Events

Gender, Branding, and the Modern Music Industry: The Social Construction of Female Popular Music Stars

2/13/13
5:30 pm - 7:00 pm
Walker Building
President's Room, Iwasaki Library (3rd floor)

Please join the Institute for Liberal Arts & Interdisciplinary Studies for a book celebration for Kristin J. Lieb, Assistant Professor in the Department of Marketing Communication, on her latest work, Gender, Branding, and the Modern Music Industry: The Social Construction of Female Popular Music Stars (Routledge 2013). The book provides a rare lens on the rigid packaging process that transforms female artists of various genres into female pop stars. The focus on the female pop star's body as her core asset has resigned many artists to being "short term person brands," positioned to earn as much money as possible before burning out or aging ungracefully. This book explores the sociological forces that drive female artists into patterned representations, the industry mechanisms that keep them there, and the ramifications on their career lifecycles. It also explores pop star meanings and their impact on audiences and the greater social world.

Refreshments will be served.

Sponsored by Institute for Liberal Arts and Interdisciplinary Studies

For more information please contact:
Colleen Heffernan

A Reading with Harvard Radcliffe Fellow Gazmend Kapllani

2/14/13
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Walker Building
President's Room, Iwasaki Library (3rd floor)

Please join the Institute for the Liberal Arts and Interdisciplinary Studies, School of the Arts, and the Writing, Literature and Publishing Department for a reading with Harvard Radcliffe Fellow Gazmend Kapllani.

Gazmend Kapllani is the Albanian-born Greek author of A Short Border Handbook (Portobello Books, 2009, translated also into Danish, English, French, and Polish), My Name is Europe (Livanis, 2010, translated into French May 2013), and My Last Page (Livanis, 2012). He has a PhD in political science and history and was a columnist for leading Greek newspapers. Kapllani has been an advocate for human rights, fairness, and diversity, receiving Greek and international recognition.

Sponsored by Institute for Liberal Arts and Interdisciplinary Studies

For more information please contact:
Colleen Heffernan

Apartheid and the Club of the West Film Screening

2/28/13
7:00 pm - 9:30 pm
Paramount Center
Bright Family Screening Room

Join the Institute for Liberal Arts and Interdisciplinary Studies and the Visual and Media Arts Department for a screening and discussion with the Academy Award nominated filmmaker Connie Field.

Long one of South Africa's most important and powerful allies, the United States becomes a key battleground in the anti-apartheid movement as African-Americans lead the charge to change the government's policy toward the apartheid regime. A grassroots movement to get colleges, city councils, and states to divest their holdings in companies doing business in South Africa spreads across the entire nation pressuring the U.S. Congress to finally sanction South Africa. This stunning victory is won against the formidable opposition of President Ronald Reagan. African-Americans significantly alter U.S. foreign policy for the first time in history. European sanctions follow, and with them, the political isolation of the apartheid regime.

For more information on the film, please visit http://www.clarityfilms.org/haveyouheardfromjohannesburg/episodes.php.
 

Sponsored by Institute for Liberal Arts and Interdisciplinary Studies with Visual & Media Arts Department

For more information please contact:
Colleen Heffernan