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Department of Communication Spring 2012 Brown Bags and Colloquia
Please mark your calendars with the following dates for upcoming graduate brown bags and scheduled colloquia in the Spring of 2012.
Invited confirmed speakers include Todd Gitlin, who will visit us to talk about his recent work on the Occupy movement. Paul Booth, from DePaul, and Pablo Boczkowski from Northwestern, will also visit to talk about fandom studies and emerging trends in journalism respectively. We are also excited to welcome back Jerry Schnepp, a graduate of our program, who will speak on his work developing an avatar that translates spoken word into sign language.
All meetings will take place in BSB 1169, unless otherwise noted. Todd Gitlin's talk will take place in the Cardinal Room, Student Center East, and follow up announcements will be posted.
- January 25, 12-1pm, Graduate brown bag on conference papers
- February 8, 12-1pm, Graduate brown bag on publications
- February 15, 12-1pm, Colloquium: Jerry Schnepp – Toward a Naturally Signing Avatar
- February 22, 12-1pm, Colloquium: Paul Booth, “‘The Question Isn’t How We Are Fans, but When We Are Fans’: Exploring Tumblr Fan Parody”
- February 24, 12-1pm, Colloquium: Todd Gitlin, "Occupy: The moment, the movement, the future." Cardinal Room, Student Center East
- March 14, 12-1pm, Colloquium: Pablo Boczkowski, talk title TBA
- April 20 University of Illinois Communication Collaboration Conference (UICCC). Mark the date, more information will follow.
About the Department
The Department of Communication offers degrees oriented to research and theory about a central issue in life of the 21st century: dynamic and complex human and mediated communication. The B.A. program is comprehensive, spanning the old boundaries that once divided the discipline into speech and journalism departments and instead offering courses that teach life skills firmly rooted in the liberal arts and sciences. MORE
Mission Statement
The Department of Communication at the University of Illinois at Chicago meets the goals of a liberal education by enhancing critical awareness of self and others within a wide range of communication contexts, from personal to public. MORE
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