BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//events.la.psu.edu//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20201101T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20200308T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:13195-da5af04d169ad3d1f101b45e8f3526d4@events.la.psu.edu DTSTAMP:20260514T205115Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241030T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241030T170000 SUMMARY:“Kenya\'s Running Women: A History” by Michelle Sikes DESCRIPTION:\nCollaborative Colloquia: Reading New Books in the Humaniti es by Penn State Faculty\n\nKenya's Running Women: A History details the triumphs and challenges faced by the pioneer generation of women who pa ved the way for Kenya's reputation as an international powerhouse in wom en's track and field\, from the advent of Kenya’s athletics program in t he colonial era through the professionalization of running in the 1980s and 1990s. The book demonstrates the necessity of including women in the histories of African sport\, and of incorporating sport into studies of African gender and nation-building.\n\nPlease register at this link by Wednesday\, October 23.\n\nThis reading group invites faculty at all car eer stages across the university to share their latest monographs in the humanities with colleagues and members of the community. Copies of sele cted books will be provided to reading group members to read before the meeting. This format allows for a more conversational tone and provides an opportunity to engage with the work more deeply.\n\nBy highlighting t he recent work of Penn State faculty\, we hope to forge new connections and inspire interdisciplinary collaborations\, both by raising awareness of our colleagues’ latest research and providing a space for dialogue t hat goes beyond conventional book presentations.\n\nThe number of partic ipants will be capped at 15\, and a limited number of hard copies for mo st of the books in the program will be available on a first come\, first served basis\, to be picked up at Ihlseng Cottage before each reading g roup meeting. All books are also available in electronic format through the library.\n\nFor more details: https://events.la.psu.edu/event/kenyas -running-women-a-history-michelle-sikes/ X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Collaborative C olloquia: Reading New Books in the Humanities by Penn State Faculty

< p>Kenya's Running Women: A History details the triumphs and cha llenges faced by the pioneer generation of women who paved the way for K enya's reputation as an international powerhouse in women's track and fi eld, from the advent of Kenya’s athletics program in the colonial era th rough the professionalization of running in the 1980s and 1990s. The boo k demonstrates the necessity of including women in the histories of Afri can sport, and of incorporating sport into studies of African gender and nation-building.

Please register at this link by Wednesday, October 23.

This reading grou p invites faculty at all career stages across the university to share th eir latest monographs in the humanities with colleagues and members of t he community. Copies of selected books will be provided to reading group members to read before the meeting. This format allows for a more conve rsational tone and provides an opportunity to engage with the work more deeply.

By highlighting the recent work of Penn State faculty, we hope to forge new connections and inspire interdisciplinary collaboratio ns, both by raising awareness of our colleagues’ latest research and pro viding a space for dialogue that goes beyond conventional book presentat ions.

The number of participants will be capped at 15, and a limit ed number of hard copies for most of the books in the program will be av ailable on a first come, first served basis, to be picked up at Ihlseng Cottage before each reading group meeting. All books are also available in electronic format through the library.

For more details: https://events.la.psu.edu/event/kenyas-running-women-a-histor y-michelle-sikes/

URL:https://hi.psu.edu/scholars/new-books-in-the-humanities-by-penn-state-fa culty/ LOCATION:102 Ihlseng Cottage END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR