Organizer by Chalet Seidel, Case Western Reserve Univ.
All sessions held in the Stouffer Room



Session A, 8:30-10:00 a.m.
Writing / Drawing / Seeing the Image: Subjectivity and Objectivity
Moderator: Danielle Nielsen, Case Western Reserve Univ.

1. "Superheroes and Naked Ladies: Reading the Body and Reviewing the Canon," Theresa M. Tensuan, Haverford Coll.
Discussant: Joi Tribble, Independent Scholar

2. "Visualizing the Immigrant at the Turn of the Twentieth Century,"Joan Fragaszy, George Washington Univ.
Discussant: Joi Tribble, Independent Scholar

3. "Provincializing the Media Studies Classroom: Narratives of Property and Re-envisioning Student Identity through Postcolonial Theory," Jamie McDaniel, Case Western Reserve Univ.

4. "Another Window: Panoramic Narrative, Domesticity, and Rereading E.T.A. Hoffman's Des Vetters Eckfenster," Vance Byrd, Grinnell Coll.

Session B, 10:15-11:45 a.m.
New Methodologies for Media Criticism
Moderator: Jason Stuart, Case Western Reserve Univ.

1. "Rhetoric and the Cult of Mac," Michael Moss, Case Western Reserve Univ.

3. "Digitization of Medieval Manuscripts: Navigating New Digital Environments," Julia Finch, Univ. of Pittsburgh


Session C, 12:30-2:00 p.m.
Intertextuality / Intermediality: Text, Image, and Remediation
Moderator: Jamie L. McDaniel, Case Western Reserve Univ.

1. "A New Scientific World in Images: John Fryer's Chinese Scientific and Industrial Magazine (Gezhi Huibian), 1876-1892," Liangyu Fu, Univ. of Pittsburgh
Discussant: Brandy L. Schillace, Case Western Reserve Univ.

2. "Stilling the Image: The Symbiotic Relationship between Frank Herbert's Novel Dune and David Lynch's Film Dune," Joi Tribble, Independent Scholar
Discussant: Jamie L. McDaniel, Case Western Reserve Univ.

3. "Visual Cognition and the Picture Book: Brian Selznick's Illustrations for The Dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins," Robin Veder, Penn State Univ., Harrisburg
Discussant: Brandy L. Schillace, Case Western Reserve Univ.

4. "I'd like to see the book reintroduced for all it really is": House of Leaves as an Image," Allyson Whipple, Case Western Reserve Univ.
Discussant: Jamie L. McDaniel, Case Western Reserve Univ.


Session D, 2:15-3:45 p.m.
Transcultural Images: Exposing Colonialism and Beyond
Moderator: Asdghig Karajayerlian, Case Western Reserve Univ.

1. "A Fall from Grace: A. D. Hope, Gauguin and the Politics of Ecphrasis," Jennifer Howell, Univ. of Iowa
Discussant: Kristine Kelly, Case Western Reserve Univ.

2. "Concealing Rhetoric Reveals the Colonized: Frank Cundall's Reminiscences of the Colonial and Indian Exhibition and the Politics of Aesthetics," Danielle Nielsen, Case Western Reserve University
Discussant: Kristine Kelly, Case Western Reserve Univ.

3. "Unveiling the East: Cultural Imperialism and Gertrude Hoffmann's Interpretation of 'Salome,'" Melissa Peck, Purdue Univ.
Discussant: Asdghig Karajayerlian, Case Western Reserve Univ.

4. "The Wild-Gentleman: Portrayal of the Amer-Indian in El Nuevo Mundo," Jacqueline Barber, Univ. of South Florida
Discussant: Asdghig Karajayerlian, Case Western Reserve Univ.

Session E, 4:00-5:30 p.m.
Political Imagery and Ideology
Moderator: Allyson Whipple, Case Western Reserve Univ.

1. "An Organic Solution to 'A Foolish Form of Government': Facist Themes in The Plumed Serpent," Christopher Mays, Case Western Reserve Univ.

2. "Body Politics: Depictions of Lynching in Black Panther and Anarchist Texts," Ursula McTaggart, Indiana Univ.

3. "Introducing "The World's Strangest Heroes" in The Doom Patrol: Anxious Desires for Normative Bodies and Families in 1960s America," Dax Jennings, Univ. of Kentucky

4. "When the Streets Belong to the People: Imagining 60s Youth Culture through the pages of Time and Life," Devon Bissonette, Binghamton Univ.

Discussant: Rachel Benish, Case Western Reserve Univ.