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Brandeis University
Department of English and American Literature

415 South St.
MS 023 - Rabb 144
Waltham MA 02454

781-736-2130

Graduate Student Conference
Saturday, February 28, 2004
9:00 am-5:00 pm

Free and Open to the Public

Renaissance or Hip Hop? Examine spectacle in fiction, film, economics, and geography at this one-day conference of speakers and panel discussions.

Keynote address by Paul Morrison,
Professor of English and American Literature.

Presented by the English department and cosponsored by the GSAS.


SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
Levine-Ross Auditorium
in Hassenfeld Conference Center
Rapaporte Treasure Hall
in Goldfarb Library
Registration
8:00am-8:30am
Keynote Address
"Giving Head"
Breakfast
8:30am-9:00am
Paul Morrison, Brandeis University
5:00pm-6:00pm
Panel I
Revolting Bodies, Embodying Revolt
9:00am-10:30am
Reception
6:00pm-7:00pm
Break
10:30am-10:45am
Panel II
The Spectacle of Class Maintenance in the 19th Century
10:45am-12:15pm
Lunch
12:15pm-1:30pm
Panel III
Spectacular Economies: Commodification and Resistance in Consumer Culture
1:30pm-3:00pm
Panel IV
Mapping Spectatorship: Borders, Anxiety and Desire
3:00pm-4:30pm


this page updated February 23, 2004