The Cultural Studies Colloquium Series: 2002-2003
Fall 2002
Thursday, 10 October 2002
David Van Leer, English, UC Davis
“Beyond Queer: Performing Sexuality in the Global Village”
Thursday, 24 October 2002
Ruth Frankenberg, American Studies, UC Davis
“On Steady Ground: Crafting and Engaging in the Critical Study of Whiteness”
Thursday, 14 November 2002
Cultural Studies Panel: “Refugee Geographies and the Politics of Asylum: Subject Formation and Representation of Race, Culture, Gender, and Nation”
Panelists: Valerie Larsen, Cultural Studies, UC Davis; Iliana Cordero, Cultural and Social Anthropology, Stanford University; Sima Shakhsari, Cultural and Social Anthropology, Stanford University
Winter 2003
Thursday, 16 January 2003
“Cultural Studies Workshop: Cultural Studies Q and A”
Karen Shimakawa, English, Asian American Studies, Chair of Cultural Studies, UCD; Anna Kuhn, Women & Gender Studies. Cultural Studies Adviser, UCD
Thursday, 23 January 2003
“Cultural Studies Workshop: Doing Sociology and the Sociology of Culture”
John R. Hall, Sociology, UCD; and Laura Grindstaff, Sociology, UCD
Thursday, 30 January 2003
“Producing a Publishable Paper”
Liz Constable, French & Italian, UCD; Jay Mechling, American Studies, UCD; and Seth Schein, Comparative Literature, UCD
Thursday, 6 February 2003
John T. Caldwell, Film and Television Studies, UCLA
Film and Filmmakers: “Rancho California (Por Favor),” Produced and Directed by John T. Caldwell, Co-Produced by Devora Gomez
Co-sponsored by American Studies, Anthropology, Chicano/a Studies, Asian American Studies, Women & Gender Studies, Sociology, and the Cross-Cultural Center
Thursday, 13 February 2003
Bishnupriya Ghosh, English, UC Davis
“From Bandit Queen to Sadhavi”
Co-sponsored by Women & Gender Studies
Thursday, 20 February 2003
“The Role of Cultural Studies in Museums”
Kathy Littles, Cultural Studies, UCD—“Unveiling the Politics of Representation in the Smithsonian’s African Voices Exhibition”
Leslie Madsen, Cultural Studies, UCD—“Space Wands or Table Saws? Tools and Rules for Girls in California’ Science Centers”
Thursday, 27 February 2002
Sheldon Lu, Comparative Literature, UC Davis
“History, Memory, Nostalgia: Re-writing Socialism in Contemporary Chinese Cinema”
Thursday, 6 March 2003
Nancy Kates, Filmmaker
“Brother Outsider: The Life of Bayard Rustin”
Co-sponsored by African American and African Studies
Thursday, 13 March 2003
Karyl Ketchum, Cultural Studies, UCD
“Cultural Studies Workshop: Designing a Web Page”
Spring 2003
Thursday, 3 April 2003
Roger Lancaster, Professor and Director of Cultural Studies Program, George Mason University.
"The Politics of Nature: Sex in Science and Popular Culture."
Thursday, 10 April 2003
Judith Halberstam, Professor, Literature, UCSD
"Queer Temporality and Subcultural Lives"
Thursday, 17 April 2003
"Wild Women and Military Men."
Chandra Mukerji, Sociology and Communication, Director Science Studies
Thursday, 24 April 2003
May Joseph, Social Science and Management, Pratt Institute
"Afro-Arab-Asian Imaginings"
Co-Sponsored by African American and African Studies, Theatre & Dance, Asian American Studies, Davis Humanities Institute, Department of English, and Women and Gender Studies
Thursday, 1 May 2003
Judith Farquhar, Chair Anthropology, UNC Chapel Hill
Thursday, 8 May 2003
Cultural Studies Workshop: Cultural Studies Q and A
Karen Shimakawa, English, Asian American Studies, Chair of Cultural Studies, UCD
Anna Kuhn, Women and Gender Studies, Major Adviser for Cultural Studies, UCD
Thursday, 15 May 2003
Cultural Studies Panel: “After the Qualifying Exams—Now What? The Role of the Feminist Theory DE in Writing a Dissertation”
Panelists: Adreana Clay, Sociology, UC Davis; Jane Haladay, Native American Studies, UC Davis
Respondent: Anna Muraco, Sociology, UC Davis
Thursday, 22 May 2003
Cultural Studies Panel: “Entering the Job Market”
Panelists: Joanne Barker, Native American Studies, UC Davis; Carolyn de la Peña, American Studies, UC Davis; Sophie Volpp, East Asian Languages and Cultures, UC Davis
Thursday, 29 May 2003
Cultural Studies Workshop: “Literary and Cultural Studies”
Moderators: Elizabeth Freeman, English, UC Davis and Leslie Rabine, Women & Gender Studies, UC Davis