SPEAKERS' SERIES

Each year, the Centre for American Studies Speakers' Series invites diverse and dynamic speakers to Western to engage students and faculty in discussions about American culture, history, politics, and current events. Admission is free for all events, and everyone is welcome to attend. The Speakers' Series is sponsored by the Centre for American Studies and generously supported by the Social Science Student Donation Fund. Posters for the Speakers' Series are designed and produced by Louise Gadbois and Kelly Hunt of Western Graphic Services.

Speakers' Series Coordinators:

Monda Halpern, Department of History, Rob MacDougall, Department of History

Events Assistant: Anna Zuschlag

SPEAKERS' SERIES 2012-13 TBA

 

2011-12

 

Thursday, September 15, 2011

ELSPETH BROWN

Centre for the Study of the United States, University of Toronto

"The Commodification of Aesthetic Feeling: Race, Sexuality, and the 1920s Stage Model"

4:30pm, SH 3315

 

Thursday, October 20, 2011

MELISSA HAUSSMAN

Department of Political Science, Carleton University

"Glass Ceilings, Being 'Likeable Enough,' and Hosting Tea Parties: Prospects for Women in U.S. National Politics"

4:30pm, SSC 5220

 

Tuesday, November 8, 2011

KEVIN WAMSLEY

Department of Kinesiology, UWO

"Children of the Cold War Came Marching In: The Case of Political Gymnastics in the Age of Hypercompetition"

4:30pm, SSC 5220

 

Wednesday, January 25, 2012

STEPHEN BROOKS

Department of Political Science, University of Windsor

"American Exceptionalism" Fact, Fiction, and Future"

3:30pm, SSC 5220

 

Tuesday, February 7, 2012

DON ABELSON

Centre for American Studies & Canada-U.S. Institute, UWO

"First Impressions, Second Thoughts: Reflections on the Complex World of American Think Tanks"

4:30pm, SSC 5220

 

Tuesday, March 13, 2012

ANITA HILL

Professor of Social Policy, Law, and Women's Studies, Brandeis University

"The Value of Belonging: Reimagining Equality in the 21st Century"

5:00pm, UC 224 (Conron Hall)

 

Past Events

2010-11

2009-10

2008-9

2007-8

2006-7

2005-6

2004-5

 

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