Dr. Yogita Goyal

Sponsored by:   
African American & Africana Studies Program, Commonwealth Institute for Black Studies, English Department, and 20/21 C working group 

Yogita Goyal (African American Studies and English, UCLA), author of Runaway Genres: The Global Afterlives of Slavery, will be joining us for this zoom event to discuss her book.  Runaway Genres won the Perkins Award, from the Narrative Society,  and was runner-up for the Lowell Prize, the top book prize awarded by the Modern  Language Association.  You can learn more about Yogita Goyal on her webpage:  https://www.yogitagoyal.com/about-me 

 
Date:

20/21c

Dr. Brower will be discussing the introduction, "The Big Picture," and the final chapter, "The Scenes of an Ending: Adaptation, Originality, and the New Authorship of Hollywood Pictures" of his book manuscript, currently titled Hollywood Signs: A Literary History of the Studio System.

All are welcome. Please contact Dr. Kalliney to attend. pjkall2@uky.edu. 

Date:

EGSO Symposium 2021

SATURDAY MARCH 20TH
 
9:00-10:15:
PhD Application Panel
Passcode: Symposium
 
10:30-11:45:
BIPOC and Genre Fiction Roundtable
A roundtable proposal for a discussion that aims to flesh out the intertwining and juxtaposed ways that genre fictions include, exclude, and position BIPOC authors and characters. The question of canon looms large as we explore the ways that these lists are traditionally white-washed, a discussion that cannot be ignored as we think about various genre fiction’s reception of BIPOC authors and characters. How are BIPOC characters treated within the confines of the novels in ways that are similar or different than their white novel counterparts? How does genre inform treatment of BIPOC characters, that is, does the genre rely on contemporary racial dynamics or does it reach outside of that structure? Are Black and Indigenous authors treated differently than White authors within the genre? Which books make up the ‘canon’ and how should we go about addressing exclusions within the ‘traditional’ novels of particular genre fictions? Thinking pedagogically, how do we wrestle with these questions and avoid perpetuating them, particularly in a spectacularly turbulent national environment?
Passcode: Symposium
 
12-1pm: Lunch
 
1-2pm:
Student Activist Panel
Passcode: Symposium
 
2:15-3:30pm:
Race in Literature and History Research and Pedagogy Panel with Jess, Jamie, Hannah, and Andrew
Passcode: Symposium
 
3:30-4:30:
Post Symposium Roundtable
Passcode: Symposium
Date:
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EGSO Symposium 2021

FRIDAY MARCH 19TH
 
10:30-11:45:
Publishing Info Session
featuring Robin Rahija, Ashley Runyon (UK Press), and Lisa McMurtray (UP of Mississippi)
Passcode: Symposium
 
12-1pm: Lunch
 
1-2:30pm:
Keynote-
Cite Black Authors Collective with Jennifer Sadler
 
2:45-4pm:
Film and Digital Studies Round Table
A film and media panel that hosts a conversation about modern anti-racist critical work and pedagogy being developed around media and film. A lot of stuff happening in film, media, and pop culture right now, but are still subject to white patriarchal film and media structures. In other words, we will be hosting a conversation on inclusive and anti-racist film and media practices and trends online, in classrooms, and in scholarship.
Passcode: Symposium
 
5-6pm:
EGSO Happy Hour
Passcode: tgif
 
7-8:30pm:
MFA Reading/ Fundraiser
Emily McCollister Goldsmith Presented by Regina Hamilton, Michelle Sizemore, and Anonymous Sponsors
Gavin Colton Presented by Andrew Milward and Anonymous Sponsors
Chantel Kelly Presented by Andrew Milward and Anonymous Sponsors
Nita Jade Presented by an Anonymous Sponsor on behalf of Sigma Tau Delta
Gabby Oliver Presented by Anonymous Sponsors
Allegra Solomon Presented by Joyce MacDonald and Andrew Milward
Date:
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