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The Drake University Center for the Humanities
Colloquium Series
Spring, 2008

The Drake University Center for the Humanities sponsors an ongoing colloquium series by Drake faculty members whose work involves questions and topics relevant to the humanities. The presenters, dates, and titles or topics for the spring 2008 semester presentations are given below. All presentations will be on Friday afternoon, from 3:30 to 5:00 pm. The venues for each colloquium vary and are specified below. All interested faculty, students, staff, and members of the larger community are welcome. Contact Joseph Schneider, 271-2158 or joseph.schneider@drake.edu, for additional details or if you have questions.

February 1:
Craig Owens, "Spectacle, Brechtacle, Schmecktacle."

February 22:
Deena Conley, “Sympathy for the Devil? Exploring Sympathetic vs. Unsympathetic Portrayals of Incest in Dramatic Literature.”

March 7:
Jennifer Harvey, “‘My People is the Enemy’: White Theological Absence in the Face of The Black Manifesto.”

March 28:
Beth Younger, “The Vulva Vanishes: Deleting the Vagina in Young Adult Fiction.”

April 18:
Judith Allen, “Bodymind Work as Path to Awareness and Knowledge: Lessons from Chinese Martial Art.”