Thursday, December 1, The American Literatures and Cultures workshop in collaboration with the Social History workshop present:

Chris Dingwall, Ph.D. Candidate, Department of History, presenting a chapter from his dissertation.

“Staging Slavery: Race, Memory, and Mass Amusement, 1893-1913″

Susannah Engstrom will be commenting on the paper.

This workshop will be held in Social Sciences 106 at 4:30 p.m. PLEASE NOTE THE UNUSUAL DATE AND LOCATION.

The American Literatures and Cultures workshop is (usually) held in Rosenwald 405 at 4:30pm on alternate Wednesdays.

Any person with a disability who feels that they may need assistance to participate fully in this event should contact Megan Tusler at tusler(at)uchicago.edu or Amanda Davis at aleighdavis(at)uchicago.edu.

The American Literatures and Cultures Workshop is delighted to welcome Andrew Yale, PhD student in English, presenting a chapter from his dissertation, Accumulating History in 20th Century US Poetry and Art Practice.

Between Machine and Animal:
Henry Mercer’s Archaeological Aesthetics

Katherine Krywokulski, respondent.

The American Literatures and Cultures workshop meets alternating Wednesdays in Rosenwald 405 at 4:30.

Any person with a disability who feels they may need assistance to participate fully in this event should contact Megan Tusler at tusler(at)uchicago.edu or Amanda Davis at aleighdavis(at)uchicago.edu.

THE FORENSIC TRAIL AND THE EVIDENCE OF JIM CROW:

WILLIAM FAULKNER’S INTRUDER IN THE DUST (1948)

The paper can be downloaded here until Wednesday evening:

rachelwatson

The workshop will meet in Gates-Blake 324 on Wednesday, November 16, at 4:30pm. PLEASE NOTE THE UNUSUAL LOCATION.

Jose Antonio Arellano, respondant.

The American Literatures and Cultures workshop meets every other Wednesday at 4:30pm in Rosenwald 405.

Any persons with a disability who feel they may need assistance should contact Amanda Davis at aleighdavis (at) uchicago.edu or Megan Tusler at tusler (at) uchicago.edu.

The American Literatures and Cultures Workshop and The Social Theory Workshop welcome

Shannon Mariotti, Assistant Professor, Southwestern University

Presenting a chapter from her forthcoming book, Adorno and Democracy in America: Countertendencies, Imminent Critique, and Democratic Pedagogy.

Persons with a disability who feel they may need assistance can contact the coordinators at tusler(at)uchicago.edu or aleighdavis(at)uchicago.edu.

Shannon Mariotti received her doctorate in political theory from Cornell University in 2006. Her research focuses on 19th century American Transcendental thought and 20th century Critical Social Theory. She has published articles on Adorno, Thoreau, Emerson, and Du Bois in journals such as Political Theory and Telos and volumes such as A Political Companion to Henry David Thoreau.