The Hester and Cedric Crowell Endowment

The Hester and Cedric Crowell Endowment was established by Jane Crowell Rieffel in memory of her parents to recognize their interest in literature and the performing arts. Through this gift, Ms. Rieffel has expressed her personal commitment to UCSB's academic excellence and to the advancement of interdisciplinary scholarship and education. The Crowell Endowment is intended to support the mission and programs of the IHC by providing support for public lectures and conferences. It has made possible a series of highly successful conferences: Acts of Reconstruction: Shakespeare's Globe (May,1997); Acts of Reconstruction: Museums, Theme Parks and City Centers (February, 1998); Authorship (November, 1998); Dresden: Reconstructing a Culture (February, 2000); The Genius of Shakespeare (May, 2000), Narrative at the Outer Limits (May, 2001), Florence: Reconsidered (November, 2001) and A Symposium On Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (May, 2002) and Terry Gross (March, 2003).

Past Events

John Walch, Pier Carlo Talenti, and Risa Brainin
PANEL: On the Verge: how new plays and playwrights emerge in the American Theatre
Friday, May 25, 2006
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David Edgar
From Babel to Pentecost (and back again?)
Friday, February 25, 2005
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Terry Gross
Host of National Public Radio’s Fresh Air
Friday, March 7, 2003
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"A Symposium On Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead"
Wednesday, May 29 2002
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