search articles:     from the issue of September 8, 2005         UNL hosts Whitman 150th anniversary event UNL hosted the international "The Leaves of Grass 150th Anniversary Conference," from March 31 through April 2. The conference drew upon the expertise of more than two dozen distinguished Whitman and American literature experts, writers and musicians. "The 150th anniversary conference was a major event in Whitman scholarship, bringing together the world's leading experts on the poet and helping to solidify Nebraska's role as a central location for Whitman studies," said Kenneth Price, Hillegass Professor of American Literature at UNL. "Leaves of Grass is the founding book of American literary democracy," Price said. "Before Whitman, America was politically independent but culturally bound to British fashions and traditions." Directors for the conference were Susan Belasco, professor of English at UNL, Price and Ed Folsom, Carver Professor of English at the University of Iowa. Program sponsors included the senior vice chancellor for academic affairs, the vice chancellor for research, the College of Arts and Sciences, the University Libraries, the Hixson-Lied College of Fine and Performing Arts, the School of Music, the Department of English, and the University of Nebraska Press. GO TO: ISSUE OF SEPTEMBER 8 ARTS HEADLINES FOR SEPTEMBER 8 Quilt study center begins to take shape $1 million gift given to Sheldon Book overflows with Great Plains details Carson legacy lives at UNL Concerto honors Lewis and Clark ETV begins new era Shapiro's stories basis for film UNL hosts Whitman 150th anniversary event 732197S34893X