Events
Week of Events
23rd Annual Semantics and Linguistics Theory Conference (SALT)
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Center for Cultural Studies Colloquium – Ken Selden: "'Goldfinger' and the Decline of the Classical Hollywood Narrative"
“Goldfinger" and the Decline of the Classical Hollywood Narrative The 1964 film Goldfinger, released right after the break-up of the Hollywood studio system, presented a new kind of narrative that did not conform to the classical Hollywood three-act model. In this talk, I will examine how Goldfinger differed dramaturgically from the classical Hollywood style and […]
Helen Diller Family Endowment Lecture with Ari Kelman: "Learning to be Jewish"
For most Americans, the phrase "Jewish education" summons images of Hebrew School. But, Hebrew School, or even what we might call "formal Jewish education" amounts to only a very small percentage of where and how people learn to be Jewish. The landscape of Jewish learning might include those sites, but it certainly includes a much […]
Dana Frank: "A Human Rights Disaster in Honduras: Why is the U.S. Supporting a Repressive Regime?"
What's driving this murderous U.S. policy in Honduras? And how are the Hondurans still rising up in resistance? Since the June 2009 military coup that deposed democratically-elected President Manuel Zeleya, the U.S. has been supporting a repressive regime that continues to commit massive human rights violations. Honduras now has the highest murder rate in the […]
The Living Writers Reading Series: Elizabeth Graver
Elizabeth Graver’s new novel, The End of the Point, set in a summer community on Buzzard’s Bay from 1942 to 1999, is forthcoming from HarperCollins in Spring, 2013. She is the author of three other novels: Awake, The Honey Thief, and Unravelling. Her short story collection, Have You Seen Me?, won the 1991 Drue Heinz […]
Carol Lynn McKibben: "Gender and Italian Immigration in California: A Monterey Case Study"
Regional context is of critical importance in understanding processes of migration. As well, gender analysis complicates group migration experiences. Dr. McKibben's talk will focus both on the economic and social environment of California and on the role of women in families that made for a migration experience for Sicilians that counters the usual narratives of […]
9th Annual Graduate Student Research Symposium
Grad students share their research by presenting either oral, media or posters with an awards ceremony immediately following along with a reception. Free and open to the public. Main floor conference rooms for orals and media presentations, hallways for poster presentations.