the end of the year. |
