Dr. Charles Kargleder to present 2007 Altmayer Chair Lecture on March 6
Feb 21, 2007
MOBILE — Dr. Charles Kargleder, professor and chair of the
Department of Foreign Languages at Spring Hill College, will present
the 2007 Altmayer Lecture at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 6 in Byrne
Memorial Hall. Kargleder, the 2005-2007 Altmayer Endowed Chair in
Literature, will present “Love and Literature: A Personal Journey.” The
lecture is free and open to the public.
Kargleder has devoted much of his life to the study, research and
teaching of Spanish and Spanish-American literature. He received his
undergraduate degree from the University of South Dakota in 1960. He
earned his Master of Arts degree in romance languages from the
University of Alabama in 1962 and his doctorate in the same subject
from UA in 1968. Kargleder served as a graduate fellow twice at UA and,
through the years, has been a grant reviewer for the National Endowment
for the Humanities.
In the 1960s and ’70s, Kargleder traveled to Central America where he
did extensive research in the national library of Mexico, Guatemala, El
Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua and Costa Rica. Through interviews and
research, he was able to compile what today is still the most complete
bibliographical compilation of Costa Rican literature. In addition, he
has spoken across the country and given numerous papers about Mexican
writers and figures from the Mexican Revolution.
Active in the study abroad program, Kargleder has been a program
coordinator for Spanish and served as director for the program in the
Yucatan. He has served as division and department chair, on numerous
committees at Spring Hill and has been a student advisor and director
of the college’s interdisciplinary humanities program.
Spring Hill College benefactor Nan Altmayer established the endowed
chair in literature in 1999 to recognize someone who has fostered an
understanding and appreciation of literature through teaching,
scholarly contributions and his or her own creation of literary
works.
For more information on the 2007 Altmayer Chair Lecture, contact the
Division of Languages and Literature at (251) 380-4640.
