Upcoming in Scholars Forum: Dr. Elliot Engel

The University Scholars Program is proud to present former NC State professor, Dr. Elliot Engel, in the Scholars Forum on Monday and Tuesday, September 24 and 25, 2018. Dr. Engel will be speaking about L. Frank Baum on Monday and Leonardo Da Vinci on Tuesday.

From Dr. Engel’s website, https://professorengel.com/:

“Originally from Indianapolis, Indiana, Dr. Elliot Engel now lives in Raleigh, North Carolina, where he has taught at the University of North Carolina, North Carolina State University, and Duke University. He earned his M.A. and Ph.D. as a Woodrow Wilson Fellow at UCLA. While at UCLA he won that university’s Outstanding Teacher Award.

Dr. Engel has written ten books published in England, Japan, Turkey, and the United States. His mini-lecture series on Charles Dickens ran on PBS television stations around the country. His articles have appeared in numerous newspapers and national magazines including Newsweek. He has lectured throughout the United States and on all the continents including Antarctica. Four plays which he has written have been produced during the last ten years. In 2009, he was inducted into the Royal Society of Arts in England for his academic work and service in promoting Charles Dickens.

For his scholarship and teaching, Dr. Engel has received North Carolina’s Adult Education Award, North Carolina State’s Alumni Professorship, and the Victorian Society’s Award of Merit.  Most recently, he was named Tar Heel of the Week for his thirty years of delivering public programs in the humanities and sponsoring state and national literary contests for high school students.

Since 1980, Dr. Engel has been President of the Dickens Fellowship of North Carolina, the largest branch of this worldwide network of clubs. The sales of Dr. Engel’s books, CDs, and DVDs have raised funds for The Great Ormond Street Children’s Hospital which Dickens helped found in London in 1852.

Professor Engel continues to teach outside the classroom and give literary and historical programs throughout the world. He also presents assemblies at elementary, middle, and high schools, and his educational CDs & DVDs are used in classrooms around the country. In his spare time, he likes to imagine all the impressive hobbies and leisure pursuits he could mention here — if he ever actually would find enough spare time to indulge in them.”

Scholars Forum: Dr. Elliot Engel – L. Frank Baum and the Wizard of Oz

Witherspoon Campus Cinema

Monday, September 24

3:00 PM

Dr. Engel returns to Forum to reveal the life of L. Frank Baum and the reasons for the enduring and endearing fame of his Wonderful Wizard of Oz. Using anecdotes, analysis, and large doses of humor, Professor Engel brings to life this most fascinating of fairy-tale writers.

Scholars Forum: Dr. Elliot Engel – The Genius of Leonardo da Vinci

Witherspoon Campus Cinema

Tuesday, September 25

3:00 PM

Back by popular demand, Dr. Engel returns to Forum. This time, Dr. Engel encompasses the breadth and depth of Leonardo’s unique genius including the causes of his many unfinished masterpieces and the mystery of Mona Lisa’s smile.