Lit Fest - Willa Cather: FREE Lecture
Join us in the historic Joslyn Castle Music Room for a free lecture about "One of Ours" from noted Cather scholar Dr. Charles Johanningsmeier! This lecture is presented prior to the evening's ticketed dramatic reading performance.
Doors open at 5:45pm. The lecture will begin at 6pm.
The public is invited to step into Willa’s world with us, as we learn about her fascinating life, as told through her beloved American novel.
About our Scholar:
Doctor Charles Johanningsmeier is Professor of English and Isaacson Professor at the University of Nebraska at Omaha, where he teaches a wide range of courses on American literature and culture. His research primarily focuses on literary matters during the period between 1865 and 1940. He is the author of the books Reimagining Realism: A New Anthology of Late 19th- and Early 20th-Century American Short Fiction (Ohio University Press, 2022) and Fiction and the American Literary Marketplace: The Role of Newspaper Syndicates in America, 1860-1900 (Cambridge University Press, 1997). Most relevant for this presentation is that he has published a number of academic journal articles on Willa Cather and has delivered many presentations on Cather and her works at conferences and universities in the US and Europe. A long-time member of the Willa Cather Foundation Board of Governors, he regularly offers a graduate seminar on Cather at UNO, the highlight of which is an overnight trip to Cather’s hometown of Red Cloud to walk in her footsteps and thereby better understand her fictions.
Funding for this event was provided by Humanities Nebraska and the Nebraska Cultural Endowment.
