Past Calendar of Events
Year 2007-2008
June 23, 2008
3:00 pm
2008 National Endowment for the Humanities Seminar
Knight House
Knight House
Contact: Erin McCarthy at mccarthy.201@osu.edu
May 30, 2008
11:30 am
“Outreach and Creative Writing”
Knight House
Knight House
Graduate Student Interdisciplinary Seminar on Literacy Studies
Contact: Kristin White at white.1142@osu.edu
Contact: Kristin White at white.1142@osu.edu
May 29, 2008
6:30 pm
May 9, 2008
3:30 pm
Lusophonia: What Language Can and Cannot Do
255 Hagerty Hall
255 Hagerty Hall
Onesimo Almeida
Portuguese and Brazilian Studies, Brown University
Lusophone Globalicities Working Group
Contact: Richard Gordon at gordon.397@osu.edu
Portuguese and Brazilian Studies, Brown University
Lusophone Globalicities Working Group
Contact: Richard Gordon at gordon.397@osu.edu
May 8, 2008
4:00 pm
“Gender, Violence, and the Christian Apocalypse”
: Lee Quinby, Interdisciplinary Studies, CUNY
Knight House
Knight House
May 5, 2008
11:30 am
Student Lunch and Roundtable Discussion
: Davíd Carrasco, Latin American Studies, Harvard University, and Dancers of the Aztec Tradition
Knight House
Knight House
May 2, 2008
3:30 pm
Aesthetics, Politics, and Multiculturalism in Comparative Perspective
255 Hagerty Hall
255 Hagerty Hall
Robert Stam, Cinema Studies
New York University
Lusophone Globalicities Working Group
(contact gordon.397@osu.edu)
New York University
Lusophone Globalicities Working Group
(contact gordon.397@osu.edu)
May 1, 2008
4:00 pm
“Acquiring Literacy, Acquiring Freedom: Education Among Enslaved and Freedpeople in the American South”
: Heather Williams, History, African American History, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Knight House
Knight House
April 29, 2008
4:00 pm
"Current Trends in Narrative Theory: International Perspectives"
Knight House
Knight House
Anniken Greve, Comparative Literature, University of Tromsø, Norway
Per Krogh Hansen, Danish Literature and Narrative Studies, University of Southern Denmark
Ellen Spolsky, English, Bar-Ilan University, Israel
Richard Walsh, English and Related Literature, York University, UK
Co-sponsored with Project Narrative
Narrative and Cognition Working Group
Contact: David Herman at herman.145@osu.edu
Per Krogh Hansen, Danish Literature and Narrative Studies, University of Southern Denmark
Ellen Spolsky, English, Bar-Ilan University, Israel
Richard Walsh, English and Related Literature, York University, UK
Co-sponsored with Project Narrative
Narrative and Cognition Working Group
Contact: David Herman at herman.145@osu.edu
April 28, 2008
4:00 pm
“Spivak and Critical Regionalism”
: Joel Wainwright, Geography
Knight House
Knight House
April 25, 2008
10:00 am
April 25, 2008
10:00 am
Open House: “Thinking Back, Looking Forward”
Knight House
Knight House
April 25, 2008
11:30 am
“African Americans and Literacy”
: Lindsay Dicuirci, English
Knight House
Knight House
Graduate Student Interdisciplinary Seminar on Literacy Studies
Contact: Kristin White at white.1142@osu.edu
Contact: Kristin White at white.1142@osu.edu
April 25, 2008
3:30 pm
“Filmmaking and Society in Contemporary Angola”
: Ondjaki (Ndalu de Almeida), Writer and filmmaker, Angola
255 Hagerty Hall
255 Hagerty Hall
April 19, 2008
7:30 pm
11th Annual Symposium on Hispanic and Luso-Brazilian Literatures, Cultures, and Linguistics reception
Knight House
Knight House
Department of Spanish and Portuguese graduate students
Contact: Ian Tippets at tippets.2@osu.edu or Petra Rozell at rozell.2@osu.edu
Contact: Ian Tippets at tippets.2@osu.edu or Petra Rozell at rozell.2@osu.edu
April 18, 2008
10:00 am
Cultural Difference and Democracy Seminar
: Aihwa Ong, Social and Cultural Anthropology, University of California at Berkeley
Knight House
Knight House
April 17, 2008
4:00 pm
"Languages and Literacies" panel presentation
Knight House
Knight House
moderated by Marcia Farr, Education, Fritz Graf, Greek and Latin, James Unger, East Asian Languages and Literatures, Leslie Moore, Education and Human Ecology
Elaine Richardson, Education and Human Ecology
Literacy Studies
Contact: Harvey Graff at graff.40@osu.edu
Literacy Studies
Contact: Harvey Graff at graff.40@osu.edu
April 17, 2008
3:30 pm
“Neoliberalism as Global Form”
: Aihwa Ong, Social and Cultural Anthropology, University of California at Berkeley
1184 Postle Hall
1184 Postle Hall
April 11, 2008
10:00 am
Cultural Difference and Democracy Seminar
Knight House
Knight House
April 11, 2008
3:30 pm
Ethnic Studies Research and Working Group
Knight House
Knight House
Contact: Leslie Alexander at alexander.282@osu.edu
April 10, 2008
12:00 pm
"Deliberative Democracy and Dispute Resolution"
: Lawrence Susskind, Urban and Environmental Planning
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Moritz College of Law
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Moritz College of Law
April 7, 2008
10:00 am
“Tomoko Masuzawa's The Invention of World Religions” workshop
: Tomoko Masuzawa, History and Comparative Literature, University of Michigan, Jeffrey Kripal, Religious Studies, Rice University
Knight House
Knight House
co-sponsored with Near Eastern Languages and Cultures and the Center for the Study of Religion
Contact:Michael Swartz at swartz.69@osu.edu
Contact:Michael Swartz at swartz.69@osu.edu
April 5, 2008
April 4, 2008
3:30 pm
Native American Fiction: A User’s Manual discussion
: David Treuer, English, University of Minnesota, with Frederick Aldama, English
Knight House
Knight House
Ethnic Studies Research and Working Group
Reception to follow 5:00-6:00 pm
Contact: Maurice Stevens at stevens.368@osu.edu
Reception to follow 5:00-6:00 pm
Contact: Maurice Stevens at stevens.368@osu.edu
March 28, 2008
11:30 pm
“Creating a Cross-Disciplinary Model for Collaboration”
: Harvey Graff, English and History, Kelly Bradbury, English, Michael Harker, English, and Kate White, English
Knight House
Knight House
Graduate Student Interdisciplinary Seminar on Literacy Studies
Contact: Kristin White at white.1142@hotmail.com
Contact: Kristin White at white.1142@hotmail.com
March 27, 2008
4:00 pm
Two Kinds of Recognition Respect: Narrative and Truth in Human Relations"
: Steve Darwall, Philosophy
University of Michigan
Knight House
University of Michigan
Knight House
March 27, 2008
6:30 pm
March 7, 2008
11:00 am
-
1:00 pm
Compiling encyclopedias: how, why, for whom?
Knight House
Knight House
March 6, 2008
4:00 pm
"Hmong Literacy in Asia and America"
: John Duffy, English
University of Notre Dame
Knight House
University of Notre Dame
Knight House
February 29, 2008
11:30 am
“John Duffy Reading Discussion”
: Graduate Student Interdisciplinary Seminar on Literacy Studies
Knight House
Knight House
Contact: Kristin White at white.1142@osu.edu
February 28, 2008
6:30 pm
February 28, 2008
7:00 pm
"Image and Reality: Children and Childhood in European History"
: Birgitte Soland, History
Columbus Museum of Art
Columbus Museum of Art
in conjunction with the "Great Expectations: Aristocratic Children in European Portraiture" exhibition
Big Picture lecture series
Contact: Christian Zacher at zacher.1@osu.edu
Big Picture lecture series
Contact: Christian Zacher at zacher.1@osu.edu
February 27, 2008
4:00 pm
"Region in Critical International Relations"
: Ted Hopf, Political Science
Knight House
Knight House
February 21, 2008
4:00 pm
"Shipwreck Narratives and the Reinvention of Self"
: James V. Morrison, Classics
Centre College
Knight House
Centre College
Knight House
February 8, 2008
3:30 pm
"Presentation and Dicussion of Recent Work"
: Pedro Costa, Filmmaker
Portugal
255 Hagerty Hall
Portugal
255 Hagerty Hall
Co-sponsored with the Wexner Center
Lusophone Globalicities Working Group
Contact: Richard Gordon at gordon.397@osu.edu
Lusophone Globalicities Working Group
Contact: Richard Gordon at gordon.397@osu.edu
February 8, 2008
12:30 pm
"Disability in Kenya: A Collaborative Initiative"
Knight House
Knight House
Roundtable discussion with Philip Armstrong, Comparative Studies, Nina Berman, Germanic Languages and Literatures, Brenda Brueggeman, English, Marian Lupo and Brian Stone, Industrial Design and Visual Communication
Contact: Rick Livingston at livingston.28@osu.edu
Contact: Rick Livingston at livingston.28@osu.edu
January 31, 2008
4:00 pm
"Science Literacy" panel presentation
: Susan Fisher, Biology
Knight House
Knight House
January 31, 2008
6:30 pm
January 30, 2008
4:00 pm
"Linguistic Local Worlds: Approaches in linguistics and linguistic anthropology on region and distinction"
: Galey Modan, English, Mary Rose, Linguistics, and Kathryn Campbell-Kibler, Linguistics
Knight House
Knight House
January 27, 2008
2:00 pm
“Edna Boies Hopkins (1872-1937): Ohio Modernist Printmaker”
: Judith Sacks, affiliated scholar, American Studies, Kenyon College
Columbus Museum of Art
Columbus Museum of Art
In conjunction with the "Edna Boies Hopkins" exhibition
Big Picture lecture series
Contact: Christian Zacher at zacher.1@osu.edu
Big Picture lecture series
Contact: Christian Zacher at zacher.1@osu.edu
January 25, 2008
3:30 pm
January 25, 2008
3:30 pm
“History of the Book:”
: Beth Quitsland, Ohio University
168 Dulles
168 Dulles
History of the Book reading and discussion group.
Literacy Studies
Contact: Alan Farmer at farmer.109@osu.edu
Literacy Studies
Contact: Alan Farmer at farmer.109@osu.edu
January 25, 2008
3:30 pm
Ethnic Studies Research Group
Knight House
Knight House
January 25, 2008
11:30 am
"Multi-Modal/Visual Literacy"
: Graduate Student Interdisciplinary Seminar on Literacy Studies
Knight House
Knight House
Contact: Kristin White at white.1142@osu.edu
January 24, 2008
6:30 pm
January 20, 2008
10:00 am
Ohio Chautauqua 2008 rehearsal
Knight House
Knight House
January 17, 2008
8:00 am
-
January 18, 2008
Comparative Studies Graduate Conference
Knight House
Knight House
Contact: Philip Armstrong at armstrong.202@osu.edu
January 10, 2008
6:30 pm
November 30, 2007
11:30 am
Publishing Literacy Studies: OSU Journals
: Graduate Student Interdisciplinary Seminar on Literacy Studies
Knight House
Knight House
(contact white.1142@osu.edu)
November 15, 2007
7:00 pm
"Larger Than Life Stories: Aminah Robinson’s Water Street Journeys"
: Amy Shuman, English
Columbus Museum of Art
Columbus Museum of Art
In conjunction with the "Along Water Street: New Work by Aminah Brenda Lynn Robinson" exhibition
Big Picture Lecture Series
(contact zacher.1@osu.edu)
Big Picture Lecture Series
(contact zacher.1@osu.edu)
November 9, 2007
3:30 pm
"Satin Slippers, Vain Glories, and Talking Pictures: Manoel de Oliveira Looks at the World."
: Randal Johnson, Spanish and Portuguese
255 Hagerty Hall
255 Hagerty Hall
November 5, 2007
4:00 pm
"Unreadable Minds"
: Porter Abbott, English
Knight House
Knight House
Co-sponsored with Project Narrative
University of California, Santa Barbara
Narrative and Cognition Working Group
(contact langendorfer.2@osu.edu)
Presented with "Social Minds" by Alan Palmer.
November 5, 2007
4:00 pm
"Social Minds"
: Alan Palmer, independent scholar, London
Knight House
Knight House
Workshop on Cognitive Narratology
Co-sponsored with Project Narrative
Narrative and Cognition Working Group
(contact langendorfer.2@osu.edu)
Presented with "Unreadable Minds" by Porter Abbott.
November 2, 2007
3:30 pm
"Building a Social World through Conversational Narrative"
: Joann Bromberg, independent scholar
Knight House
Knight House
Co-sponsored with Project Narrative
Narrative and Cognition Working Group
(contact herman.145@osu.edu)
November 1, 2007
4:00 pm
Varieties of Reading Experience: Women and Literacy in Nineteenth-Century America
: Barbara Sicherman, History, Women's Studies
Knight House
Knight House
October 26, 2007
11:30 am
Reading Barbara Sicherman
: Graduate Student Interdisciplinary Seminar on Literacy Studies
Knight House
Knight House
(contact white.1142@osu.edu)
October 23, 2007
4:00 pm
"Music as a Medium for the Management of Social Uncertainty"
: Ian Cross, Music and Science
Faculty Club, Rooms A-D
Faculty Club, Rooms A-D
October 19, 2007
4:00 pm
"Narrative and Ideaology after Althusser"
: Eugene Holland, Comparative Studies and French and Italian
Knight House
Knight House
Co-sponsored with Project Narrative.
Narrative and Cognition Working Group
(contact herman.145@osu.edu)
Narrative and Cognition Working Group
(contact herman.145@osu.edu)
October 18, 2007
7:00 pm
"Risky Representations: Seeing Ourselves/Being Seen By Others"
: Richelle Schrock, Women's Studies
Columbus Museum of Art
Columbus Museum of Art
In conjunction with the "Stories From the Somali Diaspora: Photographs by Abdi Roble" exhibition
Big Picture Lecture Series
(contact zacher.1@osu.edu)
Big Picture Lecture Series
(contact zacher.1@osu.edu)
October 16, 2007
4:00 pm
"The Art of Books"
: Robert Tauber, Book Arts Specialist
Knight House
Knight House
OSU Libraries' Logan Elm Press
Literacy Studies
(contact graff.40@osu.edu)
October 9, 2007
4:30 pm
Arts in the Brain
: Herbert Lindenberger, English and Comparative Literature; Stanford University
Knight House, 104 East 15th Avenue, Columbus, OH 43201
Knight House, 104 East 15th Avenue, Columbus, OH 43201
(contact aldama.1@osu.edu)
