Joe Amato will discuss his latest book, Surfaces: Historical Reflections (University of California Press, 2012). This book continues his examination of some of the seemingly trivial things which we take for granted, but which, upon closer examination, can be highly interesting and illuminating, such as dust and walking. And surfaces, after all, form the world we experience, think, and express.
Joseph A. Amato received his B.A. in history from the University of Michigan in 1960; his M.A. from the Université de Laval, Québec, in 1963; his PhD from the University of Rochester in 1970. He did post-doctoral study in the history of European cultures at UCLA in 1975-76. In 1969 Amato began teaching at Southwest Minnesota State University in Marshall, Minnesota, where he was a founder and chair of the History Department. Amato has written over twenty books as well as numerous reviews, essays, and a long poem. He won the Minnesota Humanities Prize for Literature in 2005.
This lecture will be presented in memory of one our founding members, Rhoda Lewin, who died earlier this year. A very brief MISF annual meeting will take place before the presentation begins.
Saturday, June 15, 10:30 am Hosmer Library
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