Spring 2010 Speaker Series
CAPITALISM AND CULTURE: THE NEW CHALLENGES
INTERNATIONAL CULTURAL STUDIES
GRADUATE CERTIFICATE PROGRAM
The
recent economic downturn has forced us to re-think the nature, potentialities
and limitations of capitalism. Some argue that we are faced with a fundamental
crisis of capitalism, while others see it as a temporary phenomenon. However,
it is evident that fissures and faultlines have emerged in the capitalist
imaginary. A re-examination of the ways in which capitalism and culture
criss-cross will enable us to come up with newer strategies of understanding
cultural texts and cultural discourses. The re-imagining of capitalism is also
a re-imagining of culture.
Time: 12:00pm – 1:20pm Place: Tokioka Rm, Moore 319 or East-West
Center, Burns Hall 2118 or 4005
(All presentations are free and open to the public; Schedule subject to
change)
Wed. Jan. 13th – Dr.
Suzanna Reiss, Department of History,
UHM
“The Chemistry of Capitalism: US-Andean Drug Control
Policy at Mid-Century” Burns Hall
2118
Wed. Jan. 27th– Roundtable–
Organizer: Dr.
Moderator: Dr. Hui Jiang,
East Asian Lang. & Literatures,UHM;
Panelists: Dr.
“Capitalism without Democracy? Lessons from China” Burns
Hall 2118
Wed. Feb 17th – Dr.
Seio Nakajima, Department of Sociology, UHM
“Social and Cultural Studies of the Economy:
Traditions and Recent Developments in Economic Sociology” Moore 319
Wed. Feb 24th – Rohan
Kaylan, PhD Candidate Department of Political Science, UHM
“Neo Delhi: Virtual Cultures
of Capitalism at the Urban/Rural Frontiers of the Global Economy” Moore 319
Wed. March 3rd – Dr.
Michael Shapiro, Department of Political Science
“Gothic Philadelphia: Divided Subjects and
Fractionated Assemblages” Moore 319
Wed. March 10th – Roundtable
– Dr.
Dr. S. Shankar, Departments of English & South Asian Studies,
UHM;
“Towards a
Critical Corporate Studies: What Can Cisco Systems, Coca-Cola and Dole
Teach Us About
Globalization Now?” Moore 319
Wed. March 17th– Dr.
Monisha Das Gupta, Departments of Ethnic Studies & Women’s Studies
“Laboring Bodies, Labors of Love: Immigrant Organizing
and Rights Talk” Moore 319
Wed. March 31st – Dr.
“Sovereign Memories: Remembering the Good War at the
Normandy American Cemetery” Moore 319
Wed. April 14th– Dr.
“New York Giants: Monstrous
Appetite and Mimetic Desire in the Billboards of Mid-town Manhattan” Moore 319
Wed. April 21st– Dr.
Richard Rath, Department of History, UHM
“How to Read Hypertext: Publishing and Open Source in
the Academy” Moore 319
Fri. May 7th– Capstone,
Moore 319
Sponsored
by:
UHM/EWC International Cultural Studies Certificate
Program
1601 East-West Road, Honolulu, Hawaii 96848-1601 Telephone 808-944-7593 Fax: 808-944-7070
Office: Burns Hall 2069 Email: culture@hawaii.edu Website: http://www2.hawaii.edu/~culture