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past events 2008-2009 (most recent to oldest)

May 29, 2009
Graduate Student Interdisciplinary Seminar on Literacy Studies
Time: 11:30 am to 1:00 pm Location: ICRPH Knight House, 104 E. 15th Ave
Career Opportunities in Literacy Studies, organized and moderated by Karin Hooks (English).
May 22, 2009
History of the Book
Time: 3:30 pm to 5:00 pm Location: Denney 311, 164 W. 17th Av
Discussion moderated by DAVID BREWER (English).
May 14, 2009
LiteracyStudies@OSU Spring Lecture
Time: 4:00 pm to 5:30 pm Location: ICRPH Knight House, 104 E. 15th Ave
IRA Shor (City University of New York): "Can Critical Literacy Change the World?"
May 11, 2009
Poetics and Counter-Storytelling When Young Black Women Right/Write The Wor(l)d
Time: 4:30 pm Location: Ramseyer Hall 200
Carmen Kynard-Asst. Professor of English, St. John's University
April 24, 2009
Graduate Student Interdisciplinary Seminar on Literacy Studies
Time: 11:30 am to 1:00 pm Location: ICRPH Knight House, 104 E. 15th Ave
A student-led discussion of works by Ira Shor in anticipation of the Spring Lecture on May 14, organized and moderated by Audra Slocum (Teaching & Learning).
April 23, 2009
Language, Literacy, and Pedagogy of Caribbean Creole English Speakers
Time: 4:30 pm Location: Ramseyer Hall 200
Shondel Nero, Assoc. Professor of Education, Steinhardt School, New York University
April 5, 2009
The Field and Future of Literacy Studies
Time: 10:45 am to 12:45 pm Location: Knowlton Hall 190, 275 W Woodruff Av
Expanding Literacy Studies conference keynote event. Participatory design pioneer Liz Sanders will lead an arts-based workshop. Registration required.
April 4, 2009
Youth, Language, and Literacy
Time: 4:30 pm to 6:00 pm Location: Knowlton Hall 250, 275 W Woodruff Av
Expanding Literacy Studies conference keynote event. Shirley Brice Heath will respond to a panel of graduate students.
April 3, 2009
Conference: Expanding Literacy Studies: an International Interdisciplinary Conference for Graduate and Professional Students, sponsored by LiteracyStudies@OSU
Location: Ohio State University - Blackwell Inn
For more information, visit the Conference Website.
The Literacy Myth: 30 Years Later
Time: 5:15 pm to 6:45 pm Location: Knowlton Hall 250, 275 W Woodruff Av
Expanding Literacy Studies conference keynote event. Author Harvey J. Graff will respond to a panel of graduate students.
March 6, 2009
Literate Lives of Young Black Women in Online Social Networking Communities
Time: 11:30 am Location: Ramseyer Hall 200
David Kirkland, Asst. Professor of Education, Steinhardt School, New York University
February 27, 2009
Graduate Student Interdisciplinary Seminar on Literacy Studies
Time: 11:30 am to 1:00 pm Location: ICRPH Knight House, 104 E. 15th Ave
Expanding Literacy Studies Conference Prequel.
February 26, 2009
LiteracyStudies@OSU Winter Program
Time: 4:00 pm to 5:30 pm Location: :00-5:30 p.m. Denney Hall 311, 164 W 17th Ave
New Literacy Studies Research: Daniel Keller (OSU Newark), Valerie Kinloch (Education), Jonathan Buehl (English), and Cassandra Parente (OSU Marion) will discuss their research projects in literacy studies; moderated by Beverly Moss (English).
February 13, 2009
History of the Book
Time: 3:30 pm to 5:00 pm Location: Denney Hall 311, 164 W 17th Ave
Daniel Hobbins (History) will lead a discussion of a chapter from his forthcoming book on Jean Gershon (1363-1429).
February 10, 2009
Reconsidering the Code-Switching Paradigm
Time: 4:30 pm Location: Ramseyer Hall 200
Keith Gilyard, Distinguished Professor of English, Pennsylvania State University
January 29, 2009
Annual Ohio State University Lecture on Literacy Studies: Lesley Bartlett
Time: 4:00 pm to 5:30 pm Location: ICRPH Knight House 104 E. 15th Ave
Lesley Bartlett (Teachers College, Columbia University), "The Word and the World: The Cultural Politics of Literacy in Brazil"
Coffee and Conversation with Lesley Bartlett
Time: 2:30 pm to 3:30 pm Location: ICRPH Knight House, 104 E. 15th Ave
January 23, 2009
Graduate Student Interdisciplinary Seminar on Literacy Studies
Time: 11:30 am to 1:00 pm Location: ICRPH Knight House, 104 E. 15th Ave
A student-led discussion of works by Lesley Bartlett in anticipation of the Annual Lecture in Literacy Studies on January 29, organized and moderated by Shawn Casey (English).
January 16, 2009
History of the Book
Time: 3:30 pm to 5:00 pm Location: Denney Hall 262, 164 W 17th Ave
Graduate student Sarah Shippy (History) will discuss her work on "Henry Bellingham his booke."
December 4, 2008
New Voices in Literacy Studies: Kelly Bradbury
Time: 4:00 pm to 5:30 pm Location: ICRPH Knight House 104 E. 15th Ave
Each quarter the graduate seminar provides space for new voices in literacy studies to deepen and share research and coursework with the group. This session will feature students working through conference presentations, sharing course work and teaching questions, and critically exploring how literacy is framed in a variety of disciplines. If you'd like to get involved, either as a presenter or moderator, contact Shawn Casey at casey.169@osu.edu.
November 4, 2008
New Literacy Studies @ OSU
Time: 4:00 pm to 5:30 pm Location: ICRPH Knight House 104 E. 15th Ave
New Literacy Studies @ OSU: Sandy Cornett (Health Sciences), "Health Literacies; Susan Fisher (Biological Sciences), "Scientific Literacies"; Carol Gill (Design), "Visual Literacies"; and Kay Bea Jones (Architecture), "Spatial Literacies"
October 24, 2008
Graduate Student Interdisciplinary Seminar on Literacy Studies: Making, Communicating, and Understanding Meaning in the Sciences; organized and moderated AUDRA SLOCUM (Teaching & Learning)
Time: 11:30 am to 1:00 pm Location: ICRPH Knight House 104 E. 15th Av
October 16, 2008
Jerry Zaslove: Benjamin and Literacy
Time: 4:00 pm to 5:30 pm Location: ICRPH Knight House 104 E. 15th Av
Jerry Zaslove (Institute for the Humanities, Simon Fraser University): "What Can Walter Benjamin's "Work of Art in the Age of Technical Reproducibility" Teach Us about Literacy as a Labyrinthine and Protean Concept?"
Zaslove Materials.
October 2, 2008
Michael Wilson (University of Texas at Dallas): "The Freemasonry of Pederasts";: Sexuality Studies lecture, co-sponsored by LiteracyStudies@OSU
Time: 4:00 pm to 5:30 pm Location: Denney 164 W. 17th Av
September 26, 2008
GradSem: Conference Proposal Workshop
Time: 11:30 am to 1:00 pm Location: ICRPH Knight House 104 E. 15th Av