PRESS RELEASE
UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL ARKANSAS
COLLEGE OF FINE ARTS AND COMMUNICATION
Contact: Dr. Jeff Pe-Aguirre, (501) 450-3104; jjpeaguirre@uca.edu
October 23, 2014
AUTHOR WILLIAM LINDSEY TO BE
ARTIST IN RESIDENCE OCT. 28-30
College of Fine Arts and Communication Media Office
CONWAY — Dr. William D. Lindsey, recently awarded the Booker Worthen Literary Prize by the Butler Center for Arkansas Studies for the book he edited, Fiat Flux: The Writings of Wilson R. Bachelor, Nineteenth-Century Country Doctor and Philosopher, will be on the University of Central Arkansas campus Oct. 28-30 as artist in residence.
He will give a free public lecture on Tuesday, Oct. 28, at 7:30 p.m. in the College of Business Auditorium, room 107. A book-signing will follow.
Lindsey is a Little Rock native who holds a B.A. in English from Loyola University, an M.A. in English from Tulane University, and an M.A. and Ph.D. in theology from the University of St. Michael’s College of the Toronto School of Theology.
Fiat Flux is the journal of Wilson Bachelor, a 19th century country doctor and natural philosopher from Franklin County, Ark., who chronicled his life from 1870-1902. Bachelor was an avid reader and thoughtful writer with wide-ranging interests in literature, science, nature, politics and religion. The book was published by the University of Arkansas Press in 2013.
The Worthen Prize was established by the Central Arkansas Library System (CALS) in 1999 in memory of William Booker Worthen, a longtime supporter of the public library and a 22-year member of CALS Board of Trustees. It is presented annually for the best work by an author or editor living in the CALS service area.
Other residency activities for UCA students include:
• — Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2:40-3:55 p.m. — Lecture/Q&A, Advanced Communications Theory class, Thompson Hall 115;
• — Thursday, Oct. 30, 8-9:15 a.m. — Lecture/Q&A, Social Studies Context and Arkansas History, Irby Hall 115;
• — Thursday, Oct. 30, 10:50 a.m.-12:05 p.m. — Lecture/Q&A, Social Studies Context and Arkansas History, Irby Hall 115.
The residency is part of the UCA Department of Communication’s second Communication Week.
The UCA College of Fine Arts and Communication includes the Departments of Art, Communication, Mass Communication and Theatre, Music and Writing. The college’s primary mission is the preparation of the next generation of artists, educators and communicators. For more information about CFAC, visit www.uca.edu/cfac or call (501) 450-3293.
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