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Banned Books Week Events at Davidson College
Davidson College is featuring a series of events during Banned Books Week to focus attention on books, reading, and censorship.
The first of three Banned Books events will be held at Alvarez College Union, 900 Room, on Monday, September 23rd at 8:00 p.m. Dr. Shireen Campbell, Professor of English & Chair of Educational Studies | Director of the College Writing Program, will present a program on “The Power of the Book: What Books Do-And Don’t Do-To Their Readers.” The event is open to the public and does not require pre-registration. Those who value books, reading, and libraries are encouraged to attend. Main Street Books will be selling banned books outside of the event.
Two additional events at the College will be held inside the E.H. Little Library and are limited to those who have pre-registered. On Tuesday, for an hour during lunch, Dr. Scott Denham and Dr. Jason Blum will host “Religion, Discrimination, and Antisemitism in Literary Censorship: A Discussion.” The third event, on Wednesday evening, features a communal silent reading of banned books in the E.H. Little library. Registrants for that event have been invited to “BYO-banned book.”
Banned Books Week is celebrated nationally each year, typically during the last week in September. Banned Books Week began in 1982 as an effort by the American Library Association to bring attention to a sudden surge in the number of challenges to books in libraries, bookstores, and schools. This year, Banned Books Week will take place September 22-28, 2024. The theme is Freed Between the Lines.