[MGSA-L] Book donations

[Neni Panourgia]

Dear members of the list,

I hope that this message finds everyone well. I am writing with the 
following request. Since the beginning of this academic year I have been 
teaching at the maximum security prison at Sing Sing in a pilot program 
for a new Master's degree that Columbia University is putting together 
for the prison. The prison had a sorely and painfully outdated library 
which now is being revamped under a new librarian. What I am asking you 
now is whether you would be willing to donate copies of your books to 
the library, both books that you have authored but also books that you 
might have taught in your classes and of which you might have multiple 
copies. The school at Sing Sing operates on all levels and offers 
already two Master's degree, one in behavioral sciences and another one 
in theological studies. The one offered by Columbia will be in liberal 
studies. The students at the Master's level are very sophisticated and 
eager to engage with challenging texts. The only restriction is that 
they must be in English or Spanish, but they are open as to the subject 
matter or the genre--poetry, essays, translations, all humanities and 
social sciences.

I have already donated copies of the books by some of you on an 
individual basis, but it would be immensely worth your while to send 
more books to the library, especially if you signed them as authors. Θα 
πιάσουν τόπο!

If you are willing to do this please let me know and I will give you 
more detailed information as to the hows.

All best wishes and thank you for considering this.

Neni Panourgia

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Professor Neni Panourgiá
For reasons that Melina Merkouri explained, I Never work On Sunday

2013-2016
Visiting Associate Professor
Anthropology Department
The New School for Social Research
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Tel. 212-229-5757
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