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