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Conference: Women, Rhetoric, Writing

Tawes Hall, University of Maryland 7751 Alumni Drive, College Park

This two-day conference surveys shifts in feminist research, writing, editing, and pedagogical practices over the last thirty years as it celebrates and honors the careers of Shirley Wilson Logan and Jane Donawerth. Panels on Friday, April 7 include— Feminist Collaborations, Women's Rhetorics Moderator: Sabrina Alcorn Baron (History, University of Maryland) Danielle Griffin (English, University of Maryland) Carole Levin (History, University of Nebraska-Lincoln): "Elizabeth I and the Power and Language of Gifts" Lisa Zimmerelli (Writing, Loyola University): "Depictions & Functions of Girl Education in Progressive-Era Biography" Rhetorical Traditions and Genealogies Moderator: Scott Wible (English, University of Maryland) Judith P. Hallett (Classics, University […]

James A. Porter Colloquium on African American Art

School of Medicine Auditorium, Seeley-Mudd Medical School, Howard University 520 W Street NW, Washington

Organized by Howard University, the James A. Porter Colloquium on African American Art (scheduled for April 7–9, 2017) will focus on the theme “Interventions, Ruptures, and Affirmations: Archival Engagements in African American Art and Art of the African Diaspora.” Activities on April 7 include an opening lecture by Bridget R. Cooks, an artist's reflection on the archive by Sadie Barnette, a scholars panel on art history in the archives featuring Gwendolyn DuBois Shaw, David C. Driskell, James D. Smalls, and Kirsten Buick, and a keynote lecture by Fred Wilson. Admission is free and open to the public, but registration is required.

Potomac Center Spring Symposium — Global Media, Global Identities?

The University of Maryland Center for Art and Knowledge at The Phillips Collection Hillyer Court NW, Washington

This symposium brings together three scholars to explore the complicated relationships between modern forms of media and modern forms of identity. How have mass-mediated forms of culture developed in different periods and in different geographic locales? Can we speak of the global or transnational spread of mass media—or even of technological determinism or cultural imperialism—or does the global spread of mass media defy totalizing narratives and require attention to local appropriations and reworkings? How has the political economy of the culture industries shaped the geographic diffusion of mass media? And, perhaps most importantly, what has the impact of these developments been […]

Alexander Nemerov — “Two Americas, One Place: Grandma Moses and Shirley Jackson”

McEvoy Auditorium, American Art Museum 8th and F Streets, NW, Washington

Alexander Nemerov, chair of Stanford University's Department of Art and Art History and the Carl and Marilynn Thomas Provostial Professor in the Arts and Humanities, recounts the stories of two artists, Grandma Moses and Shirley Jackson—one the painter of nostalgic American scenes and the other the writer of the infamous short story, The Lottery (1948). Despite living within miles of each other in Bennington, Vermont, and gaining popularity about the same time in the 1950s, these women presented vastly different views of America. Live webcast will be available here.

James A. Porter Colloquium on African American Art

School of Medicine Auditorium, Seeley-Mudd Medical School, Howard University 520 W Street NW, Washington

Organized by Howard University, the James A. Porter Colloquium on African American Art (scheduled for April 7–9, 2017) will focus on the theme “Interventions, Ruptures, and Affirmations: Archival Engagements in African American Art and Art of the African Diaspora.” Activities on April 8 include a "New Art Histories" panel, a conversation on portraiture with Dawoud Bey, the James A. Porter Distinguished Lecture by Cheryl Finley, and the Floyd Coleman Lecture by Lorna Simpson. Admission is free and open to the public, but registration is required.