Wednesday, February 27, 2008

Lawrence Grossberg of the University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill to Present in the Glasscock Center Lecture Series “How Do We Keep Knowing?”

The Melbern G. Glasscock Center for Humanities Research announces a public lecture in its continuing series “How Do We Keep Knowing?” Dr. Lawrence Grossberg, Morris Davis Distinguished Professor of Communication and Cultural Studies at the University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill, will present "Economies, Discourses and Contexts: On Avoiding the Bottom Line," on Wednesday, 27 February 2007 at 7:30 p.m. in the Glasscock Building, Room 311.

Professor Grossberg’s numerous publications in cultural studies and communication include Caught in the Crossfire: Kids, Politics, and America’s Future (2005), “Does cultural studies have futures? Should it? (or What’s the matter with New York?)” in
Cultural Studies, and the monograph What’s going on? Cultural Studies und Popularkultur (2000). This lecture will address economic struggles taking place within the contemporary American context.

This event is free and open to the public. For more information, see our website http://glasscock.tamu.edu/, visit our blog at http://www.glasscockcenter.blogspot.com, or contact the Glasscock Center at glasscock@tamu.edu or at 979-845-8328.