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Caleb Smith Speaking Event and Dinner
February 7, 2017 @ 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Caleb Smith, Professor of English at Yale University is coming to Rochester to discuss his new book: “The Life and the Adventures of a Haunted Convict” by Random House on Tuesday, February 7th. The source documents for the book come from Austin Reed’s memoir discovered in Rochester, currently housed in the Beinecke Rare Book Library at Yale. About the memoir, Yale alumnus and Harvard Professor Henry Louis Gates,Jr. said “We owe a great debt to Austin Reed for writing it and to Caleb Smith for unraveling the mysteries of identity and authentication after its discovery a century and a half later.”
This joint event, also hosted by the Friends of Mt. Hope and the University of Rochester, will take place at the Main Library on the campus of the University of Rochester at 5:00 PM followed by coffee and a book signing. There will be reserved parking for the event in front of the Library.
Location: Rush Rhees Library
Time: Tuesday, Feb. 7th 5-7 PM
For more about Caleb, visit Yale’s dossier:
http://english.yale.edu/people/tenured-and-tenure-track-faculty-professors/caleb-smith
EXCLUSIVE FOR YACR MEMBERS
The YACR board will host a cocktail hour and dinner with Caleb on Monday, February 6th (weather permitting). Join us at 5:30 at the Genesee Valley Club for drinks, dinner, and lively discussion.
This will be a cash bar, and attendees will simply pay for their own dinner, but WE DO REQUEST THAT YOU RSVP BY EMAILING THE YACR by February 3 so we can reserve an appropriate dining room at the GVC.
events@yaleinrochester.org