This page commemorates the life and work of Dr. Dawson for his students, colleagues, and friends. Please contribute your memories for inclusion on this web site by email to Susan Floyd.
Memorial Service - November 17, 2007
It is with deep sadness we mourn the passing of Professor Robert L. Dawson, who died June 4, 2007, in Paris, France, at the age of 63.
A memorial service is scheduled for 4:00pm, Saturday, November 17th in the Protho Theater at the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center on the campus of the University of Texas at Austin.
For directions and other information, click here.
Robert Darnton to deliver 2008 Pforzheimer Lecture in memory of Dr. Robert L. Dawson
Historian and leading expert on Eighteenth Century France, Dr. Robert Darnton of Harvard, formerly of Princeton, will deliver the 2008 Pforzheimer Lecture on February 7, 2008, in the Protho Theater in the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center on the campus of the University of Texas at Austin.
This year's lecture will be in memory of French professor Dr. Robert L. Dawson, who passed away June 4, 2007.
Further details about this events can be found on the web site of the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center.
Opening of the Robert Dawson French Collection at Texas A&M University
Dr. Robert Darnton will also deliver a lecture at the opening of the Robert Dawson French Collection at A&M on February 8, 2008. This event will be held at 4:00pm in the Mayo-Thomas Room at the Cushing Library.
More information can be found here.
Department of French and Italian, University of Texas at Austin, 2007.