Month: October 2014

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Wednesday, October 15: Karen J. Sanchez-Eppler

Please join us in welcoming Karen Sanchez-Eppler to American Cultures!
Karen Sanchez-Eppler, L. Stanton Williams 1941 Professor of American Studies and English, Amherst College
“‘Remember, Dear, when the Yankees came through here I was only ten years old’: Valuing the Enslaved Child of the WPA Slave Narratives”
Wednesday, October 15 at 4:30 pm, Rosenwald 405
Please contact Andrew Inchiosa at andrew.inchiosa AT gmail.com for a copy of the paper.
After the workshop, we will be holding a dinner to celebrate Professor Sanchez-Eppler’s visit to Chicago. Please RSVP to Andrew (andrew.inchiosa AT gmail.com) if you would like to attend the dinner. All are welcome!
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Wednesday, October 8: Hillary Chute

Please join us in welcoming Hillary Chute to the workshop!

Hillary Chute, Associate Professor of English, University of Chicago

Presenting “Seeing New,” the Introduction to “Disaster is My Muse”: Visual Witnessing, Comics, and Documentary Form (under contract with Harvard University Press)

Wednesday, October 8, 4:30 pm, Rosenwald 405

Please e-mail Andrew Inchiosa at andrew.inchiosa AT gmail.com for a copy of the paper.

Light refreshments will be served.

 

 

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Autumn 2014 Schedule

We are excited to announce our schedule for Autumn 2014!

All events will be held from 4:30 to 6:00 pm in Rosenwald 405, unless otherwise noted.
Papers will be circulated one week in advance of each workshop.

 

Wednesday, October 8: Hillary Chute, Associate Professor of English, University of Chicago
“Seeing New,” Introduction to “Disaster is My Muse”: Visual Witnessing, Comics, and Documentary Form

 

Wednesday, October 15: Karen Sanchez-Eppler, Professor of English and American Studies, Amherst College
“‘Remember, Dear, when the Yankees came through here I was only ten years old’: Valuing the Enslaved Child of the WPA Slave Narratives”

 

Tuesday, October 28 in Walker 403: Richard Jean So, Assistant Professor of English, University of Chicago
“Globalization of the MFA: Chinese and Taiwanese Writers at Iowa”
(Please note unusual day and location)

 

Wednesday, November 5: Alexander Whitlyn Jacobs, Department of English, University of Chicago
“”Discouraging Realism: Black Self-Help Guides at the Turn of the Century”

 

Wednesday, December 3: Jeffrey Hamilton Boggs, Department of English, University of Chicago
“Planetary Air”
These events are free and open to the public. We are committed to making our workshop fully accessible to persons with disabilities. Questions or concerns should be directed to Andrew Inchiosa at andrew.inchiosa@gmail.com.