CLST ANNUAL OPEN HOUSE

October 30, 2013 - 5:00pm to 7:00pm

"Where in the World is Cultural Studies?" is the theme of this year's CLST annual open house, to be held 30 Oct. in Wesley W. Posvar Hall 4130, from 5 to 7 P.M.  Director Ron Zboray will welcome nonCLST-affiliated students and faculty members who are interested in CLST, as well as continuing certificate students and affiliated faculty, for an evening of mini-lectures, discussions, Q&A, food, and socializaing.  The invited speakers will address the current state and future prospects of cultural studies in different regions around the globe.  Randall Halle, the Klaus W. Jonas Professor of German Flm and Cultural Studies, who will be teaching the CLST Common Seminar, Cultural Dis/Union, in Spring 2014, will discuss via Skype from Germany his upcoming course amid his initiative to launch a European Cultural Studies doctoral program.  A panel of speakers, will then address cultural studies in East Asia (Associate Professor Akiko Hashimoto from Sociology), Africa (Associate Professor Susan Z. Andrade from English), Latin America (Associate Professor Joshua Lund from Hispanic Languages and Literatures and Film Studies), and South Asia (Assistant Professor Laura C. Brown from Anthropology). Ron Zboray (Professor of Communication) will chair the panel and field questions regarding AngloAmerica.  

Spring 2014 CLST course descriptions will be on hand, as will several faculty members who will be teaching those crosslisted courses.  CLST representatives (the Director, Program Administrator, and some Departmental Liaisons) will be available to answer informally questions about the program. A splendid time is guaranteed for all.

The Program:

5:00-5:05 Ron Zboray, Director's Welcome

5:05-5:35 Randall Halle, Common Seminar and European Cultural Studies, with Q&A

5:35-5:50 Akiko Hashimoto on East Asia, with Q&A

5:50-6:05 Susan Z. Andrade on Africa, with Q&A

6:05-6:20 Joshua Lund on Latin America, with Q&A

6:20-6:35 Laura C. Brown on South Asia, with Q&A

6:35-6:45 Open discussion

6:45-7:00 Informal mingling

 

Location and Address

4130 Wesley W. Posvar Hall, 230 South Bouquet Street, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh PA 15260

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