Cultural Studies Program Colloquium Series

The CULTURAL STUDIES COLLOQUIUM at COLUMBIA COLLEGE CHICAGO is a series of colloquia featuring local, national, or international contemporary cultural studies scholars;  the CSC brings together students, faculty, and speakers to engage in debates in the field.  The CSC provides Cultural Studies majors with opportunities to learn more about current work in cultural studies, to help them become more familiar with contemporary cultural studies practitioners and even establish contacts with some of them.  The CSC creates ongoing intellectual dialogue within our community and offers students the chance to interact with a diverse group of noted Cultural Studies professionals.  Cultural Studies majors can also take the Colloquium as a credit bearing class up to six times during their studies.  Those enrolled complete pre-reading assignments before and analytical papers following each speaker.  Previous and future speakers in the series include Larry Grossberg (UNC Chapel Hill), Paul Smith (George Mason University), Emilio Sauri (University of Illinois at Chicago), and Pablo J. Boczkowski (Northwestern University).

All lectures are free and open to the public.

April 8 - 4:00 pm

Debra Riley Parr, Ph. D.
Associate Professor of Art History/Associate Chair of Art + Design, Columbia College Chicago

Pretty Authentic:Youth Culture and Design
 

Debra Riley Parr received her Ph.D. from Boston University. Her current research concerns the impact of design practices in youth cultures — from hip-hop to skateboarding. Other projects include investigation into the intersection of design and art, especially focusing on how the history, assumptions and prevalence of design assist both designers and artists in articulating meaning during the moments of cultural transformation and crisis.

Pre-Reading Articles:
Dick Hebdige, Hiding in the Light: On Images and Things.