From tietchen@u.washington.edu Thu Feb 27 14:49:01 2003 Received: from mxu2.u.washington.edu (mxu2.u.washington.edu [140.142.33.7]) by lists.u.washington.edu (8.12.1+UW01.12/8.12.1+UW03.02) with ESMTP id h1RMn0A8057416 for ; Thu, 27 Feb 2003 14:49:00 -0800 Received: from mxout3.cac.washington.edu (mxout3.cac.washington.edu [140.142.32.166]) by mxu2.u.washington.edu (8.12.1+UW01.12/8.12.1+UW03.02) with ESMTP id h1RMmta9031530 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA bits=168 verify=NO) for ; Thu, 27 Feb 2003 14:48:55 -0800 Received: from dante01.u.washington.edu (dante01.u.washington.edu [140.142.15.3]) by mxout3.cac.washington.edu (8.12.1+UW01.12/8.12.1+UW02.12) with ESMTP id h1RMmtAa016443 for ; Thu, 27 Feb 2003 14:48:55 -0800 Received: from localhost (tietchen@localhost) by dante01.u.washington.edu (8.12.1+UW01.12/8.12.1+UW02.12) with ESMTP id h1RMmsox082848 for ; Thu, 27 Feb 2003 14:48:54 -0800 Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2003 14:48:54 -0800 (PST) From: todd f tietchen To: transgroup@u.washington.edu Subject: Re: Invitation (fwd) Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Uwash-Spam: Gauge=IIII, Probability=4%, Report="DEAR_SOMEBODY, QUOTED_EMAIL_TEXT, SPAM_PHRASE_03_05" 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 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > .