From tietchen@u.washington.edu Sat Mar 1 17:19:42 2003 Received: from mxu7.u.washington.edu (mxu7.u.washington.edu [140.142.32.165]) by lists.u.washington.edu (8.12.1+UW01.12/8.12.1+UW03.02) with ESMTP id h221JfA8041038 for ; Sat, 1 Mar 2003 17:19:41 -0800 Received: from mxout4.cac.washington.edu (mxout4.cac.washington.edu [140.142.33.19]) by mxu7.u.washington.edu (8.12.1+UW01.12/8.12.1+UW03.02) with ESMTP id h221JdLs029246 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA bits=168 verify=NO) for ; Sat, 1 Mar 2003 17:19:39 -0800 Received: from dante58.u.washington.edu (dante58.u.washington.edu [140.142.15.108]) by mxout4.cac.washington.edu (8.12.1+UW01.12/8.12.1+UW02.12) with ESMTP id h221JdHV003929 for ; Sat, 1 Mar 2003 17:19:39 -0800 Received: from localhost (tietchen@localhost) by dante58.u.washington.edu (8.12.1+UW01.12/8.12.1+UW02.12) with ESMTP id h221Jcex032184 for ; Sat, 1 Mar 2003 17:19:38 -0800 Date: Sat, 1 Mar 2003 17:19:38 -0800 (PST) From: todd f tietchen To: Transnational Studies Group Subject: Re: Invitation (fwd) In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Bahri sounds great Rahul but there are a couple of things to keep in mind, the most important being that we have no money left. The $300 we received from GOMAP is already committed to Rowe's honorarium. I also got the sense from the last TSP meeting that people are a little tired at this point. Maybe I'm wrong, but with the grant deadline looming, it might be difficult to put on another event in the spring. I suppose we might be able to put together an informal workshop on "transnational literacies" in the Simpson Center--and come up with $100 from somewhere for refreshments--but I don't see us being able to pay the speaker at all. And I'm also concerned that other group members are extended to their mental and physical limits at this point (I know that I am--sorry if I'm speaking out of turn for others). While I respect your ambition and enthusiasm, Rahul, I'd advise that we all focus our energies on putting together a proposal for next year, and rest on Lowe and Rowe at this point. Of course, others might not choose to see it this way... I for one cannot help in putting on an additional event. I just don't have the time or the energy. Though I suppose if you can get others (maybe some of the "new" people) to help you with this you'd be able to pull it off. I don't think, however, that a third event is imperative for the year to be a success. The fact that we've attracted several excellent new people into the project already makes this year successful, and is more important than trying to put together another event. That's my two (or so) cents. See you all soon--T. _______________________________________________________________________________ Todd F. Tietchen Department of English University of Washington Seattle, WA 98195-4330 On Sat, 1 Mar 2003, Rahul Gairola wrote: > Wonderful, this is just great! I think this will be a wonderful supplement to the Melanie McAlister lecture from last year, and also Muneer's talk on legal discourse and post-911 racism towards Muslims in the DC area. > > By the way, here is third speaker update: Edward Said is unable to be the third speaker on account of personal reasons, and Mary Louise Pratt has just told us that she might have loved to be our third speaker, but that her trip to Seattle has been canceled. I was thinking of next approaching Deepika Bahri, who might offer a great perspective that is conjoined with questions of postcoloniality. Here is a link to her bio: > > > http://www.emory.edu/ENGLISH/faculty/bahri.html > > > Any thoughts or suggestions are welcome; I suggest Bahri since she will already be here towards the end of May, and we might be able to engage in a comparative analysis of "American" with her insight. > > > -r > > > ************************ > > Rahul Krishna Gairola > Department of English > Box 354330 > University of Washington > Seattle, WA 98195-4330 > ----- USA ----- > > ************************ > > > > > > On Thu, 27 Feb 2003, todd f tietchen wrote: > > > > > Below is a message from John Carlos Rowe explaining the topic of his > > talk (which has changed). This is going to be excellent--T. > > _______________________________________________________________________________ > > Todd F. Tietchen > > Department of English > > University of Washington > > Seattle, WA 98195-4330 > > > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > > Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2003 14:35:54 -0800 > > From: John C. Rowe > > To: todd f tietchen > > Subject: Re: Invitation > > > > Dear Todd, I'm glad you've emailed me well in advance of the conference(s) > > at U. Washington, because I've been thinking of changing my topic for the > > keynote address. Since we last talked, my essay based on the talk I was > > planning to give was published in _PMLA_, something I hadn't expected to > > happen before the conference in May. After all, academic journals are > > notoriously slow, but in this case _PMLA_ surprised me! > > > > Beyond this technical detail and the professional courtesy that an invited > > speaker should only deliver work unavailable in print (else why bore > > everyone for an hour's talk?), I would like to engage more directly the U.S. > > rush to war with Iraq. > > > > What I would like to propose for my keynote address, then, is entitled: > > > > "U.S. Culture, Nationalism, and Globalization" > > > > The lecture focuses on film and television between the Gulf War and the > > present, but with a special emphasis on post-9/11 cinematic/televisual > > representations. I focus on a particular motif, which is the "en-folding" of > > the Moslem subject into U.S. "national" symbology and thus deflecting, if > > not directly repressing, our urgent consideration of Moslem histories, > > peoples, cultures, and geopolitical realities. > > > > The lecture is timely and will provoke many to offer comparable or counter > > examples, so the discussion should be lively. I need only a VCR, TV monitor, > > and wireless remote to show several helpful (and brief clips) to illustrate > > the talk. (If you expect a large audience, then perhaps some thought should > > be given to the size of the TV monitor or to the need for a couple of > > monitors). > > > > Please let me know if you think this change is okay. Of course, if you have > > printed the posters and brochures, then this change may be quite > > inconvenient, but I think this talk addresses the conference topic quite > > well. > > > > Best, John > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "todd f tietchen" > > To: "john c. rowe" > > Sent: Thursday, February 27, 2003 9:21 AM > > Subject: Re: Invitation > > > > > > > > > > Good morning Professor Rowe...I'm writing to let you know that two of my > > > colleagues--Amy Reddinger and Georgia Roberts--will be contacting you > > > within the next week in order to finalize your travel arrangements, etc., > > > for your visit to Seattle. > > > > > > Everyone is quite excited about this year's conference and your visit. > > > Looking forward to meeting and speaking with you in Seatlle. All > > > best--Todd > > > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________ > > ___ > > > Todd F. Tietchen > > > Department of English > > > University of Washington > > > Seattle, WA 98195-4330 > > > > > > > > > On Fri, 1 Nov 2002, john c. rowe wrote: > > > > > > > Great, Todd. I look forward to meeting you and everyone else involved in > > > > these conferences in late April/early May. Best, John Rowe > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > From: "todd f tietchen" > > > > To: "john c. rowe" > > > > Sent: Friday, November 01, 2002 8:24 AM > > > > Subject: Re: Invitation > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > That's great news! Your talk sounds like a perfect fit and I'm very > > > > > interested in hearing about your seminar on Modernisms. I've been > > doing > > > > > much thinking lately about alternative modernisms--mostly through > > > > > proletarian and radical literature from the '30s--and am looking > > forward > > > > > to seeing how you conceptualize this topic. > > > > > > > > > > One of my other colleagues on the conference committee will contact > > you in > > > > > the future about travel arrangements, etc. Again, we are quite > > honored > > > > > that you'll be joining us--Todd > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________ > > > > ___ > > > > > Todd F. Tietchen > > > > > Department of English > > > > > University of Washington > > > > > Seattle, WA 98195-4330 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Thu, 31 Oct 2002, john c. rowe wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > All of this sounds fine, Todd, and I'll be happy to participate in > > the > > > > > > Pedagogy panel. I'll send along a copy of my syllabus for my "U.S. > > > > > > Modernisms" grad. seminar, which I'll be teaching at the time. > > > > > > > > > > > > As to the keynote, I think the best talk I can offer is my effort to > > > > rethink > > > > > > 19C U.S. literary culture from the perspective of transnationality. > > > > Because > > > > > > 19C US culture is constructed in terms of national legitimation, I'm > > > > able to > > > > > > consider how "nationalism" and "transnationality" should be > > connected in > > > > our > > > > > > current postcolonial and postnationalist work. I think you'll find > > this > > > > fits > > > > > > both events' themes extremely well. Here's the title: > > > > > > > > > > > > "Ninteenth-Century U.S. Literary Culture and Transnationality" > > > > > > > > > > > > I'll send you the syllabus when we get a little closer to the time > > for > > > > the > > > > > > conference. > > > > > > > > > > > > Best wishes, > > > > > > > > > > > > John > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > > > From: "todd f tietchen" > > > > > > To: "john c. rowe" > > > > > > Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2002 3:39 PM > > > > > > Subject: Re: Invitation > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Professor Rowe...I am thrilled to hear that you would like to come > > to > > > > UW > > > > > > > in the Spring. Here are some additional details: the honorarium > > for > > > > the > > > > > > > talk is in fact $1000. We will also pay for your airfare and > > hotel > > > > (most > > > > > > > likely the Best Western right off campus). The Keynote address is > > > > usually > > > > > > > held on the first evening of the conference (4/30), and afterward > > we > > > > (some > > > > > > > faculty members and graduate students) would like to take you to > > > > dinner. > > > > > > > We would also like to take you to lunch the next day. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > The pedagogy panel is traditionally held on the evening of the > > second > > > > day > > > > > > > (May Day this time around). Participants typically provide a > > sample > > > > > > > syllabus, discuss it (for only about 5 minutes)in relation to the > > > > > > > conference theme, then respond to each other and questions from > > the > > > > > > audience. > > > > > > > Johnnella Butler will most likely moderate the discussion. In any > > > > case, > > > > > > we > > > > > > > hope you will be willing to participate in this discussion as > > well, > > > > though > > > > > > I > > > > > > > won't be able to offer more than the $1000 we have budgeted for > > the > > > > > > > honorarium. If not, we would still very much like you to deliver > > the > > > > > > > keynote address. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I hope these details are what you were looking for. If not, let > > me > > > > know, > > > > > > > and I'll be sure to provide any other information you might need. > > > > Looking > > > > > > > forward to hearing from you--Todd > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________ > > > > > > ___ > > > > > > > Todd F. Tietchen > > > > > > > Department of English > > > > > > > University of Washington > > > > > > > Seattle, WA 98195-4330 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Thu, 31 Oct 2002, john c. rowe wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Dear Todd, Thank you very much for your invitation. I am able to > > > > > > participate > > > > > > > > in your conference, but I would like to know more about the > > > > practical > > > > > > > > arrangements before agreeing to come. I have a minimum fee of $ > > > > 1,000 > > > > > > for > > > > > > > > speaking engagements. With best wishes, John > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > > > > > From: "todd f tietchen" > > > > > > > > To: > > > > > > > > Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2002 8:49 AM > > > > > > > > Subject: Invitation > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Dear Professor Rowe: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On behalf of the American Studies Colloquium at the University > > of > > > > > > > > > Washington, I would like you to invite to be the keynote > > speaker > > > > at > > > > > > our > > > > > > > > > upcoming Spring conference, "Nation Matters: America's > > Shifting > > > > > > Terrains." > > > > > > > > > "Nation Matters" is the 11th annual graduate student > > conference of > > > > the > > > > > > > > > American Studies Colloquium and this year's theme will be > > > > organized > > > > > > around > > > > > > > > > the multiple roles that the nation plays in the New American > > > > Studies. > > > > > > We > > > > > > > > > envision conference participants presenting papers which > > either > > > > model > > > > > > > > > extranational hermeneutical approaches to America or ask us to > > > > > > reconceive > > > > > > > > > of nation-based approaches to American Studies in the context > > of > > > > > > > > > globalization or transnationalization. The overall goal of > > the > > > > > > conference > > > > > > > > is > > > > > > > > > to assess the extent to which the global drift of American > > Studies > > > > > > > > scholarship > > > > > > > > > asks us to reconsider the categories which have shaped and > > > > informed > > > > > > the > > > > > > > > field > > > > > > > > > prior to this point. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > The keynote address of this year's conference will be > > co-sponsored > > > > by > > > > > > > > > the Transnational Studies Project--another graduate colloquium > > at > > > > the > > > > > > > > > University of Washington--as part of a speaker series titled > > > > > > > > > "Transnational Times, Transnational Literacies." Lisa Lowe > > will > > > > be > > > > > > > > > presenting the first talk in this series, "Out of the West: > > > > Intimacies > > > > > > of > > > > > > > > > Four Continents," this coming January. The keynote of the > > > > American > > > > > > > > > Studies Conference will serve simultaneoulsy as the second > > talk in > > > > > > this > > > > > > > > > series which asks us to reconsider the boundaries of > > > > disciplinarity in > > > > > > > > > relation to transnationalization. This project takes for > > granted > > > > that > > > > > > a > > > > > > > > > more detailed mapping of globalization can only be produced > > > > through > > > > > > > > > "transdisciplinary" and transnational approaches, and speakers > > are > > > > > > being > > > > > > > > > asked to imagine how these new approaches might look. One of > > the > > > > other > > > > > > > > > questions we're quite interested in exploring is the > > possibility > > > > of > > > > > > > > > providing students with a set of "transnational literacies" > > or > > > > > > "critical > > > > > > > > > globalization skills"--two concepts that we hope to define > > through > > > > > > this > > > > > > > > > series--or whether the increased privatization of public > > > > educational > > > > > > > > spaces > > > > > > > > > inherently works against such attempts by demanding the > > production > > > > of > > > > > > a > > > > > > > > > "new global citizenry" capable of forwarding U.S. global > > political > > > > and > > > > > > > > > economic governance. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Seeing as your recent work has had a tremendous influence on > > the > > > > > > > > > conceptualization of both of these projects, we believe that > > you > > > > are > > > > > > > > > uniquely situated to speak to both of these topics > > simultaneously. > > > > We > > > > > > > > > feel that you are the perfect fit for both the conference and > > the > > > > > > speaker > > > > > > > > > series and would be very honored and happy if you would decide > > to > > > > > > address > > > > > > > > > us, our peers and faculty at the University of Washington this > > > > coming > > > > > > > > > spring. The dates of our annual conference are April 30-May > > 2, > > > > 2003. > > > > > > In > > > > > > > > > addition to the keynote address, we hope that you will be > > willing > > > > to > > > > > > > > > participate in a pedagogy panel organized around the > > conference > > > > theme. > > > > > > > > > Other participants will most likely include Stephen Sumida, > > > > Johnnella > > > > > > > > > Butler and Nikhil Pal Singh. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Again, let me stress that we would be quite honored to have > > you > > > > > > involved > > > > > > > > > in our events and we hope you will accept our invitation. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Warm Regards, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Todd F. Tietchen > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________ > > > > > > > > ___ > > > > > > > > > Todd F. Tietchen > > > > > > > > > Department of English > > > > > > > > > University of Washington > > > > > > > > > Seattle, WA 98195-4330 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > .