- This event has passed.
UF English Graduate Organization 2022 Symposium – Transitions: Media, Culture, and Hybrid Activism from the Streets to the Classroom
February 18, 2022
EGO is happy to give our official invitation to our virtual 2022 symposium, Transitions: Media, Culture, and Hybrid Activism from the Streets to the Classroom! The event will feature a keynote speaker lecture and a graduate student panel.
1:00-2:00 PM: Keynote scholar Dr. Emiliano Treré will discuss transitional and hybrid media, focusing on his book, Hybrid media activism. Ecologies, imaginaries, algorithms. Hybrid Media Activism is an exploration of the potentials and limitations of contemporary digital activism. Register to attend the keynote here: https://ufl.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwpdO2tqDooEtA3_vSOSnyyh-B1y0CyLt1W.
5:00-6:30 PM: Graduate student panel. Presentations include analyses of literature and other media, explorations of contemporary phenomena such as the streaming industry and social media activism, and pedagogy discussions, and frameworks of cultural representations. Our presenters are:
- Judy Colindres: “Rhetorics of Resistance: Examining Positionality in #DisruptTexts Dialogue and Criticism.” Judy Colindres is a second-year graduate student in the University of Florida (UF) English department. She graduated from UF in Spring 2020 with her B.A. in English. She also earned minors in Women’s Studies and the Florida Teaching Track. Her research focuses on American literature and gender and sexualities studies.
- Brandon Murakami: “76 Hours of Anime in Anime Class: Student-Driven Learning and Teaching Transnational Popular Culture.” Brandon Murakami is a PhD student in the English department at the University of Florida. His research interests lie at the intersection of cultural studies, children’s literature/culture, and (new)media studies.
- Bushra Hashem: “On the Cusp: Nubian/Egyptian Identity Between Literature, Cinema, and Popular Culture.” Bushra Hashem is an MA candidate, fellow and teaching assistant at the Department of English and Comparative Literature at AUC. She has previously presented at Cairo University, Alexandria University, and ACLA. Her research interests include postcolonial literature and theory, third world literature and indigenous studies.
- Tyler Klatt: “The Streaming Industry and the Great Disruption: How Winning an Oscar Helps Amazon Sell More Shoes.” Tyler Klatt is a 5th year Ph.D. candidate in English with an emphasis in Film and Media Studies at the University of Florida. His dissertation explores the rise of streaming services and the sweeping changes across the film and television industries, viewing habits, and processes of subject formation.
Register to attend the panel here: https://ufl.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYqf-ipqDspH9W6HD-RT6Rw_8fyEW917LRU.