Past Anschutz Lectures

Rich Benjamin
Spring 2023 Anschutz Lecture: Rich Benjamin
Apr 13, 2023, 4:30 pm
Speaker
Rich Benjamin
Anschutz Distinguished Fellow, Spring 2023
“Talk to Me: A Story of Racial Capitalism, Coup, and Democracy”
AMS
Effron Center
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Susana Morris
Fall 2022 Anschutz Lecture: Susana Morris
Oct 6, 2022, 4:30 pm
Speaker
Susana M. Morris
Anschutz Distinguished Fellow in American Studies; Associate Professor of Literature, Media, and Communication, Georgia Institute of Technology
“The Spirit of ’76: Slavery, Empire, and the Anthropocene in Octavia E. Butler’s ‘Kindred’”
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Tiffany King
Spring 2022 Anschutz Lecture: Tiffany King
Apr 12, 2022, 4:30 pm
Speaker
Tiffany King
Anschutz Distinguished Fellow in American Studies; Visiting Associate Professor of Program in American Studies
“Emergent Ecologies: In the Tense of a Black and Indigenous Feminist ‘Future-Now’”
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Sylvia Chan-Malik
Spring 2021 Anschutz Lecture: Sylvia Chan-Malik
Apr 5, 2021, 4:30 pm
Speaker
Sylvia Chan-Malik
Spring 2021 Anschutz Distinguished Fellow in American Studies
“Sacred Struggles: Race, Religion, and the Soul of Ethnic Studies”
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P. Carl
Spring 2020 Anschutz Lecture: P. Carl
Feb 11, 2020, 4:30 pm
Speaker
P. Carl
Spring 2020 Anschutz Distinguished Fellow in American Studies
“Becoming a Man”
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Readings
Anonymous. Mars mini-farm. Circa 2004. Artist concept drawing. NASA/JPL.
Fall 2019 Anschutz Lecture: Allison Carruth
Oct 10, 2019, 4:30 pm
Speaker
Allison Carruth
Fall 2019 Anschutz Distinguished Fellow in American Studies
“Life After Earth: Speculations in World-Building from California to the Red Planet”
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Brittney Cooper
Spring 2019 Anschutz Lecture: Brittney Cooper
Apr 9, 2019, 4:30 pm
Speaker
Brittney Cooper
Spring 2019 Anschutz Distinguished Fellow in American Studies
“The Future of Black Studies (in Theory)”
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Milton Constellation
Spring 2017 Anschutz Lecture: Katie Pearl
Mar 28, 2017, 4:30 pm
Speaker
Katie Pearl
Spring 2017 Anschutz Distinguished Fellow in American Studies
“‘You’re Doing What!?’: Experimental Theater and Five Small Towns Named Milton”
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Redwoods
Fall 2016 Anschutz Lecture: Richard Preston
Dec 1, 2016, 4:30 pm
Speaker
Richard Preston
Fall 2016 Anschutz Distinguished Fellow in American Studies
“The Hidden Worlds of Narrative Nonfiction”
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Red mist
The Subject of Tonight’s Address is the 25th Episode of the X-Files
Apr 25, 2016, 5:30 pm
Speakers
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Performances
Allen W. Dulles
Fall 2015 Anschutz Lecture: Tim Weiner
Dec 9, 2015, 4:30 pm
Speakers
  • Tim Weiner
    Fall 2015 Anschutz Distinguished Fellow in American Studies
    “Allen Dulles: From Princeton to the Bay of Pigs”
  • Frederick P. Hitz
    Senior Fellow, Center for National Security Law, University of Virginia
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Men standing in front of a poster of a painting of cats, labeled in Japanese characters
‘Wretches and Jabberers’
Mar 31, 2015, 4:30 pm
Speaker
Gerardine Wurzburg
Spring 2015 Anschutz Distinguished Fellow in American Studies
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Conversations
Screenings
Migrant mother
The Photographer as Sociologist/The Historian as Photographer
Nov 16, 2014, 4:30 pm
Speakers
  • Richard Steven Street
    Fall 2014 Anschutz Distinguished Fellow in American Studies
  • Dyanna Taylor
  • Linda Gordon
    NYU
  • Martha Sandweiss
    Department of History
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Conversations
Screenings
Text (poem excerpt): 'blue shirt, soft fur, warm milk, the sound of water, rain, cold water, blood stains, brown grass on the hills ...silently change their batteries. A flowered dress, a glass of beer, sleep'
Text (poem excerpt): 'blue shirt, soft fur, warm milk, the sound of water, rain, cold water, blood stains, brown grass on the hills ...silently change their batteries. A flowered dress, a glass of beer, sleep'
Social Media History and Poetics
Dec 2, 2013, 4:30 pm
Speakers
  • David Bellos
    Professor of French and Comparative Literature
    “Georges Perec’s Imaginary Computer”
  • Judith Donath
    Faculty Fellow, Berkman Center for Internet & Society, Harvard University
    “Data Portraits”
  • Judy Malloy
    Fall 2013 Anschutz Distinguished Fellow in American Studies
    “Social Media Poetics: The Female Narrator”
  • Jeff Nunokawa
    Professor of English
    “How To Do Things With Facebook: Social Media as Forum For Art”
  • Jim Rosenberg
    “Writing in Open Space: Free-Combining Feral Word Objects”
Anschutz
Conversations
Conferences and Symposia
Painting of a river valley with trees, lawns distant hills
Spring 2013 Anschutz Lecture: Paul Berman
Apr 18, 2013, 4:30 pm
Speaker
Paul Berman
Spring 2013 Anschutz Distinguished Fellow in American Studies
“Nathaniel Hawthorne and American Exceptionalism”
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Billboards on Broadway in New York City
Adventures in the Theater
Nov 28, 2012, 4:30 pm
Speakers
  • David Binder
    Fall 2012 Anschutz Distinguished Fellow in American Studies
  • Karen Fricker
    Eakin Visiting Scholar in Canadian Studies, McGill University
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Conversations
The Los Angeles River
Rivers R Us: Reviving Rivers, Reinventing Cities
Dec 7, 2011, 5:00 pm
Speakers
  • Jenny Price
    Fall 2011 Anschutz Distinguished Fellow in American Studies
    “Yes, L.A. Has a River!”
  • Janette Kim
    Urban Landscape Lab, Columbia University
    “Poughkeepsie’s Backyard Infrastructure”
  • William. A. Gleason (moderator)
    Acting Director, Program in American Studies
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Conversations
Conferences and Symposia
Woman tending backyard plantings
The Art of Sustainability
Dec 5, 2011, 4:30 pm
Speakers
  • Subhankar Banerjee
    Photographer and Activist
  • Fritz Haeg
    Artist, Designer, Gardener
  • Jenny Price
    Anschutz Distinguished Fellow in American Studies
  • Joe Scanlan
    Director of Visual Arts, Lewis Center for the Arts 
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Conversations
Screenings
Woman in the front doorway of a shack
Spring 2011 Anschutz Lecture: Michael J. Golec
Mar 30, 2011, 4:30 pm
Speaker
Michael J. Golec
Spring 2011 Anschutz Distinguished Fellow; Associate Professor of the History of Design, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
“R.E.A./X: Pictographic Mobility and Rural Electrification in the United States”
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Terrence Rafferty
A woman with an expression of apprehension
Fall 2010 Anschutz Lecture: Terrence Rafferty
Nov 30, 2010, 5:00 pm
Speaker
Terrence Rafferty
Fall 2010 Anschutz Distinguished Fellow in American Studies
“The Fear of God: Some Thoughts on American Horror”
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Kenneth Goldsmith in front of an exhibit of his collaged clippings of text, photos and drawings
Spring 2010 Anschutz Lecture: Kenneth Goldsmith
Feb 15, 2010, 5:00 pm
Speaker
Kenneth Goldsmith
Spring 2010 Anschutz Distinguished Fellow in American Studies
“Uncreative Writing: Unoriginal Genius in the Age of the Internet”
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Electric guitar
Radio Free Dixie (or, de Dirty South Broke-down)
May 8, 2009, 4:30 pm
Speakers
  • Stanley Booth
    Writer
  • Kandia Crazy Horse
    Spring 2009 Anschutz Distinguished Fellow in American Studies
  • Camara Holloway
    Assistant Professor of Art History, University of Delaware
  • Arthur Jafa Fielder
    Filmmaker
  • Ned Sublette
    Musician and author
  • Charles Hughes
    Ph.D. Candidate in History, University of Wisconsin-Madison
  • Jonathan Wilson
    Musician; Co-founder, Muscadine
  • Jennifer Herrema
    Musician; Leader, RTX
  • Ernest Hardy
    Arts Critic, L.A. Weekly
  • Craig Street
    Grammy Award-winning Record Producer
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Conferences and Symposia
Performances
[drawing] Baseball pitcher pitching to a batter
On Memoir, Magazines, Baseball, and the Writing Life
Apr 30, 2008, 4:30 pm
Speakers
  • Roger Angell
    Writer; Editor, The New Yorker
  • Nicholas Dawidoff
    Spring 2008 Anschutz Distinguished Fellow in American Studies
  • Gerald Marzorati
    Editor in Chief of New York Times Magazine
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Conversations
Nicholas Dawidoff
Spring 2008 Anschutz Lecture: Nicholas Dawidoff
Mar 27, 2008, 4:30 pm
Speaker
Nicholas Dawidoff
Spring 2008 Anschutz Distinguished Fellow in American Studies
“Next to Love Is the Desire for Love: The Search for Meaning in American Memoir”
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Heather Hendershot
Fall 2007 Anschutz Lecture: Heather Hendershot
Oct 10, 2007, 4:30 pm
Speaker
Heather Hendershot
Fall 2007 Anschutz Distinguished Fellow in American Studies; Associate Professor of Media Studies, Queens College
“Before Robertson and O’Reilly: Cold War Extremism and the Legacy of Billy James Hargis”
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Lee Clarke
Spring 2007 Anschutz Lecture: Lee Clarke
Mar 27, 2007, 5:00 pm
Speaker
Lee Clarke
Spring 2007 Anschutz Distinguished Fellow in American Studies; Associate Professor of Sociology, Rutgers University
“Worst Cases: Terror and Catastrophe in the Popular Imagination”
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Chris Hedges
Spring 2006 Anschutz Lecture: Chris Hedges
Apr 20, 2006, 4:30 pm
Speaker
Chris Hedges
Spring 2006 Anschutz Distinguished Fellow in American Studies
“The Christian Right and the Open Society”
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Muhammad Ali with children
American Visions in Documentary
Nov 21, 2005, 7:30 pm
Speakers
  • Sheila Curran Bernard
    Fall 2005 Anschutz Distinguished Fellow in American Studies
  • Sam Pollard
  • Stanley N. Katz
    Lecturer with Rank of Professor of Public and International Affairs, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs
Anschutz
Conversations
Screenings
Benjamin Franklin
‘Benjamin Franklin’ with filmmakers Muffie Meyer and Ronald Blumer
Nov 16, 2005, 7:30 pm
Speakers
  • Sheila Curran Bernard
    Fall 2005 Anschutz Distinguished Fellow in American Studies
  • Muffie Meyer
    Producer/Director
  • Ronald Blumer
    Writer/Co-producer
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Conversations
Screenings
Eugene O'Neill and Carlotta Monterey O'Neill
‘Eugene O’Neill’ with filmmaker Ric Burns
Nov 9, 2005, 7:30 pm
Speakers
  • Sheila Curran Bernard
    Fall 2005 Anschutz Distinguished Fellow in American Studies
  • Ric Burns
    Filmmaker
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Conversations
Screenings
Two African American boys smiling
‘Lalee’s Kin: The Legacy of Cotton’ with filmmaker Susan Froemke
Sep 28, 2005, 7:00 pm
Speakers
  • Sheila Curran Bernard
    Fall 2005 Anschutz Distinguished Fellow in American Studies
  • Susan Froemke
    Filmmaker
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Screenings
Wendy Lesser
Fall 2004 Anschutz Lecture: Wendy Lesser
Sep 21, 2004, 7:30 pm
Speaker
Wendy Lesser
Fall 2004 Anschutz Distinguished Fellow; Founder and Editor, The Threepenny Review
“A Recantation: Reflections on Joan Didion’s California”
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Maurice Ferré
Spring 2004 Anschutz Lecture: Maurice Ferré
Apr 7, 2004, 4:30 pm
Speaker
Maurice Ferré
Spring 2004 Anschutz Distinguished Fellow in American Studies
“The Making of Americans: From Hispanic Segmented Assimilation to Hispanic Fractured Accommodation”
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Skycrapers and Wall Street
Spring 2003 Anschutz Lecture: Steve Fraser
Mar 27, 2003, 4:30 pm
Speaker
Steve Fraser
Spring 2003 Anschutz Distinguished Fellow in American Studies
“Other People’s Money: Today’s Wall Street Scandals in Historical Perspective”
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Jeff Shesol
Spring 2002 Anschutz Lecture: Jeff Shesol
Apr 22, 2002, 8:00 pm
Speaker
Jeff Shesol
Spring 2002 Anschutz Distinguished Fellow in American Studies; Founding Partner, West Wing Writers
“Behind the Bully Pulpit: Reflections on Presidential Speechwriting”
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