Humanities Spring '09 Symposium
VISUAL CULTURE AND SOCIAL ENGAGEMENT
April 22 – 24, 2009
Wednesday, April 22
4:15 pm
Rosenfield Center, Room 101
Kembrew McLeod, Associate Professor of Communication Studies
University of Iowa
“Copyrights, Trademarks and Patents, Oh My! Resisting the Privatization of Culture”
8:00 pm
Harris Center Cinema
Kathe Kollwitz and Frida Kahlo, Guerrilla Girls
“Making Trouble with the Guerrilla Girls”
Thursday, April 23
11:00 am
Rosenfield Center, Room 101
Jeanette Roan, Visiting Scholar and Lecturer in the Humanities
“Global Positionings: Transnational Visions of Asian/American Film”
4:15 pm
Rosenfield Center, Room 101
Lisa Cartwright, Professor of Communication and Science Studies
University of California at San Diego
“Expression and Empathy in Visual Culture”
Friday, April 24
11:00 am
ARH 302
Grant Custer '08, Humanities Post-Baccalaureate Fellow
“Graphic Design and Surplus Value: Reading the /Text/ure,”
4:15 pm
Forum, South Lounge
Concluding Round Table
Panel Members: Vance Byrd, Jeanette Roan, Lee Emma Running and Lesley Wright
5:30 – 6:30 pm
Opening Reception: The Lady Doth Protest Too Much: Protest Art as an Expression of American Identity. Curated by Allison Rosenthal ’09.
Burling Library Art Gallery
Sponsors: Center for the Humanities, Art Department, Office of Diversity & Achievement, Faulconer Gallery, and the Louise R. Noun Program in Women’s Studies.
