The Literature Department at American University presents a Colloquium on:
CITIZEN: An American Lyric
by Claudia Rankine
Wednesday November 11, 2015
Battelle Atrium
Please join us for a day of conversations and
presentations by students and faculty
SCHEDULE
8:30 COFFEE & BAGELS
9:15 INTRODUCTION BY CO-CHAIR STEPHANIE GRANT
9:30 – 10:45 MAKING ROOM
David Keplinger: How to Read a Prose Poem: Three American Examples Preceding Rankine
Keith Leonard: The Uses of Anger
Laura Thompson: The Power of Discourse: To Whom Am I Speaking
Caelan Tietze: The Limits of Resistance in Citizen
11:00 – 12:00 EVIDENCE OF THINGS NOT SEEN
Linda Voris: : What’s Lyrical about Claudia Rankine’s Citizen: An American Lyric?
Tyler Lin: I Am the Citizen
Ciera Burch: Keeping Quiet and Keeping the Peace: Micro Aggressions & Silence
Carolyn Hamilton: Making the Call: Black Bodies in White Spaces
12:00 - 1:00 LUNCH BREAK
Refreshments will be provided
12:30 - 1:00 VIDEO COLLABORATIONS BY CLAUDIA RANKINE & JOHN LUCAS - Humanities Lab, Battelle 228
Molly McGinnis: The Situation Videos
1:15 – 2:30 SHAPING THE STORY
Linda Voris: Moderator Erica Hellerstein: Investigative Reporter, ThinkProgress
Kira Lerner: Political Reporter, ThinkProgress
Trey Yingst: Reporter & Videographer, News2Share
2:45 – 3:45 DID I HEAR WHAT I THINK I HEARD?
Dolen Perkins-Valdez: ‘Oh my God, she’s gone crazy’: The Neurosis of Race in Citizen
Chet’la Sebree: Apology & Acceptance
Monica Saxton: Unpredictable Performances of Race
Veronica Garrison-Joyner: ‘Yes, and what?’ Examining Syntactic and Contextual Implications in Citizen
4:00 CLOSING REMARKS BY CO-CHAIR KEITH LEONARD
Coffee and Dessert