Reading Matters, Vol. 10, Issue 3, November 3, 2004
Corey Creekmur has essays on popular Hindi cinema forthcoming in Traditions in World Cinema (Edinburgh UP) and Where the Boys Are: Cinemas of Boyhood (Wayne State UP), and recently published a review-essay on superhero comic book criticism in Science Fiction Studies (July 2004). In Spring 2004 he participated in the Obermann Center Research Semester on "Sounding the Voice," (which will reconvene to appear on "Know the Score Live" this month), and in the summer of 2004 he co-directed (with Mark Sidel of the Law School) the Obermann Seminar on "Cinema, Law and the State in Comparative Perspective," the proceedings of which are being prepared for publication. He also has forthcoming reviews and essays in Film Quarterly, Understanding Film Genres (McGraw Hill), and The Encyclopedia of American Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender History and Culture (Scribner's).
Thom Swiss gave a conference paper, "Picturing Musicians: Invention, Surprise, and Critical Writing," at the International Association for the Study of Popular Music in October at the University of Virginia. His co-authored article, "Tracking the DJs: Vinyl Records and the Debate over New Technologies," written with Bekka Farrugia in Communication Studies, will be published soon in the Journal of Popular Music Studies (Blackwell).
Thurs., Nov. 4 - Simon During will give a talk titled “Is Cultural Studies a Discipline?” Gerber Lounge, 4 p.m.
Fri., Nov. 5 - Tom Lutz and Loren Glass will present a faculty colloquium. Gerber Lounge, 4 p.m.
Fri., Nov. 5 - English Dept. Faculty member Patricia Foster will read from her recent nonfiction at Prairie Lights at 8 p.m. The reading will also be aired on WSUI.
Fri., Nov. 5 - Tom Lutz will be playing with Blue Tuna (Steve Grismore, Saul Lubaroff, John Stefaniak, Kerri Collings) at the Siren, Iowa City's only smoke-free live music venue, on the PedMall, 8 p.m. - midnight.
Fri., Nov. 12 - Huston Diehl and Linda Bolton will present a faculty Colloquium on "Race/Racism, Ethics/Pedagogy." Gerber Lounge, 4 p.m.
Fri., Nov. 12 - WSUI's Know the Score will feature (among others) Judith Pascoe and Corey Creekmur in a show about voice. The show can be heard online (91.7 FM) or can be attended at the art museum, where a cash bar can ease you into the weekend, 5-7 p.m. For more detail on the show, see WSUI's upcoming events page.
Wed., Nov. 17 - Ethnomusicologist Matt Sakakeeny will give a presentation called "The Truth of Fiction: Representing New Orleans Music" in 109 EPB at 9:30 a.m. All are welcome. He will also be available that afternoon to talk to graduate students interested in
ethnomusicology or New Orleans music in particular. Matt is a graduate student in ethnomusicology at Columbia University. For further information contact Barbara Eckstein.
Wed., Nov. 17 - Suzanne Paola will give a reading. Gerber Lounge, 7 p.m.
Fri., Dec. 10 - WSUI's Know the Score will feature (among others) Tom Lutz in a show called "The Politics of American Music." The show can be heard online (91.7 FM) or can be attended at the art museum, where a cash bar can ease you into the weekend, 5-7 p.m. For more detail on the show, see WSUI's upcoming events page.
Please send any items for Reading Matters to Carolyn Jacobson at carolyn-jacobson@uiowa.edu. Reading Matters will appear every other Wednesday, and submissions should be received by 5 p.m. on the preceding Monday. Please send submissions for the next issue by 5 p.m. on Nov. 15. Thanks very much.