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CHAPEL HILL -- The relationship between Canada and the United States will be the topic of a free public lecture in Charlotte Monday (Jan. 27) by a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill English professor.

Dr. Christopher Armitage will cite Canadian authors in discussing historic differences between the two nations that share North America. The talk, "Voices from the Attic: Canada and U.S. Relations," will be at 7 p.m. at Providence Day School, 5800 Sardis Road. For more information, call (704) 887-7006.

Armitage specializes in 17th- and 20th-century English and Canadian literature. A 1954 graduate of Oxford University, he leads a group of UNC students to his alma mater every summer for a six-week study program on "Shakespeare in Performance" and "The Literature of Oxford."

Armitage earned a master’s degree at Oxford in 1958, a second master’s from the University of Western Ontario in 1964 and a doctorate from Duke University in 1967. He joined the UNC faculty in 1967.

The lecture was arranged by Carolina Speakers at UNC. The outreach program brings more than 90 faculty members to business, civic and community groups across the state. The speakers share their expertise on more than 150 topics, including 46 that focus on North Carolina and the South.

For more information or to schedule a Carolina Speaker, contact Sandy Roberts at 919-962-1993 or sandy_roberts@unc.edu, or visit the Carolina Speakers web site at www.unc.edu/depts/uncspeak.

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Contact: Sandy Roberts, (919) 962-1993