MU Libraries Faculty Lecture Series Presents Emma Jean McKinin on “Nineteenth-Century Humorists in Australia and the U.S.”

November 28, 2012
1 to 2 pm
Ellis Library Colonnade

People in 19^th century Australia and the United States often faced many of the same hardships, hazards, and quirks of the environment. In both countries people often coped by laughing. This lecture will look at examples of American and Australian frontier humor, with an eye to their similarities and differences. For more information contact carysn@missouri.edu.