GENESEO, N.Y. – Maria Lima, professor of English and director of the college’s Comparative Literature Program, will deliver the James and Julia Lockhart Supported Professorship Lecture Sept. 25 at 5 p.m. in Doty Hall 300 (the Tower Room). Lima’s lecture title is “Reclaiming the Human: From the Bildungsroman to Neo-Slave Narratives.”
The lecture is among responsibilities Lima has as part of the professorship she has held for three years, which also included incorporating a self-designed course in her teaching load. Faculty selected for the professorship have demonstrated superior teaching and involvement of students in the learning process, superior advisement, both formal and informal, a visible and meaningful involvement in campus life, and an active scholarly life.
The lecture is free and open to the public.