Program 52

Identity

Tuesday, April 11th: Anatol Center

8:00-9:15 Sign In and Refreshments

9:15-9:30 Opening Remarks, Paul Scotton, Chair of the Department of Comparative World Literature and Classics

Session I, 9:30-10:45 am

Shifting Identities in Contemporary German Cinema

Moderator: Alexandra Petrus (California State University, Long Beach)

 

Carrie Collenberg-Gonzalez (Portland State University) 鈥淎 Photographic Memory: Photographs in German Film and the Formation of National Identity鈥 

 

Robert Blankenship (California State University, Long Beach), 鈥淪hifting Identities of East and West: Unification Films, the Syrian Refugee Crisis, and the Short Film Charda鈥

 

Jill E. Twark (East Carolina University)鈥淭he Neoliberal Working Girl in the German Comedies of Repulsion The Hairdresser by Doris D枚rrie (2010) and Toni Erdmann by Maren Ade (2015)鈥

 

Session II, 11:00-12:15 pm

Representations of Identities in Contemporary Culture: Music, Graphic Novels, and Digital Spaces

 

Moderator: Vlatka Velcic, California State University, Long Beach

 

Sotonye Briggs (California State University, Long Beach ), 鈥淐onnecting the Ties with Jazz鈥

 

David Bonilla (California State University, Long Beach ), 鈥淧ersonal Identity and Social Awareness Through Katy Perry鈥檚 鈥楥hained to the Rhythm鈥

 

Emily Yea (California State University, Long Beach ), 鈥淭ransitioning from Adolescence to Young Adulthood in Asano鈥檚 Solanin鈥

 

Mathew Pacheco (California State University, Long Beach ), 鈥淔ormation of Identity in Graphic Novels鈥

 

Sabrina Williams (California State University, Long Beach ), 鈥淎 Normal Lost Phone: Exploring Identity in Digital Spaces鈥

 

Session III, 12:30-1:45 pm

Lunch in the Anatol Center

Poetry Reading:

Moderator, Elizabeth Dahab (California State University, Long Beach)

 

Session IV, 2:-3:15 pm

Keynote Speaker

Thuy Vo Dang, 鈥淏elonging and Believing:

The Role of Archives in Shaping Epistemologies of Vietnamese American Identity鈥

 

Session V, 3:30-4:45 pm

Comparative and Intersectional Identities

Moderator: Amy DeSuza

 

Dejah Rodriguez (California State University, Long Beach), 鈥淔rom Baldwin to Adichie: The Dominant Narrative Still Divides鈥

 

Amara Graf, (The State University of New York

College at Old Westbury ) 鈥淭he Formation of African Feminist Identity in the Novels of Adichie and Dangarembga鈥

 

Kellie Ferguson (San Diego State University), 鈥淭he Witness in Chimamanda Adichie鈥檚 Half of a Yellow Sun and Purple Hibiscus鈥

 

Jos茅 I. Rodr铆guez (California State University, Long Beach), 鈥 You are part of the problem. What do you choose to do?鈥: Identity to Agency in I am Not Your Negro

 

Diana Gander Ostrander, 鈥淩omantic Transcendence in the Work of William Delafield Arnold and Frank Lloyd Wright: A Critical Application of Abraham Maslow鈥檚 鈥楾heory Z鈥欌

Wednesday, April 12th

Session VI, 9:30-10:45 am, Anatol Center

What鈥檚 Opera Doc? German Literature, Opera, and Identity

Moderator: Tegan White-Nesbitt (California State University, Long Beach)

 

Sophia Clark (Vanderbilt University), 鈥淛ustice on Stage: Mary Stuart in Friedrich Schiller鈥檚 Maria Stuart and Gaetano Donizetti鈥檚 Opera Maria Stuarda.鈥

 

Glen Gray (California State University, Long Beach), 鈥淗einrich von Kleist, Ingeborg Bachmann, and Hans Werner Henze鈥檚 Opera Der Prinz von Homburg鈥

 

Jeffrey L. High (California State University, Long Beach), 鈥淪pace Opera: Friedrich Schiller鈥檚 Don Karlos, Giuseppe Verdi鈥檚 Don Carlo, and George Lukas鈥 Star Wars鈥

 

Session VII, 9:30-10:45 am, AS-384

Old English Heroic Identity

Moderator: Ilan Mitchell-Smith

 

Justina Flack (California State University, Long Beach) 鈥淕old Adorned Peace Weavers?: Feminine Identities in Beowulf鈥

 

Britt Radine (California State University, Long Beach), 鈥淗eroes Kill Monsters with Bare Hands: Beowulf鈥檚 Influence on the Formation of His Own Heroic Identity鈥

 

Dania Mohommad, (California State University, Long Beach), 鈥淭he Collapsing Reality of Anglo Saxon Masculinity鈥

Session VIII, 11:00-12:15 pm, Anatol Center

African-American Identity

 

Diana Molina, (Simmons College), 鈥溾業mpersonal Feminism鈥 in Toni Morrison鈥檚 Paradise: How the Body Cures Identity鈥

 

Miguel Isais Samano (Stanford University), 鈥淐rossing the Folk-Pop Border: Listening Practices in Langston Hughes鈥 鈥楾he Weary Blues鈥 and Nicol谩s Guill茅n鈥檚 鈥淕uitarra鈥

 

Emerson Pehl (Simmons College), 鈥淒id a White Person Write This?鈥

 

Session IX, 11:00-12:15 pm, AS-384

Querying Identities through Middle English Texts

Moderator: Ilan Mitchell-Smith

 

Ashley Kolb (California State University, Long Beach), 鈥淔orsaking Riches and Burning 鈥楬eathens鈥: The Transformation of Proper Knighthood in Sir Isumbras鈥

 

Laura Simko (California State University, Long Beach), 鈥淒iscourteous Discourse and Economical Marriage in Geoffrey Chaucer鈥檚 鈥楾he Wife of Bath鈥檚 Tale鈥 and 鈥楾he Merchant鈥檚 Tale'鈥

 

Jessica Acosta (California State University, Long Beach), 鈥淎nd Then They Were Bros: Male Friendship (and Lack Thereof) in The Earle of Tolous鈥

 

12:15-1:45 pm Lunch, Anatol Center

 

Session X, 2:00-3:15 pm, Anatol Center

Gender

Moderator: Pravina Cooper

Krista Aldritch (North Dakota State University), 鈥淓mbracing the 鈥楧umb Blonde鈥: Navigating Identity in Anita Loos鈥 Gentlemen Prefer Blondes鈥

 

Kaitlyn Giblin (Marymount University), 鈥溾楾o nobody belonging, by nobody was noticed鈥: Navigating the Bounds of Feminine Authority and Female Authorship in Frances Burney鈥檚 Evelina鈥

 

Jacky Bui (California State University, Long Beach), 鈥淭he Anomaly of an Asian-American Woman in The 21st Century: Analyzing Intersectionality and Challenging Societal Norms in Mainstream Media鈥

 

Orla Siobh谩n Flock (Yale University), 鈥淎 Riot. An Opera. A Meance. Identity, the Abject, and the Visual Artist in Siri Hustvedt鈥檚 鈥楾he Blazing World鈥欌

 

Session XI, 2:00-3:15 pm, AS-384

Representations of Cultural Identities and Contemporary Communities

Moderator: Vlatka Velcic

 

Carolina Coguox (California State University, Long Beach), 鈥淚dentity of God(s) in Mayan and Aztec Cultures鈥

 

Patrick Hudson (California State University, Long Beach), 鈥淧antheons: Ancient and Contemporary鈥

 

Jennifer Torres (California State University, Long Beach), 鈥淩epresentations of Mexican-Americans in Popular Culture鈥

 

Bria Gordon (California State University, Long Beach), 鈥淏lack Identity: Overcoming Oppression from Racist Ideas Entrenched in Western Society鈥

 

William Meyer (California State University, Long Beach,) 鈥淒epictions of Homelessness and Mental Illness鈥

 

Session XII, 3:30-4:45 pm, Anatol Center

Trans/Media

 

Jason Ivanovic (University of West Florida), 鈥淭he Intersectionality of Homo/Trans sexuality and Prestige鈥

 

Brandon McDonald, 鈥淭he LGBT Christian: Intersecting Identities, Allegories, Queering of 1 Samuel 18-20鈥

 

Rusty Rust (California State University, Long Beach), 鈥淔rom Dystopia to Utopia: Contemporary Media Representations of Gender Outside of the Binary鈥

 

Lee Gullickson (North Dakota State University), 鈥淚ndividuals, Interpellation, and 鈥楩ake鈥 News鈥

 

Session XIII, 3:30-4:45 pm, AS-384

Identity in Graphic Novels and Anime

Moderator: Ray Waters

 

William Vasquez (California State University, Long Beach), 鈥淪elf in Anime鈥

 

Joelle Sabater (California State University, Long Beach), 鈥淒aytripper and Asterios Polyp鈥

 

Victor Wright (California State University, Long Beach), 鈥淭he Role of the Narrator in the Personal Story鈥

 

Patrick Shaffer (California State University, Long Beach), 鈥淭he Hedgehog鈥檚 Fistfight: Seeking Self-Identity and Human Connection in a Hostile World鈥

 

Steven Virgo (California State University, Long Beach), 鈥溾淭hey Carried the Sky鈥 : Deromanticizing the Glorification of the Soldier Identity鈥

 

Session XIV, 5:00-6:15 pm, Anatol Center

Identity in Conflict

 

Mark Benton, 色中色, 鈥淐ooperative Centralization?: The Evolution of Regional Identity in France during the High Middle Ages鈥

 

Tyler Bouwens, 色中色, 鈥淓nemy Mine: Caesar鈥檚 Construction of Self-Identity through the Characterization of His Enemies鈥

 

Daniel Maldonado, 色中色, 鈥淲hen Does a Roman Stop Being a Roman?: Language and Identity in the Post-Roman World鈥