Department of American and Canadian Studies

Past Events from 2013- 2014


Black History Month Film Festival

Date
08 - 09 October 2013
Description
Screenings and Discussions with Professor Sharon Monteith and Professor Zoe Trodd, American & Canadian Studies

American Oracle Remembering the Civil War in the Civil Rights Era

Date
16 October 2013
Description
16 October 2013 "American Oracle? Remembering the Civil War in the Civil Rights Era."

Black History Month: Open Lecture

Date
22 October 2013
Description
22 October 2013 African Families: in slavery, in freedom, in Brazil - The research presented and explored in Jane-Marie's lecture is part of a larger study about the lives of enslaved and freed women, African and Brazilian, and their female descendants in nineteenth-century Salvador da Bahia, Brazil.

Dylan Robinson giving a paper at Nottingham University

Date
06 November 2013
Description
Wednesday, 6 November 2013 Dylan Robinson, Royal Holloway

Brick Lane

Date
13 November 2013
Description
Join in for a screening and Q&A discussion of Sarah Gavron's 2007 film adaptation of Monica Ali's bestselling novel, Brick Lane (2003) on th 13 November 2013 at 6.30pm.

A reusable past - the protest memory of abolitionism

Date
15 November 2013
Description
15 November 2013 'A reusable past - the protest memory of abolitionism at University Park, Highfield Housean Inaugural lecture by Professor Zoe Trodd of The Department of American and Canadian Studies

The JFK Conspiracies 20 November 2013

Date
20 November 2013
Description
The JFK Conspiracies: Special Event for the 50th Anniversary of the Kennedy Assassination a Public Lecture by Peter J. Ling, Professor and Head of American & Canadian Studies, University of Nottingham on Date: Wednesday 20th November 2013 (18:00-19:15)

Reading and discussion by D Chariadny

Date
26 November 2013
Description
A reading and discussion by David Chariandy

David Chariandy giving a paper at Nottingham University

Date
26 November 2013
Description
26 November 2013 - David Chariandy (Simon Fraser University) at Highfield House

Visual Culture Roundtable

Date
04 December 2013
Description
4 December 2013, Visual Culture Roundtable with Jennifer Smyth, Eithne Quinn and Stephanie Lewthwaite at Highfield House

Celeste-Marie Bernier will be talking about slavery

Date
24 January 2014
Description
Celeste-Marie Bernier will be talking about slavery and its representations on a BBC Culture Show

Sue Currell Sussex University 'Women in Overalls'

Date
29 January 2014
Description
Come and hear Dr. Sue Currell discuss the contribution of female editors and writers to American communist magazine culture. She will focus on the New York based left-wing magazine New Masses (1926-1948), which was an arts and culture magazine promoting 'proletarianism'.

Idle No More: Indigenous Literary Culture and Political Resistance

Date
05 February 2014
Description
by Niigaanwewidam James Sinclair

Andrew Hartman in conversation with Richard King The Battle for the American Mind: The Culture Wars in Higher Education

Date
12 February 2014
Description
Andrew Hartman in conversation with Richard King

Battle for the American mind

Date
12 February 2014
Description
How should Americans think? Please come to hear Andrew Hartman (Illinois State University) talk about the battle for the American mind, followed by a public debate with Richard King

Screening of Transamerica With introduction and post-screening discussion

Date
12 February 2014
Description
Special Event for LGBT History Month: Screening of Transamerica With introduction and post-screening discussion by Susan Billingham

Special Event for International Women's Day: Screening of Eastern Promises

Date
04 March 2014
Description
Special Event for International Women's Day: Screening of Eastern Promises with introduction and discussion on human trafficking by Zoe Trodd

Roundtable on Native American Cultures

Date
05 March 2014
Description
5 March 2014, "Roundtable on Native American Cultures" with Pekka Hamalainen, Sarah Rivett, and Dave Murray

Canadian Studies Annual Lecture

Date
12 March 2014
Description
12 March 2014, Canadian Studies Annual Lecture, Annis May Timpson at Nottingham University

Indigenous Ideas and Innovations in the Canadian North

Date
12 March 2014
Description
Indigenous ideas and innovations are shaping the development of Canada's youngest territory of Nunavut. This lecture considers the integration of Inuit knowledge into political institutions and public policies in the territory and much more.

You are Nobody: Contemporary Slavery

Date
19 March 2014
Description
Lectures on Identity Series and Special Event for Women's History Month - You are Nobody: Contemporary Slavery

Richard Blackett - Emancipate Yourself: Slaves and the Fight Against Slavery

Date
02 April 2014
Description
2 April 2014 Richard Blackett - Emancipate Yourself: Slaves and the Fight Against Slavery

Packaged Pleasure: How Technology and Marketing Shaped Desire in Modern America

Date
08 April 2014
Description
Packaged Pleasure: How Technology and Marketing Shaped Desire in Modern America by Gary Cross

Kasia Boddy - American Types

Date
21 May 2014
Description
Please join us for a guest lecture about the idea of the Great American Novel and its recognisable characters

Eric Pullin Resisting the Cold War

Date
28 May 2014
Description
'Resisting the Cold War: India and the Cultural Politics of Super Power Propaganda' Eric Pullin, Carthage College - After winning its independence in 1947, India quickly became a major ideological battleground in the Cold War. To the rival American and Soviet superpowers, propaganda and psychological warfare offered a means of securing the support of nonaligned India. Find out more!

Life is at Stake: A History of Slavery in Black British and African American Art

Date
23 June 2014
Description
A leading expert on slavery and art, Professor Bernier, will trace the living history of slavery in rarely-seen paintings, murals, sculptures, drawings and prints by African, African American and Black British artists working today.

Remembering Rosa Parks

Date
09 October 2014
Description
Department of American and Canadian Studies free public eventCivil rights, women's rights, human rights: Remembering Rosa Parks
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