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UPCOMING EVENTS

~ PUBLIC LECTURES ~

Tuesday, December 1, 2009
7:30 p.m., Georgian Room, IMU

Jonathan Fein, Documentary Filmmaker and Independent Scholar
Location Matters: Grounding Creolization in the Caribbean Imagination

Native American Heritage Month - November

Monday, November 30, 2009
4:00 p.m., Bryan Room, IMU

Christina Snyder, Assistant Professor of American Studies and History
Indiana University
Discussion of forthcoming book: Becoming Brothers & Sisters: Captive Adoption in Southern Indian Societies


~ WORKSHOPS / CONFERENCES ~

The College Arts & Humanities Institutes (CAHI) Workshop Series, 2009-10

Cultural Conflict in Early America and the Atlantic World

These workshops are sponsored by the College Arts and Humanities Institute as well as by the departments of English and History, the American Studies program, and the School of Journalism. Organized by Professor Sarah Knott (History).

Contact Lauren Miller for access to pre-circulated papers.

Friday, November 20, 2009
2:00 - 4:00 p.m., CAHI Conference Room

David Waldstreicher
Professor, History Department, Temple University
The Wheatleyan Moment: A Reconsideration of Slavery, Political Culture, and the American Revolution


PAST EVENTS

Monday, November 16, 2009
4:00 p.m., Walnut Room, IMU

THREE HISTORIANS OF BRAZIL

Brodwyn Fischer, Professor of History
Northwestern University
Mocambos, Favelas, and the Puzzles of Underdevelopment in 20th Century Brazil

Ivana Stolze Lima, Professor History
Fundacao Casa de Rui Barbosa
African Slaves & Portuguese Language in Brazil

Francisco Teixeira Portugal, Professor of Psychology
Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
Language, Tradition & Evolutionism in Brazil's First Republic: The Divergent Approach of Manoel Bomfim


Thursday, November 12, 2009
4:30 p.m., Oak Room, IMU

J. Michael Dash, Professor of French
New York University
Location Matters: Grounding Creolization in the Caribbean Imagination


November 5 - 8, 2009

American Studies Association (ASA) Annual Conference - 2009
Renaissance Washington Hotel
999 9th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001


Thursday, November 5, 2009
6:30 p.m., Morrison Hall, Room 007

Diana Taylor
Professor, Performance Studies and Spanish, New York University
The Annual Richard Bauman Lecture: Trauma as Durational Performance: A Walk Through Villa Grimaldi with Pedro Matta


Thursday, October 22, 2009
5:00 p.m., College Arts and Humanities Institute, 1211 E. Atwater Ave.

Sarah Knott
Professor, History, IU Bloomington
Discusses her book: Sensibility and the American Revolution


Monday, October 12, 2009
4:30 p.m., Dogwood Room, IMU

Cynthia Bejarano
Professor, Criminal Justice, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces
Terrorizing Women: Witnessing Fear and Feminicides in Chihuahua, Mexico


Friday, October 2, 2009
2:00 - 4:00 p.m., CAHI Conference Room

Kathleen Donegan
Professor, English Department, UCLA, Berkeley
Left in Virginia: Or, What Happened in Roanoke


Monday, September 28, 2009
2:00 p.m., Dogwood Room, IMU

Anna Brickhouse
Associate Professor, American Studies, Hemispheric Studies
University of Virginia
The Story of Don Luis de Velasco: Failed Translations and the Future of Hemispheric Studies