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Spectacle and Speculation
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
Brandeis University - February 28, 2004
Levine-Ross Auditorium
in Hassenfeld Conference Center
- Registration 8:00am-8:30am
- Breakfast 8:30am-9:00am
- Panel I - 9:00am-10:30am
Revolting Bodies, Embodying Revolt
- Break 10:30am-10:45am
- Panel II - 10:45am-12:15pm
The Spectacle of Class Maintenance in the 19th Century
- Lunch 12:15pm-1:30pm
- Panel III - 1:30pm-3:00pm
Spectacular Economies: Commodification and Resistance in Consumer Culture
- Panel IV 3:00pm-4:30pm
Mapping Spectatorship: Borders, Anxiety and Desire
Rapaporte Treasure Hall
in Goldfarb Library
- Keynote Address 5:00pm-6:00pm
Paul Morrison, "Giving Head"
- Reception 6:00pm-7:00pm
CONFERENCE PAPERS
Levine-Ross Auditorium
in Hassenfeld Conference Center
Panel I
Revolting Bodies, Embodying Revolt
Panel Chair: Rebecca Olson, Brandeis University
9:00am-10:30am
- "Bodies and Access in Marlowe's Edward II," Andrew
Bligh, University of California, Riverside
- "Satanic Spectacle: The Anxiety of Theatricality in Milton's
Paradise Regained" Vanita Neelakanta, Brandeis University
Panel II
The Spectacle of Class Maintenance in the 19th Century
Panel Chair: Danielle Coriale, Brandeis University
10:45am-12:15pm
- "The Alchemy of Art and the Defect of the Real: Guy Debord's
Aesthetic Theory in Henry James's 'The Real Thing'," Brian Gempp,
University of Tennessee at Knoxville
- "The Sewer as Spectacle: Speculation on Sanitation," Edward
Lessor, Syracuse University
- "Embodiment of the King: An Apotheosis of King Arthur as a Spectacle
of Empire," Doug Kirshen, Brandeis University
- "Remembering and Dismembering the War: Whitman's Specimen Days
and the Body," Mark Feldman, University of California, Berkeley
Panel III
Spectacular Economies: Commodification & Resistance in Consumer
Culture
Panel Chair: Melanie Doherty, Brandeis University
1:30pm-3:00pm
- "Critiquing the Spectacle: Revolutionary Vigor in White Noise,"
Aaron Ritzenberg, Brandeis University
- "Luxury for $25: The Revolutionary Potential of Target Marketing,"
Katy Hanggi, Boston College
- "Recuperation and Detournement in American Hip-Hop," Justin
Young, University of Oklahoma
- "'...to test its force on his own skin' or 'how to give up your
hamster': Perversion & Ideology in Bunuel and Anderson," Mikel
Parent, Brandeis University
Panel IV
Mapping Spectatorship: Borders, Anxiety and Desire
Panel Chair: Daniel Worden, Brandeis University
3:00pm-4:30pm
- "Ford Madox Ford and the Cinematic Gaze," Christina Furtado,
Fordham University
- "Spectacle and Speculation on the U.S.-Mexico Border: Performance
Art," Jason Chang, University of Massachusetts at Amherst
- "Las Vegas: Spectacular Depth," Brighde Mullins, Harvard
University
KEYNOTE ADDRESS
Rapaporte Treasure Hall
in Goldfarb Library
5:00pm-6:00pm
- "Giving Head"
Paul Morrison, Brandeis University
reception to follow
this page updated February 29, 2004
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