No Laughing Matter - Visiting Lecturers

  • Ada Cohen, Associate Professor of Art History, Dartmouth College, Humor, sex, and ethnicity in ancient Greek art. Monday October 29, 2007. 4.30pm. Haldeman Center, Kreindler Conference Hall (Room 041).
  • Christopher Cozier, Trinidad, Artist in Residence, Dartmouth College "it now have kaiso in it" in collaboration with
    David Rudder, Calypsonian, Vocalist, Musical Composer. Haldeman Center Kreindler Conference Hall (Room 041). Saturday November 10, 2007. 4.30pm.
  • Deniz Göktürk, Associate Professor of German, UC Berkeley - Dressing up in Uniform in Search of a Passport: Attacks on Authority in Film Comedy. Monday October 1, 2007. 4:30 pm. Carpenter 201C
  • Kobena Mercer, Art Critic, UK - Carnivalesque and Grotesque: What Bakhtin's Laughter Tells Us About Art and Culture. Keynote Speaker for the Humanities Institute Conference. November 8, 2007. 4.30pm. Arthur M. Loew Auditorium.
    • Woodcut: American with telescope
  • Jose Manuel del Pino, Professor of Spanish, Chair, Department of Spanish and Portuguese at Dartmouth College will introduce and screen a film on, Impressions de la haute Mongolie. Hommage a Raymond Roussel (1974-75): Performance, Psychedelia, and the Enthronement of King Dali. Friday October 5, 2007. 5.00pm. Haldeman Center, Kreindler Conference Hall (Room 041).
  • Phoebe Wolkskill, Art History, Dartmouth College: Humor Ill Advised, if not Altogether Tasteless? Caricature and the New Negro in the work of Archibald Motley. Jr. and Palmer Hayden. A Humanities ForumLecture. Haldeman Center, Kreindler Conference Hall. November 14, 2007. 4.30pm.

    • Image credit: Yoshimori, Japanese, 1830-1884. An American with a Telescope,1861, 2nd month, color woodcut. Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire. Purchased through the Julia L. Whittier Fund.