Spring 2019 English Department Colloquium Schedule (abbreviated)
[As always, please be on the lookout for adjustments/additions.]
All events are at 3:00 PM on Thursday in KUY 410 unless otherwise specified; unusual dates/times are bolded and/or marked with asterisks.
3/5 Kristiana Kahakauwila, “Writing from Two Shores: Composing a Novel of Diaspora and Return” (job talk)
3/7 Lydia Brugué Botia, Universitat de Vic
“The Snow Queer: Female Characterization in Walt Disney’s Frozen”
3/14 Katherine R. Larson, University of Toronto
“Breath of Sirens: Animating Song and Women’s Song Performance in Early Modern England”
3/21 Spring Break
3/28 Chadwick Lecture: Robert Warrior, University of Kansas
“Intellectual Health in the AIDS Journals of David Warrior”
4/4 English Represents!: An Undergraduate Showcase
Presentation of Work in Undergraduate English Classes from 100+ to 400+, followed by opportunity to socialize
4/11 Department Meeting
4/18 Stacey Waite, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
“Queering Classroom Norms”
4/25 John Gagnon
“Rhetorical Operations: A Story About the Surveillance State, Hyperconnectivity, and Disinformation in the Post-Truth Era”
5/2 Department Meeting
*F 5/3 12:00 Department Party