Third Annual English Graduate Organization Conference:
Representations of Indigenous Identity: Constructions of Authenticity

Conference schedule

Last updated Friday, November 10

Friday, November 10

5:00pm: Dinner at Red Ox Restaurant for keynote speaker and conference organizers. Any conference guests are welcome to join us.

7:00pm: Keynote address, Dr. Michael Loudon, Eastern Illinois University. Discussion to follow.

University Writing Center, 341 Simpkins Hall. All are welcome for coffee, tea, and snacks.

David King, WIU
“Introduction: Identity and Pedagogy”
Caroline Rohner, WIU
“Diversity and American Literature: Integrating Multicultural Works into the Curriculum”
Bridgette Parsons, WIU
“American Beauty: Constructing a Global Culture”

Daniel Cole, Fordham U.
“White Indians, Hybridity, and the Rhetoric of Removal”
Jennifer McKee, WIU
“Learning in an Outside Space: The Destruction of Native American identity through Colonial Education”
Joe Weinberg, WIU
“All Foreigners Look Alike: Misrepresentation of Indigenous Identity in American Cinema”

Out of town attendees are invited to lunch courtesy of the Department of English & Journalism.

Belinda Wheeler, IUPUI
“Representations of Indigenous Australian Identity: Constructing Authentic Histories through Female Narratives”
Kay Hamada, WIU
“Putting the ‘Why?’ in Laowai: Reflections of a Japanese-American’s Experiences in Rural China”

Andrew Scott, WIU
“Chinese Minorities: Culture as Commodity”
Christopher Flavin, SIU
“Quiet Voices in the Archives: Cultural Aspects of Early Modern Women’s Poetry”

Zac Dilbeck, WIU
“Netizens in MySpace: An Identity of Anonymity”
David Banash, WIU
“Ant Farm at the Wheel: Readymades, Nostalgia, and Identity—an Auto-Biography”
Anthony Enns, U of Iowa
“Illuminating the Body: The Racist Logic of D. W. Griffith's The Birth of a Nation”

Join us for a casual get-together. Location TBD.