Christopher Longest Lecture: The Growing Impact of African Languages in the United States
Monday, October 27 - Bondurant Auditorium - 5:30 p.m.
Professor Antonia Schleicher of Indiana University is giving the 54th Christopher Longest Lecture, sponsored by the Department of Modern Languages, on Monday, October 27, and 5:30 p.m. in the Bondurant Auditorium. Antonia Folarin Schleicher is a Professor of Linguistics in the Department of Linguistics at Indiana University, Bloomington, IN. She is also the Executive Director of IU Joint Language Resource Centers and the Director of the United States National African Language Resource Center.
The Christopher Longest Series was designed by Ann Waller Reins Longest to honor her husband and to enrich the University to which he had contributed so much for so many years.
Christopher Longest was born 23 February 1874 in Pontotoc County, Mississippi. He graduated with the A.B. degree from The University of Mississippi in 1900. His first teaching position was that of Instructor of English at the Johns Hopkins University, where he completed graduate work in 1908. The University of Chicago awarded him a doctorate in 1915. In 1950 Mississippi College honored him with the degree of Doctor of Law.
Christopher Longest’s career in teaching and administration was composed almost wholly of service to The University of Mississippi, first as Assistant Professor of Latin, 1908-1910, then as Associate Professor of Latin, 1910-1920, Professor of Spanish, 1920-1947 and finally as Professor of Spanish and Chairman of the Department of Modern Languages, 1947-1951.
In addition to his tenure as Chairman of the Department of Modern Languages, Professor Longest held the following administrative positions at The University of Mississippi: Acting Chancellor, August 1930; Registrar, 1929-1930; and Director of the Summer Session, 1920-1934. He also managed the Alumni Fund from 1912 to 1951. Upon his retirement from active teaching, Dr. Longest assumed presidency of the First National Bank of Oxford.
