The Humanities Department cordially invites you to September’s Works-in-the-Works event

 

A talk by Prof. Zheng Zhu

 

Ending Stereotypes on The College Campus – An Unending Journey

This talk will examine negative perceptions of Latinx people and cultures in U.S. academic institutions and the response to these harmful biases in the play Las Memorias, written by John Fraire and directed by Mary Trotter. The play stages everyday students’ struggles with negative cultural and ethnic stereotypes. Grounded in theories of stereotype threat and methods of neutralizing stereotypes, this talk will investigate the ways in which artistic interventions can combat prejudice at college campuses.

 

1:00pm, Thursday September 26, 2019 in Room L631

Faculty, staff, and students are invited. Refreshments served.

The Humanities Department presents…………… A Talk by Sarah Standing

Beginning in the mid-1970s, Greenpeace’s “Save the Whales” Campaign became a successful weapon against international whaling.

Today, oceanic warming causes shifts in whale migration, uncertain feeding patterns, and the consequent loss of vitality. In this presentation, I investigate the efficacy of the “Save the Whales” campaign to see ways in which this potent combination of performance and protest might be re-deployed to combat the current threat.

Citation processes are shaped in a textual context that characterizes the academic discourse within each genre, such as disciplinary community or cultural framework

The interplay between the citation processes and context in turn generates new knowledge between the writer and reader. In this presentation, I discuss the cross-cultural differences in citations used in their research by post- graduate students writing in Spanish and in English.