Dr. Sianne Ngai, Stanford University

The Kemp Malone Lecture and Seminar Series is happy to announce that our speaker for the 2011-2012 academic year is Sianne Ngai.

Dr. Ngai is Professor of English at Stanford University. She specializes in 20th-century American literary and cultural theory, poetry, film studies, and feminist studies. Her most noted work, Ugly Feelings, published in 2005 has already had a prolific impact on affect theory and the intersection of “minor” affects in race studies, queer theory, feminist theory, and film theory among many other fields.

Schedule of events for Monday, April 23, 2012

9 a.m. Breakfast:

Informal conversation on all topics, including pedagogy and the profession.

Light refreshments provided.

12 p.m. Seminar: Aesthetic Categories

Kemp Malone Library, 3rd Floor Callaway Hall.

Lunch provided.

Please RSVP to Guy Conn.

4 p.m. Keynote Lecture:The Zany Science: Gender and Post-Fordist Performance

Winship Ballroom, Dobbs University Center.

Reception following.