The UTSA Literary and Cultural Studies Lecture Series
will feature David Halperin
speaking on the humanities,
Joan Crawford and more Feb. 14-15 on the 1604
Campus. (Above, artwork from the book "The Movies,"
by
Griffith and
Mayer, is based on a photo of Joan
Crawford from the 1952 film "Sudden Fear.")
Literary and Cultural Studies Lecture Series opens Feb. 14
(Feb. 8, 2002)--The UTSA Literary and Cultural Studies Lecture Series continues its exploration of the humanities this spring with a fresh schedule of national and internationally celebrated scholars and artists.
The series begins this semester at 3:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 14, in Humanities and Social Sciences Building Room 2.01.04, 1604 Campus, with an informal exchange and dialogue, "Why Humanities Now?" with University of Michigan classics professor David Halperin. The colloquium will be facilitated by UTSA classics professor John Rundin.
Halperin will continue his visit to UTSA with the lecture "Mommie Queerest: Joan Crawford and Gay Male Sexuality" at 4 p.m. Friday, Feb. 15, in Business Building Room 2.01.02, 1604 Campus. The talk will discuss the significance of Crawford as a film icon, and sketch a portrait of gay male subjectivity in cinematic texts. The lecture should also appeal to students interested in film, media studies and performance studies.
Halperin, a foremost scholar in the fields of classical literature, gay and lesbian theory and cultural studies, is author of "Saint Foucault: Towards a Gay Historiography," a challenging re-reading of the thought and career of the French political and cultural critic. At UTSA he will discuss the impact of new theoretical turns in gender and cultural studies on the state of the humanities.
The Department of English, Classics and Philosophy will host its second Graduate Research Colloquium from 5:30-7:30 p.m., Friday, Feb. 22, on the 1604 Campus in Humanities and Social Sciences Building, English Graduate Seminar Room 3.01.26. The colloquium will feature student presentations of research both in-progress and completed. The colloquium is a keystone event for the department as it prepares to inaugurate its Ph.D. program in English. Students interested in presenting their research are encouraged to contact Debbie Lopez or William Weitzel.
The Literary and Cultural Studies Lecture Series continues at 4 p.m. Wednesday, March 20, in the University Center Mesquite Room, 1604 Campus, when ethnomusicologist, composer and bandleader Fred Ho presents the lecture "Kreolization and Hybridity: Music, Culture, National Liberation and Revolutionary Struggle."
Ho, an Asian-American jazz musician, has won numerous awards and recorded more than a dozen CDs. He is the editor of the critical anthology "Legacy to Liberation." He has recorded with jazz musical legend Archie Schepp, and is the founder and leader of the Afro-Asian music ensemble, a syncretic blend of African and Asian sounds and compositions. Ho's lecture will examine hybridity and cross-cultural sharing in music, and discuss the role of jazz in political movements in the U.S. and throughout the world.
The series will conclude Tuesday, April 9, with an outstanding assembly of internationally noted scholars speaking to the subject "Languages in Contact: Global/Local Perspectives." The panel will explore language and cultural interfaces in a variety of global settings. Professor Tania Kouteva, who will be visiting UTSA as part of a teaching exchange with Bridget Drinka, English, Classics and Philosophy department, will speak on "Language Contact and Grammaticalization." Carol Myers-Scotton, University of South Carolina professor, will present the lecture "Speaking Two at Once: A Feat Bilinguals Manage Every Day." Finally, Bob Bayley, UTSA bilingual/bicultural studies program, will talk on "Mexicanos in California and Texas: Is Spanish Maintained?" Moderator for the panel will be Maryellen Garcia, UTSA modern languages and literatures. Times and locations for the panel discussion will be announced when available.
The UTSA Literary and Cultural Studies Lecture Series Committee includes
Bernadette Andrea, Norma Cantu, Bridget Drinka, Maryellen
Garcia, Debbie Lopez and Bill Mullen. The series is supported
by the College of Liberal and Fine Arts and Dean Alan Craven, the Department
of English, Classics and Philosophy, and the Department of Modern Languages
and Literatures.
All events are free and open to the public. For more information contact a member of the lecture series committee or call (210) 458-5351.
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