The 2010 Texas Tech University Comparative Literature Symposium on "American Studies as Transnational Practice"

 

April 9-10, 2010 at Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas, U. S. A.

Texas Tech University houses the internationally known Southwest Collections and the Vietnam Archives. Spring in Lubbock is mild and sunny.

Keynote Speakers:

Eva Cherniavsky, Department of English, University of Washington
Colleen Lye, Department of English, University of California at Berkeley
Walter Mignolo, Department of Literature, Duke University
Donald Pease, Department of English, Dartmouth College

Art Exhibition:

Margarita Cabrera, Mexican artist living in El Paso, “US Immigration Policy and Maquiladora Practices”
Joomi Chung, Korean artist resident in Miami, Ohio, “Installation Art about South Korean-U.S. Relations”
Scott Townsend, U.S. visual artist in Raleigh, North Carolina, “Interactive Installation and Film on ‘Border Relations’”
Qingsong Wang, Chinese photographer based in Shanghai, “Photography and the Consumerist Invasion of China”

 

Conference Program Registration Form Call for Papers Accommodations Graduate Student Travel Grants Important Information Symposium History Publication Opportunity Literary Studies Journals at Texas Tech University The Vietnam Center Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library Texas Tech University Lubbock and West Texas

Special Thanks from Dr. Yuan Shu, Director of the 2010 Symposium:

I would like to express my sincere gratitude to the following individuals and academic units for their generous support and contribution to the symposium and the Comparative Literature Program:

1. Dr. Juan Muñoz and the President's Office on Institutional Diversity
2. Dr. Bob Smith, Dr. Robert Stewart, and the Provost Office
3. Dr. David Roach, Dr. Lawrence Schovanec, and the Dean's Office of the College of Arts and Sciences
4. Dr. Carol Edwards, Dr. Brian Steele, and the College of Visual and Performing Arts
5. Mr. Joe Arredondo, Landmark Arts, the Ryla T. & John F. Lott Endowment for Excellence in the Visual Arts, and the School of
    Art
6. Dr. Fred Hartmeister and the Graduate School
7. Dr. Sam Dragga, Dr. Rich Rice, and the English Department
8. Dr. Fred Suppe, Mr. Phade Vader, and the Classical and Modern Languages and Literatures Department
9. The University Comparative Literature Committee: Drs. Kanika Batra, Curtis Bauer, John Beusterien, Sam Dragga,
    Charles Grair, Maria O'Connell, Patricia Pelley, Ann Dighastany Ransdell, David Roach, Yuan Shu, Sara Spurgeon, Fred
    Suppe, Victoria Surliuga, James Whitlark, and Priscilla Ybarra.