Jameson in California, and Beyond

Jameson in California – and Beyond

Friday, May 15 at 1:00-7:00 pm

Kaplan Hall 193

This day-long event will focus on Fredric Jameson’s intellectual, educational, and now archival legacy and engagement in California, and beyond. The conference will feature scholarly papers, personal reflections, archival updates, and multimedia works.

Register here to attend. An RSVP is required for catering purposes.

Conference Sponsors: Program in Experimental Critical Theory, UCLA Departments of English, Political Science, European Languages and Transcultural Studies, Spanish and Portuguese, and Comparative Literature

Conference Organizer: Eleanor Kaufman

1 pm: Aditya Bahl, UCLA, “Greimas avec Mao: Periodizing the Periphery”
Introduced and moderated by Mary Shannon, UCLA

2 pm: Jason E. Smith, ArtCenter College of Design, “Demographies of the Postmodern”
Introduced and moderated by Joseph Serrano, UC Berkeley

3 pm: Archives and Students
Audra Eagle Yun, UC Irvine, University Archivist
Eleanor Kaufman, UCLA
Saree Makdisi, UCLA
Anjali Prabhu, UCLA
Introduced and moderated by Davide Panagia, UCLA

4:30 pm: Eric Cazdyn, University of Toronto, “Jameson as Blindspot Machine”
Introduced and moderated by Nouri Gana, UCLA

5:30 pm: Kim Stanley Robinson, UC San Diego PhD, “Professor Jameson”
Introduced and moderated by Ursula Heise, UCLA

Questions about the event?
Contact the event coordinators: Lisset Cadena, Comparative Literature; Marta Wallien, English