Archive Information

September 25
3:00 pm
120 Mershon Center

Voice and Inequality: The Transformation of American Civic Democracy”
Theda Skocpol, Harvard University
Co-sponsored with the Mershon Center for International Security Studies, its Citizenship Project, and the Center for Interdisciplinary Law and Policy Studies
Cultural Difference and Democracy Working Group
(contact shank.46@osu.edu)

September 28
4:00 pm

“The Role of Parents in Literacy Acquisition: Historical Evidence”
John Murray, Economics
University of Toledo
Literacy Studies Working Group
(contact graff.40@osu.edu)

September 29
11:00 am

"Lacanian Psychoanalysis and Narrative Theory: Toward a Rapprochement”
Teemu Iknonen, Comparative Literature
University of Helsinki, Finland
Project Narrative, in conjunction with the
Narrative and Cognition Working Group
(contact mchale.11@osu.edu)

September 29
11:30 am

" Visual Literacy "
Graduate Student Interdisciplinary Seminar on Literacy Studies
(contact white.1142@osu.edu)

October 7-8
Statehouse
Downtown Columbus

" Engaging Through Place "
Imagining America 6th Annual National Conference
(contact lantz.38@osu.edu)

October 8-10
Renaissance Hotel
Downtown Columbus

" Engaging Through Place/Engagement Through the Disciplines "
Imagining America/Outreach Scholarship Joint Conference
(contact lantz.38@osu.edu)

October 9
3:30 pm

" Violence: Mediations and Meditations in Creative Spaces "
Christina Grijalva,
University of San Francisco
Narrative and Cognition Working Group
(contact aldama.1@osu.edu)

October 17
4:00 pm

" Civic Literacy "
Susan Metros (Industrial, Interior and Visual Communication Design),
Peter Shane (Law), Lewis Ulman (English and College of Humanities),
Panel disussion moderated by Anne Fields (University Libraries)
Literacy Studies Working Group
(contact fields.179@osu.edu)

October 20
3:30 pm

Ethnic Studies Research Group
(contact stevens.368@osu.edu)

October 23
3:30 pm

" From Trauma to Narrative: Temporalizing Experience in Ethnic Literatures "
Deborah Madsen, American Literature and Culture
University of Geneva, Switzerland
Narrative and Cognition Working Group
(contact aldama.1@osu.edu)

October 26
3:30 pm

" 'Seeing' Transfrontera Feminist Spiritual Identities in Chicana Prose, Photographic, and Cinematic Narratives "
Theresa Delgadillo, Latina Visual Narrative
University of Notre Dame
Co-sponsored with CIRIT
Narrative and Cognition Working Group
(contact aldama.1@osu.edu)

October 27
12:00 noon
120 Mershon Center

" Protest Music as Responsible Citizenship "
Holly Near, singer, songwriter, activist
Cultures in Disputed Territories Working Group
(contact horowitz.36@osu.edu)

October 27
11:30 am

" Civic Literacy "
Graduate Student Interdisciplinary Seminar on Literacy Studies
(contact white.1142@osu.edu)

November 2
11:30 am

" Your Brain on Latino Comics "
Frederick Aldama, English
Horizons lecture series (lunch by reservation only)
(contact zacher.1@osu.edu)

November 4
9:00 am
King Arts Complex
827 Mt. Vernon Ave

" On Public Art "
Greg Esser, Public Art Network of Americans for the Arts
Columbus Public Art Summit
co-sponsored with College of the Arts
Building Public Space Initiative
(contact livingston.28@osu.edu)

November 6
4:00 pm
Law School Auditorium

" Twilight of Sovereignty or the Emergence of Cosmopolitan Norms?
Rethinking Citizenship in Volatile Times "
Seyla Benhabib, Political Science and Philosophy
Yale University
Cultural Difference and Democracy Working Group
(contact shank.46@osu.edu)

November 8
4:00 pm
1180 Postle Hall

" Sociolinguistics and Literacy Education "
William Labov, Linguistics
University of Pennsylvania
Co-sponsored with the College of Education and Human Ecology
and the Department of English
Literacy Studies Working Group
(contact farr.18@osu.edu)

November 10
3:30 pm

"José María Heredia:  A Poet without a Homeland"
Rafael Saumell, Foreign Languages
Sam Houston State University
Narrative and Cognition Working Group
(contact aldama.1@osu.edu)

November 13
3:30 pm

" Temporal Cognition and Narrative Engagement "
Jesse Matz, Literary Theory, Cognitive Theory and the Arts
Kenyon College
Narrative and Cognition Working Group
(contact aldama.1@osu.edu)

November 17
11:30 am

" Teaching Writing Across the University "
Graduate Student Interdisciplinary Seminar on Literacy Studies
(contact white.1142@osu.edu)

November 19
2:00 pm Columbus Museum of Art

" Blur: Landscape's Shifting Image "
Jason Kentner, Architecture
In conjunction with "The Quiet Landscapes of William B. Post" exhibition
The Big Picture lecture series
(contact zacher.1@osu.edu)

November 29
2:30 pm
145 Hagerty Hall

" Synchrotext: Using Digital Media to Preserve, Present, and Project Intangible Cultural Heritage into the Future "
Peter Seitel, Senior Folklorist
Center for Folklore and Cultural Heritage Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC
Cultures in Disputed Territories Working Group
(contact horowitz.36@osu.edu)

Upcoming Events

January 7
10:00 am

2007 Ohio Chautauqua rehearsal
(contact lantz.38@osu.edu)

February 8
7:00 pm
Columbus Museum of Art

" Mauritius, Island of the Lost "
John Wenzel, Biological Sciences
In conjunction with the "Harrio Kallio: Dodos and Mauritius Island" exhibition
The Big Picture lecture series
(contact zacher.1@osu.edu)

February 21
11:30 am

" Horizons lecture series "
Lisa Downing, Philosophy
Horizons lecture series
(lunch by reservation only)
(contact zacher.1@osu.edu)

March 2
3:30 pm

" Wayfinding, Narrative, Evolution, and Ontology "
Nancy Easterlin,
University of New Orleans
Narrative and Cognition Working Group
(contact aldama.1@osu.edu)

March 5 or 7

" Mexican Cinematic Narratives "
Gerardo Cummings,
Bowling Green State University
Narrative and Cognition Working Group
(contact aldama.1@osu.edu)

March 15
7:00 pm
Columbus Museum of Art

" Flat is the New Deep "
John McMorrough, Architecture
In conjunction with the "Optic Nerve: Perceptual Art of the 1960s" exhibition
The Big Picture lecture series
(contact zacher.1@osu.edu)

April 4
Time TBA
Wexner Center Auditorium

" Comics and Storytelling "
Scott McCloud, cartoonist and author
co-sponsored with the Cartoon Research Library, Department of English, Digital Literacy Studies, Project Narrative, the Wexner,
Narrative and Cognition Working Group, the Literacy Studies Working Group
(contact graff.40@osu.edu)

April 12
11:30 am

" Horizons lecture series "
Cynthia Selfe, English
Horizons lecture series
(lunch by reservation only)
(contact zacher.1@osu.edu)

May
Time and Location TBA

Michael Cole,
University of California, San Diego
Literacy Studies Working Group
(contact graff.40@osu.edu)

Date TBA
11:30 am

" Being a Professor and all that comes with it in the 21st Century "
Judson Jeffries, Director, African and African-American Studies
Community Extension Center
Horizons lecture series (lunch by reservation only)
(contact zacher.1@osu.edu)