Past Event Category: 2009-2010
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Oct 12Communist Baiting and the Politics of National Belonging
University Club, Room 212
Monday Seminar: Cindy I-Fen Cheng Race, Ethnicity, and Indigeneity Fellow (2009-2010) History; Asian American Studies, UW–Madison Cindy I-Fen Cheng is an assistant professor in the Department of History and the Program in Asian American Studies at UW–Madison. Her research and teaching interest include Asian American history and culture, cold war culture, and urban studies. …
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Oct 5Post-Race Pop? Interrogating Strategies for Ethnic Diversity in Millennial Media Culture
University Club, Room 212
Monday Seminar: Mary Beltrán Race, Ethnicity, and Indigeneity Fellow (2009-2010) Communication Arts and Chicana/o & Latino/a Studies, UW–Madison This paper will focus on ethnic representation in U.S. television and media culture with respect to claims that we have entered an era of “color-blind” or “post-racial” representation, particularly as media producers aim to appeal to …
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Sep 28The Ambassador’s Household: Sir Henry Wotton, Domesticity, and Early Modern Diplomatic Writing
University Club, Room 212
Monday Seminar: Mark Netzloff UW System Fellow (2009-2010) English, UW-Milwaukee Netzloff’s paper examines the social and material life of the early modern embassy. In his discussion of the career and correspondence of Sir Henry Wotton, England’s resident ambassador in Venice from 1603-1621, he focuses not on the diplomatic content but, instead, on the embassy …
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Sep 21Autonomy in Relation
University Club, Room 212
Monday Seminar Andrea Westlund UW System Fellow (2009-2010) Philosophy, UW-Milwaukee In recent years feminist philosophers have offered trenchant critiques of traditional, individualistic ideals of autonomy and have developed alternative relational conceptions that highlight social dimensions of agency and the self. This work has deepened and enriched philosophical thought about the conditions of individual agency …
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Sep 14