American Studies Center

at the University of Bahrain

Report on “Diverse Voices in American Literature” Symposium

Under the Patronage of
Dr. Shaikha Mariam Bint Hassan Al-Khalifa
President of the University of Bahrain

  "Diverse Voices in American Literature"

 

March 27-29, 2006

 

A Symposium Sponsored by the
American Studies Center
at the
University of Bahrain
Sakhir Campus

All Lectures to be Held in Auditorium 47 in the Administration Building beginning at 10:00 a.m.

 

  Lisa Suhair Majaj 

Independent Writer in Nicosia, Cyprus

 

 

  Ken McClane 

W.E.B. Du Bois Professor of English at Cornell University, Ithaca, New York

 

  Shirley Geok-lin Lim 

Professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara, CA

 

  Helena Maria Viramontes 

Professor at Cornell University, Ithaca, New York

 

 

Symposium Tentative Schedule of Events

March 27-29, 2006

 

Sunday, March 26        Participants arrive

Monday, March 27

9:00                 Hotel pickup

9:30                 Meeting with University officials
10:00               Opening, Auditorium 47 in the Administration Building
10:15-11:15     Presentation 1: Shirley Lim, Asian American  - Auditorium 47
11:15               Coffee Break

11:30-12:30     Presentation 2: Lisa Majaj, Arab American - Auditorium 47
Lunch 12:45
2:00-3:00         Class participation (various classrooms)
3:00                 Return to hotel
                        Media interview
P.M.                Embassy reception

Tuesday, March 28

9:00                 Hotel pickup

9:30-10:45       Class participation (various classrooms)
10:45               Coffee Break

11:00-12:00     Presentation 3: Helena Viramontes, Hispanic American - Auditorium 47
12:00-1:00       Presentation 4: Kenneth McClane, African American - Auditorium 47
Lunch   1:00
2:00-3:45         Class participation (various classrooms)
3:45                 Return to hotel

P.M.                Public reading

Wednesday, March 29

8:30                 Hotel pickup

9:00-12:00       Class participation (various classrooms)
12:00-1:00       Panel discussion – American Studies Center, S17-229
Lunch 1:00
2:00-3:00         Class participation (various classrooms)
3:00                 Return to hotel

Wednesday evening/Thursday – participants depart

 

 

 

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