CULTURE, RELIGION AND THE POLITICS OF CHANGE
FALL 2008
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SYMPOSIUM


Friday, September 26, 10:00 am – 6:00 pm
Tisch School of the Arts, 721 Broadway, Performance Studies Studio, Room 612

Cultural Conversions: Religion, Gender, and Latino/a America
This interdisciplinary event explores how the performance and politics of Latino/a religious identity is transformed by dissident embodiments of gender and sexuality.

Sponsored by the NYU Latino Studies Program and Center for the Study of Gender and Sexuality

Information: 212.992.9540 or gender.sexuality@nyu.edu




SYMPOSIUM / EXHIBITION


Tisch School of the Arts Day of Community
Monday, October 20, 7:00–9:00 pm
Great Hall, Cooper Union

The Uses of 1968: Legacies of Art and Activism
The dramatic events of 1968 animate the artists and activists today as they look to the future.. Panelists include Martha Rossler, Thulani Davis and others.

Sponsored by Photography and Imaging and Art & Public Policy (TSOA)

Exhibition: September 2 – November 22, 2008
Gulf + Western Gallery 721 Broadway 1st floor; Photography & Imaging 8th floor gallery Funded by Nathan Cummings Foundation Information: http://app.tisch.nyu.edu




BOOK TALK


Friday, October 24, 4:30–6:00 pm
19 University Place, Great Room

Jeff Sharlet, author of The Family: The Secret Fundamentalism at the Heart of American Power (Harper, 2008)
The story of how a small but powerful group shaped the faith of the nation in the 20th century and drives the politics of empire in the 21st century , reshaping our understandings of "fundamentalism."

Author Jeff Sharlet in conversation with Heather Hendershot (Queens College and CUNY Graduate Center)




SYMPOSIUM


In association with the Margaret Mead Film & Video Festival
Thursday, November 13, 12:00–4:00 pm
Rutgers University, Teleconference Room Alexander Library

Moving Pictures: The Celluloid Archive, Indigenous Agency, and the Work of Edward S. Curtis

An interdisciplinary reassessment of the recently restored 1914 silent film "In the Land of the Head Hunters," directed by Edward S. Curtis, featuring the Kwakwaka'wakw First Nations of British Columbia. With Alan Trachtenberg, Jolene Rickard, Alison Griffiths, and Kate Flint.

Information: http://www.curtisfilm.rutgers.edu




All events are co-sponsored by Cinema Studies (TSOA), Anthropology and Religious Studies. Additional co-sponsorship by The Council for the Study of Disability, American Studies and SCA.
PROGRAM SUBJECT TO CHANGE

All events are free and open to the public, but seating is limited.
Seating is first come, first served.
Persons with a disability are requested to call the Center for Media, Culture, and History in advance at 212.998.3759.
Funding has been provided by The Pew Charitable Trusts.