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SPEAKERS e r i e s

Each yea r, th e M a r y Linda Hughes
Couts Burnett Library
invites remarkable Addie Levy Professor of Literature, Linda
speakers - TCU Hughes, was our guest speaker for a Fall
faculty - to share their Special Collections presentation.
experiences and speak
about their newest Hughes shared ways to enhance your research
books or real-world and teaching by learning the importance
experiences. The of preserving original print materials. She
Library is proud of its along with librarian Roger Rainwater shared
faculty and their many treasures from the Special Collections vault.
successes and looks
forward to sharing Steffen Palko
their achievements with
the TCU c o mmun i ty. Assistant Professor of Education at TCU and
Stu d en ts, f ac u l ty, co-founder of XTO Energy, Inc., Steffen Palko,
staff and Friends of spoke on The Common Core.
the TCU Li b r a r y,
alike, attend the Palko shared information and facts to help
speaker series, which us understand its importance in the field of
this year included a education.
Professor of Literature,
Assistant Professor Peter L. Szok
of Professional
Practice, Educational Associate Professor of Hstory at TCU and author,
Leadership, and two spoke and signed copies of his new book, Restaurantes,
TCU Professors of rumba y más: A Gringo’s Guide to Latino Fort Worth.
His to r y.
Szok took guests on a cultural journey through Latino
Fort Worth, highlighting the best Latino restaurants
and as well as a taste of Latino history, of churches,
barber shops, botanicas,and more.

Alex Hidalgo

Assistant Professor of Latin American history at TCU
shared his story and findings of “A Giant’s Tooth and
A Bundle of Maps: Collecting the Mesoamerican
Past.”

Hidalgo shared historical facts of how archives and
pre-Colombian artifacts, like codices, books, maps,
prints and alphabetic manuscripts were used to write
a history of the Mesoamerican past.

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