Lancaster Campus, Seventh Annual Lancaster Campus Humanities Symposium - Title: The American Dream CANCELED

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  The Seventh Annual Lancaster Campus Humanities Symposium - Title: The American Dream

  Please explore the various activities in East 203 sometime during the symposium and share your own American Dream! Contribute to our paper "My American Dream" quilt, view documentary shorts, and enjoy music featuring the theme of the dream in America. Enjoy refreshments, experience presentations, and explore the Humanities!

  Schedule of Events for Thursday, April 9th

  8:00-9:15     Speak It Into Existence: HACC Students, Faculty, and Staff on the American Dream

  • The final product of a semester-long project to capture the American Dream at HACC. An audio collage of HACC student, faculty, and staff sharing their dreams for success and happiness.  Presented by: Hetal Thaker, Assistant Professor of English

  9:30-10:45     The American Dream as Seen in Comedy

  • Considerations of what constitutes "The American Dream" take many forms. In this session, we will approach the subject through a comedic lens by focusing on stand-up comedy routines and humorous portrayals in film and television. You might be surprised at the insights that can be gained from poking fun at our society and ourselves. Presented by: Michael Corradino, Dean, School of Science and Mathematics

  11:00-12:15     The American Idea: Liberty and Equality

  • America is an idea. From our founding, liberty and equality have been central pillars of the American Idea. What did our founders think about liberty and equality, and how do we think about those ideas today?  Presented by: Steven Lustig, J.D., Associate Professor of Business Studies

  12:30-1:45     Immigrant Artists and their Impact on the American Artistic Identity

  • American visual art has flourished through the contributions of immigrant artists from around the world. Selections from two centuries of art and a background on the artists who pursued their dreams in America will be featured, beginning with the leader of the Hudson River School of landscape painting and concluding with art from the present day. Presented by: Cindy Rose, Professor of Humanities

  2:00-3:30     Dreaming America...Part One "Speed" presentations

  • 2:00-2:30:  "So Goddam Young": How New York Punk Changed Everything.  The true story of the best American music. Ever. Presented by: Hetal Thaker, Assistant Professor of English

   

  • 2:30-3:00:  Making an American Citizen (filmed in 1912). This 16 minute film by pioneering immigrant filmmaker Alice Guy-Blache, the first woman to direct a film, focuses on the conflict between Old World and New World Values. The film and filmmaker will be introduced before we view the short film.  Presented by: Cindy Rose, Professor of Humanities

   

  • 3:00-3:30: The American Dream from Afar.  This session will explore perceptions of the American Dream as expressed in music from selected international artists.  Presented by: Matthew Eberhart, Associate Professor of English and Steven Lustig, J.D., Associate Professor of Business Studies

  3:30-5:00     Dreaming America...Part Two "Speed" presentations

  • 3:30-4:00:  The importance of Sports in America.  Let's briefly examine the intersection of sports and American culture in the past, present, and future.  Presented by: Michael Corradino, Dean, School of Science and Mathematics

   

  • 4:00-4:30:  American Dreams, American Voices. This session explores varied images of the American Dream through the voices of modern American writers. The presentation will include a brief Q and A. Presented by: Jeffrey Ihlenfeldt, Professor of English

   

  • 4:30-5:00: The American Dream in 20th century American Theatre. The elusive desire to achieve the American Dream has been a focus for many American playwrights. A brief introduction to several plays and the characters pursuing the dream will be the focus. Presented by: Cindy Rose, Professor of Humanities
• Location: Lancaster Campus, East Building, Room 203
• Contact Information:
  Name: Cindy Rose
  Email: cwrose@hacc.edu
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  - Lancaster Campus