The Fallon-Marshall Lecture Series

The Fallon-Marshall Lecture was established by philanthropist Ms. Mary Marshall in 1994 as a discussion forum for issues in the humanities and social sciences. Marshall named the lecture for her close friend and former Dean of the College of Liberal Arts, Daniel Fallon. Upon Ms. Marshall's death, the College renamed the lecture series the Fallon-Marshall Lecture. Each year proposals are accepted from faculty in the liberal arts and the Planning and Resources Committee selects one for presentation.

For more information, contact Fallon-Marshall@tamu.edu.

2009 Lecture

Urbina selected as the Fallon-Marshall Lecturer for 2009

Eduardo Urbina, professor of Hispanic studies, has been chosen to deliver the 2009 Fallon-Marshall Lecture in the College of Liberal Arts on Wednesday, April 15, at the Annenberg Presidential Conference Center. The lecture is titled “Humanities Research in the Digital Age: Recovering the Illustrated History of the Quixote,” and details the creation of an online digital archive of the illustrations of the Quixote published in thousands of editions during the last 400 years.

His lecture will examine the role of illustrations in reading and interpreting books. Specifically, Urbina will look at how the inclusion of illustrations affects our understanding and knowledge of the narrative. In addition, Urbina will unravel how the relationship between words and images has changed from the 17th century to the present.

“The project will be of interest not only for students of Cervantes, Spanish literature and the novel, but also to those interested in book history and book illustration, as well as in art history and visual representations of texts and stories,” said Urbina.

Urbina received his Ph.D. in Hispanic Literatures from the University of California at Berkeley. He came to Texas A&M in 1981, where he is now a professor of Hispanic studies, Director of the Cervantes Project, and director of graduate studies in the Hispanic Studies department. Urbina has researched the life and works of Miguel de Cervantes since 1979 and together with Dr. Richard Furuta (Computer Science) has developed a hypertextual edition of the Quixote based on the early editions of the text.

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