Dissertation Writers' Colloquium Lightning Rounds in 203 David Lawrence Hall

March 21, 2014 - 12:30pm to 2:30pm
Learn about nine dissertations in 72 minutes (followed by 48 mins of Q&A) by attending the first annual CLST Dissertation Writers' Colloquium LIGHTNING ROUNDS on 21 March 2014, 12:30-2:30PM in David Lawrence Hall Room 203: 
1.
Irina Anisimova, Department of Slavic Languages & Literatures
Heterotopia in Contemporary Russian Fiction
2.
Octavia Graham, Department of CommunicationMammies, Mulattoes, and... Oh My!: The Cultural Politics of Racist Artifacts in Recent Museum Exhibition in the U.S.
3.
Benjamin McBrayer, Department of Music
Phenomenologies of Music in France after the Second World War, 1947–1961
4.
Ariel Nereson, Department of Theatre Arts
Feeling History: Emotion, Performance, and Meaning-Making in Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company
5.
Felipe Pruneda-Senties, Department of English/Film Studies
Another Habitat for the Muses: The Poetic Investigations of Mexican Film Criticism, 1918-1968
6.
María Julia Rossi, Department of Hispanic Languages & Literatures
Familiar Strangers: Representation of Servants in the Works by Silvina Ocampo, Clarice Lispector and Elena Garro
7.
Elise Thorsen, Department of Slavic Languages & Literatures
Territory and Empire in Early Soviet Poetry8.
Jeffrey M. Tienes, Department of Sociology
Keeping it “Real”: Accountability and Authentication Processes in the Rap Music Industry
9.
Martina Wells, Department of German
Post-colonial Perspectives on German-Jewish Narratives of Modernization, Past and Present
 
(For further information about this event, email Karen Lillis)
 
The CLST Dissertation Writers' Colloquium and related events are made possbile with generous support from the University of Pittsburgh Humanities Center.