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Talks this week at the Library of Virginia
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 VIRGINIA HUMANITIES FELLOWS TALK
Stretching Skins & Stories: Taxidermy and the Confederacy as Endangered
Species
Tuesday, April 24, 2018
Time: Noon–1:00 PM
Place: Conference Rooms, Free

Join Virginia Humanities fellow Nicole Maurantonio, associate professor of
Rhetoric and Communication Studies and American Studies at the University
of Richmond, for a talk on her research exploring memories of the
Confederacy in 21st-century Virginia. This talk will focus specifically on
the meanings of the taxidermied body of Little Sorrel, Confederate general
Stonewall Jackson's warhorse, which is on display at Virginia Military
Institute's museum in Lexington. Reading the revered Little Sorrel as a
commemorative object, Maurantonio considers the horse and the practice of
taxidermy in relation to contemporary debates surrounding the meanings of
Confederate monuments.


BOOK TALK WITH LIZA MUNDY
Code Girls: The Untold Story of the American Women Code Breakers of World
War II
Wednesday, April 25, 2018
Time: Noon–1:00 PM
Place: Lecture Hall, Free

Join author and journalist Liza Mundy as she discusses her new book, *Code
Girls: The Untold Story of the American Women Code Breakers of World War II*.
Recruited by the U.S. Army and Navy from small towns and elite colleges,
more than 10,000 women served as codebreakers during World War II. While
their brothers and boyfriends took up arms, these women moved to Washington
and learned the meticulous work of code-breaking. Their efforts shortened
the war, saved countless lives, and gave them access to careers previously
denied to them. A strict vow of secrecy nearly erased their efforts from
history. Now, through dazzling research and interviews with surviving code
girls, Mundy brings to life this riveting and vital story of American
courage, service, and scientific accomplishment. A book signing follows the
talk.

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