Obermann 2005 Summer Seminar
The Art and Cultural Politics of Carnival

Tentative Schedule: July 5 - 16th, 2005

Individuals wishing to sit in on a session of the seminar should contact the Obermann Center in advance (335-4034).

Tuesday 5th

11:00 am
Arrivals & Registration

Welcome: Jay Semel, Loyce Arthur, and Michaeline A. Crichlow

6 - 7:30 pm
Reception at One-Twenty Six downtown Iowa City

Wednesday 6th

9:30 am: Coffee

10 am - 12:00 pm
Familiarization of participants and outline of the symposium's schedule and expectations (Arthur and Crichlow)

12 - 1:00 pm: Lunch

1 - 3:30 pm
Independent Work at the Obermann Center

3:30 pm
Independent work at the Obermann Center

Thursday 7th

9:30 am: Coffee

10 am -12:00 pm
Independent work at the Obermann Center

12 - 1:30 pm: Lunch on your own

1:30
Presentation and discussion of Lawrence Bogad's (UC-Davis) paper, "Carnivals Against Capital: Radical Clowning and the Global Justice Movement"

Friday 8th

9:30 am: Coffee

10 am - 12:00 pm
Presentation and discussion of Judith Bettelheim's (San Francisco State U) paper, "How are Historical Texts Maintained and Transferred in Caribbean Carnivals?: A Case Study of the Haitian Presence in Cuban Carnaval"

12 - 1:30 pm: Lunch

1:30 pm
Presentation and discussion of Piers Amstrong's (Dartmouth College) paper, "The Symbolic Logic of Bahian Carnival: Race, Politics and Cultural Syncretism"

Saturday 9th

10 am - 12:00 pm
Presentation and discussion of Lesley K. Ferris' (Ohio State University) paper, "'Playing Mas' in Port of Spain and London: A Mandate for Theatre?"

12 - 1:00 pm: Lunch

1 - 3:00 pm
Invited Speaker, Christopher Cozier, (Artist and Essayist, Trinidad and Tobago) Talk and Video presentation (Gold Room) Title: Carnival as Process and not Subject. (A discussion of the process or modes of Carnival as experienced in Trinidad and its implications for contemporary art practice and ideas or criticism and history in the Arts

7:00 pm
Reception at Crichlow's House (pick up at Iowa House, 6:30)

Sunday 10th

Day off - Participants on their own

Monday 11th

9:30 am: Coffee

10 am - 12:00 pm
Presentation and Discussion of Mary Hufford's (University of Pennsylvania) "Carnival Time in the Kingdom of Coal"

12 - 1:30 pm: Lunch

1:30 - 3:00 pm
Invited Speaker, Gerard Aching's (New York University) presentation (Gold Room)
Title: On "Masking" and "Carnival Time": Methodological Considerations

Tuesday 12th

9:30 am: Coffee

10 am - 12:00 pm
Presentation and Discussion of Michaeline A. Crichlow's (University of Iowa and Duke University) paper, "Absurdity and Conviviality: Power and its S/subjects in a Postcolony"

12 - 1:30 pm: Lunch

1:30 - 2:30 pm
Discussion of circulated Babak Brahimi's (European University Institute-Italy/UC San Diego) paper, "Ashura Misrule: The Carnivalesque Politics of Muharram Rituals in Post-Revolutionary Tehran"

2:30 - 5:00 pm
Independent work at the Obermann Center

6:30 Dinner at Jay Semel's house

Wednesday 13th

9:30 am: Coffee

10 am - 12:00 pm
Presentation and discussion of Philip Whalen's (Coastal Carolina University) paper, "Carnival as Social Text and Theory: Why the Popular Front Suppressed Dijon's Popular 'Mère-Folle.'"

12 - 1:30 pm: Lunch

1:30 - 3:30 pm
Presentation and Discussion of Loyce Arthur's (University of Iowa) paper, "Carnivalesque Traditions, Religion and Politics in the Philippines"

Thursday 14th

9:30 am: Coffee

10 am - 12:00 pm
Presentation and Discussion of Kristen McCleary's (James Madison University) paper, "Ethnic Identity and Elite Idyll: A Comparison of Carnival Celebrations in Buenos Aires and Montevideo, 1890 to 1910"

12 - 1:30: Lunch on your own

1:30 pm
Independent work at the Obermann Center

Friday 15th

9:30 am: Coffee

10 am - 12:00 pm
Feedback Session / Discussion of Proposed Anthology

12 - 1:30 pm: Lunch

1:30 - 3:00 pm
Discussion of Proposed Anthology: Deadlines for revised papers

7:00 pm
Dinner Iowa Memorial Union - North Room

Saturday 16th

End of Symposium: Participants leave

Contacts

Obermann Center for Advanced Studies N134 OH The University of Iowa, Iowa City IA 52242 Office: 319-335-4034 Fax: 319-335-4696
Loyce Arthur Loyce-Arthur@uiowa.edu Cell phone: 319-541-4534 Home phone: 339-0047	Michaeline Crichlow Michaeline-Crichlow@uiowa.edu Home phone: 338-2596
Jay Semel Jay-Semel@uiowa.edu Home phone: 338-6321	Neda Barrett Neda-Barrett@uiowa.edu Office:   335-4034
Karla Tonella Karla-Tonella@uiowa.edu 335-4036	Dereck Clemons 335-4353
Seminar Participants: Piers Armstrong piers.armstrong@dartmouth.edu Judith Bettelheim betheim@sfsu.edu Larry Bogad lbogad@ucdavis.edu Lesley Ferris ferris.36@osu.edu Mary Hufford mhufford@sas.upenn.edu Kristen McCleary mccleakl@jmu.edu Philip Whalen pwhalen@coastal.edu	LeDon Sweeney LeDon-Sweeney@uiowa.edu Jerry Wever Jerry-Wever@uiowa.edu Cell phone: 530-8619 Home: 337-8380