The Cultural Studies Colloquium Series: 2001-2002
Fall 2001
Thursday, 15 November 2001
Scott M. Schönfeldt-Aultman, Cultural Studies, UC Davis
“Monument(al) Meaning-Making: The Battle of Blood River/Ncome, The Day of the Vow/The Day of Reconciliation and Site-ing/Cite-ing South African Identities”
Winter 2002
Thursday, 7 February 2002
Carolyn de la Peña, American Studies, UC Davis
“Reading Electric Belts: Sex, Technology, and the Modern Male Body”
Co-sponsored by Northern/Central UC Consortium of Women’s Studies Programs and Research Centers at UC Berkeley, UC Davis, UC San Francisco, UC Santa Barbara, UC Santa Cruz, and UCRI; Women & Gender Studies; the Consortium for Women & Research; Davis Humanities Institute; Women’s Research and Resource Center; Center for History, Society, and Culture; English; Comparative Literature; African American and African Studies; French; and Spanish
Thursday, 14 February 2002
Jeffrey Ruda, Art History, UCD
“Satan’s Body”
Co-sponsored by Northern/Central UC Consortium of Women’s Studies Programs and Research Centers at UC Berkeley, UC Davis, UC San Francisco, UC Santa Barbara, UC Santa Cruz, and UCRI; Women & Gender Studies; the Consortium for Women & Research; Davis Humanities Institute; Women’s Research and Resource Center; Center for History, Society, and Culture; English; Comparative Literature; African American and African Studies; French; and Spanish
Thursday, 21 February 2002
Karen Shimakawa, Theatre & Dance and Asian American Studies, UC Davis
“Performing the Immigrant Body: New Culture for a New Century”
Co-sponsored by Northern/Central UC Consortium of Women’s Studies Programs and Research Centers at UC Berkeley, UC Davis, UC San Francisco, UC Santa Barbara, UC Santa Cruz, and UCRI; Women & Gender Studies; the Consortium for Women & Research; Davis Humanities Institute; Women’s Research and Resource Center; Center for History, Society, and Culture; English; Comparative Literature; African American and African Studies; French; and Spanish
Thursday, 28 February 2002
Rosa Linda Fregoso, Latin American & Latino Studies, UC Santa Cruz
“Voices Without Echoes”
Co-sponsored by Northern/Central UC Consortium of Women’s Studies Programs and Research Centers at UC Berkeley, UC Davis, UC San Francisco, UC Santa Barbara, UC Santa Cruz, and UCRI; Women & Gender Studies; the Consortium for Women & Research; Davis Humanities Institute; Women’s Research and Resource Center; Center for History, Society, and Culture; English; Comparative Literature; African American and African Studies; French; and Spanish
Thursday, 7 March 2002
Roger Rouse, Anthropology, UC Davis
“Cuddly Capitalism: Neoliberal Legitimation and the Meanings of Bill Clinton’s Body
Co-sponsored by Northern/Central UC Consortium of Women’s Studies Programs and Research Centers at UC Berkeley, UC Davis, UC San Francisco, UC Santa Barbara, UC Santa Cruz, and UCRI; Women & Gender Studies; the Consortium for Women & Research; Davis Humanities Institute; Women’s Research and Resource Center; Center for History, Society, and Culture; English; Comparative Literature; African American and African Studies; French; and Spanish
Thursday, 14 March 2002
Denise Carvalho-Bergstrom, Graduate Student, Cultural Studies, UC Davis
“The Body as Agency for Social Change in Urban Space”
Co-sponsored by Northern/Central UC Consortium of Women’s Studies Programs and Research Centers at UC Berkeley, UC Davis, UC San Francisco, UC Santa Barbara, UC Santa Cruz, and UCRI; Women & Gender Studies; the Consortium for Women & Research; Davis Humanities Institute; Women’s Research and Resource Center; Center for History, Society, and Culture; English; Comparative Literature; African American and African Studies; French; and Spanish
Spring 2002
Friday, 5 April 2002
Cultural Studies Conference: “Undisciplined Bodies: Feminist Perspectives on Gender and Sexuality”
Invited Speakers: Carole Joffe, Sociology and Women and Gender Studies, UC Davis; Laury Oaks, Women’s Studies, Santa; Yvette Flores-Ortiz, Chicano/a Studies, UC Davis; Amy Hudock, Women’s Studies, UC Berkeley; Adele Clarke, Sociology, UC San Francisco; Eileen Boris, Women’s Studies, UC Santa Barbara; Juliet Williams, Women’s Studies and Law & Society, UC Santa Barbara; Trish Moran, English, UC Davis; Laura Grindstaff, Sociology, UC Davis; Barbara Sellers-Young, Theatre & Dance, UC Davis; Ines Hernandez-Avila, Native American Studies, UC Davis
Thursday, 25 April 2002
Laura Grindstaff, Sociology, UC Davis
“(Not) a Class Act: Talk Shows, Tabloidization, and the Ethics of White Trash Television”
Thursday, 2 May 2002
José Esteban Muñoz, Performance Studies, New York University
“Cruising Utopia: Figuring Queer Futurity”
Thursday, 9 May 2002
Jennifer Terry, Women’s Studies, UC Berkeley
“Homoerotic Flows: Sexual Rights in Transnational Perspective”
Thursday, 30 May 2002
John Sloop, Communication Studies, Vanderbilt University
“Lucy Lobdell’s Queer Circumstances”