American Cultures Workshop


	American Cultures Workshop
		AT THEUNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO

The American Cultures Workshop meets on alternate Wednesdays from 4:30-6:00 pm in Rosenwald 405
Through collaborative discussions and student presentations, this workshop seeks to create a forum for interdepartmental interaction and interdisciplinary research projects. We strive to promote the canonical diversity and comparative approaches that have become critical to the analysis of American cultures. We also investigate thematic, methodological, and pedagogical issues across historical periods within the field of American Studies. Workshop sessions reflect the research interests of participants and feature presentations by students and faculty from within and outside the University of Chicago. Past workshop presentations have included literary analysis, investigations into visual culture, and historical recovery projects.
Spring 2008 Schedule April 9 TreaAndrea Russworm, graduate student in English, University of Chicago, presents "Reading Blaxploitation/Pulping Blackness: Underworld Masculinities and the Flight From Mutuality." April 23 Henry Scotch, graduate student in English, University of Chicago, presents "Margaret Fuller's New Nomos: the Respatialization of America in Summer on the Lakes." May 7 Nathan Wolff, graduate student in English, University of Chicago, presents "Mark Twain and 'Emotional Insanity' in The Gilded Age." May 20, Haskell 315 (*Please note unusual date and location). This workshop is co-sponsored by the Workshop on US Locations. Susan Lepselter, Assistant Professor in Communication and Culture and American Studies, Indiana University, presents "Strange Containments: Indians, UFOs and Captivity in American Narrative Culture." May 28, Cobb 104 (Please note unusual date and location*). Bill Orchard, graduate student in English, University of Chicago, presents "'[L]ike a crazed eyeglass': Junot Díaz's Graphic Fiction." Click here for the paper. Click here for past workshop schedules.
Faculty Sponsors: Eric Slauter, Department of English Raul Coronado, Department of English Graduate Student Coordinators: Melissa Barton, Department of English Tom Perrin, Department of English For further information on the workshop, please contact Tom Perrin or Melissa Barton.