Subject: English Festival Session--Term Paper and Project Presentations, Queer Theory and Cullture Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2006 22:49:45 -0500 Message-ID: <BDD0A3EABE40F04A8C7200805EDE5A6A0488D3DC@PEPSI.uwec.edu> From: "Nowlan, Robert A." <RANOWLAN@uwec.edu>
> Greetings, Friends, SFPJ:
>
>
> Here's a session that inadvertently got left out of the official
> schedule for the upcoming English Fest--a session which some of you
> may well find of interest. We welcome you to come. Feel free to
> encourage others you know--including friends, colleagues, and your
> students--to come as well. The session is open to the public and we
> will be glad to have you join us next Tuesday evening. The students
> look forward to sharing their work with you.
>
>
Best,
Bob Nowlan
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> Tuesday, May 2, 6-9 pm, HHH 323
> Graduate and undergraduate students enrolled in Professor Bob Nowlan's
> spring 2006 semester class, "English 395/789: Queer Theory and
> Culture," will present and discuss their individual term papers and
> projects. It should be a diverse, interesting, and provocative series
> of presentations; all are welcome to come check out this innovative
> student work, a first for UWEC. From fraternities to video games to
> _Young Frankenstein_ to _Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf_ to _The
> Buddha of Suburbia_ to _Lord of the Flies_ to gender disparities in
> science to the meaning of family to homosexuality as productive parody
> of heterosexuality to teaching queerity in horror literature to high
> school students to a documentary film about UWEC glbt students
> thoughts on family values to a queer sculpture about identity and
> difference to the politics of circumcision--we've got a lot to offer.
> This should be a great session. And here's who's presenting for
> those who may be familiar with these people: Chris Chasteen, Rebecca
> Conn, Tony Eichberger, Dan Hardy, Kent Helms, Sara Kallstrom, Julia
> Lehman, John Nicksic, Amanda Pate, Andy Patrie, Joe Peeples, and Robyn
> Thompson.
>