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Saturday, February 28, 2009
Friday, February 27, 2009
Nericcio's Commitment to Drama
UPDATED; elements of this post originally appeared, August 27, 2008
A quick glance at SDSU English and Comparative Literature department chair and Professor Nericcio's blog will clearly illustrate his profound interest in drama and film. That he gets to share this passion occasionally with the likes of Sir Anthony Hopkins, whom he met by chance while on vacation in Los Angeles, only heightens his authority on the subject of film. Nericcio explains, "One of the things I am trying to do as Chair of English and Comparative Literature at SDSU is to enhance our department's offerings in the study of drama. I discussed these initiatives with Anthony Hopkins in LA; he was both polite and indulgent." Nericcio continues, "in our Fall 2009 schedule, Shakespeare scholar and drama theater profe extraordinaire, D. J. Hopkins (no relation to Anthony, save for his love of Chianti!) will be teaching a class called KILL WILL, a film studies/literature class focused on everyone's favorite bard, William Shakespeare." Sharing professors is just part of a developing series of collaborations between the School of Theatre at SDSU and the Department of English and Comparative Literature.
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Thursday, February 19, 2009
SDSU English and Comparative Literature Supports UCSD Literature in Their Fight for a Cancer Free Zone for Literary Study!
For years, SDSU English and Comparative Literature fought for its life, valiantly striving to redress the "sick building" syndrome in Adams Humanities on the SDSU campus. Now, recently moved to the 2nd floor of Arts and Letters, we join in solidarity with our compadres in Literature at UCSD who are in for the fight of their lives, outing the cancer cluster in the Literature Building on the UCSD campus. For more, go here.
literature.sdsu.edu's ILYA KAMINSKY @ Harvard
This very Thursday evening, that little "community college" that could, Harvard University, is hosting our very own Ilya Kaminsky for a reading/discussion with Russian poet, Paulina Barskova. A nice, recent "bio-pic feature" on Kaminsky appears here.
Monday, February 16, 2009
Saturday, February 14, 2009
New San Diego State University Press Blog
There's a new home for information about books and events spun from the brains of the folks who run the oldest university press in the California State University system! SDSU Press and Hyperbole Books--go here for the skinny!
SDSU Press is a San Diego State University institution; however most of its editors work in the Department of English and Comparative Literature including, Harry Polkinhorn, Press director, and editors Laurie Edson, Emily Hicks, Larry McCaffery, and Bill Nericcio. Its other editors include Paul Ganster and Stuart Aitken. Click the image below to see the Press's online catalogue:
Friday, February 13, 2009
Update! Kendricks Film "Beholder" Screening in Latino Film Festival March 14 & 18
SDSU lecturer Neil Kendricks has been a prolific writer/commentator/curator of the visual arts in the San Diego Area and beyond. You can read his commentaries regularly in San Diego Area publications (his latest: "A Report from the 2009 Sundance Film" published on KPBS's blog, Culture Lust).
Kendricks'short film, "Beholder" which he co-directed and co-photographed with an artist-friend Jim Cavolt will be screened at the San Diego Latino Film Festival. "Beholder" screens on Saturday, March 14 at 12:30 p.m. in the "Cine Mujer" program on Screen one, and Wednesday, March 18 at 6:30 p.m. in the "Frontera Filmmakers" program on Screen one. Make sure to note these dates on your calendars!
An 80's Flashback with English Department Lecturer Dr. Mahin
English Department Lecturer Michael Mahin not only has some interesting theories concerning literature but can also explain why music from the 1980's still continues to draw the interest of legions of fans. Mahin explains, “Most ’80s music was utterly escapist. The ’80s never pretended to be something it wasn’t. It was indulgent, raw, experimental, but most of all, it was fun.” You may catch Mahin giving a Literature lecture at SDSU, in the latest San Diego Reader in the article "Can't Get Enough Journey", and, maybe most surprisingly, in his 80's coverband Neon Nation (available for hire for your next party, wedding or corporate event).
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