Program 52
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鈥
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