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Snow day

jj_thumgWhat better way to stay warm (and to avoid falling branches) than to enjoy Our Own JJ in a rare symposium appearance?

The bloviation transpires this afternoon, and details are after the jump.

Fans, the Arts, and the Public Sphere in Europe and America

Friday, February 26, 2010
2:00 – 4:00 p.m.
Center for European and Mediterranean Studies
New York University
285 Mercer Street, 7th floor seminar room

This symposium will consider comparatively the phenomenon of fandom and the public sphere in music, theater, opera, ballet, and sports, as manifested in person, through media, and on line.

Participants:

Claudio Benzecry, Sociology, University of Connecticut
Antoine Hennion, Sociology of Music, Ecole des Mines, Paris
Jennifer Homans, Dance Studies, New York University
James Jorden, Opera Critic, New York Post and parterre.com
Andrei Markovits, Political Science, Sociology & German, University of Michigan

Chairs:

Thomas Ertman, Sociology, New York University
Tamsin Shaw, Philosophy & European Studies, New York University
Larry Wolff, History & European Studies, New York University

15 comments

  • actfive says:

    What a distinguished group? Should we fear losing JJ to the Halls of Academe?

  • rommie says:

    dammit im looking at apartments! and isn’t the whole university closed? im guessing this is the exception.

    oh and opera chich said

  • rommie says:

    dammit im looking at apartments! and isn’t the whole university closed? im guessing this is the exception.

    oh and opera chic said.

  • rommie says:

    dammit im looking at apartments! and isn’t the whole university closed? im guessing this is the exception.

    oh and OC said.

  • rommie says:

    yay double comments.

  • Gualtier M says:

    Actually, Dr. Philip Gossett was to do a seminar this afternoon on “Attila” at NYU’s Casa Italiana and it was canceled. This was “due to the harsh weather conditions that have forced NYU to shut down all of its non-essential activities.” Not that La Cieca is a non-essential activity to us, but NYU might think differently.

    • La Cieca says:

      The organizer of the symposium contacted me this am, saying, basically, let’s go for it. Hope to see a few of you there!

      • Alto says:

        Are we to gather from this bulletin that La Cieca acts as agent for J.J. in the scholarly branches of his activites? This would of course stand to reason, given the great respect for the work of Our Doyenne found in the upper reaches of the académie dorée.

  • CruzSF says:

    I’m sorry I can’t make it but I hope the audio or video will be archived on the Web.

    • javier says:

      I 2nd that. I can’t possibly be there, so JJ should have La Cieca there to record it so she can upload it to the blog. ;)

  • Lucky Pierre says:

    i received some email recently from CUNY about some forum/lecture by lauren flanigan on monodramas. anyone see that?

    and did anyone go to borodina last night?

  • Lucky Pierre says:

    oh yeah, here it is, FYI:

    http://www.gc.cuny.edu/events/details_landing.asp?EventId=26090

    Concerts & Conversations—Lauren Flanigan, SOLO: The Art of the Monodrama
    DATE: 3/2/2010
    TIME: 7:00 PM— 9:00 PM
    REGISTRATION:
    ADDRESS: 365 Fifth Avenue
    Manhattan
    PHONE: 212-817-8215
    BUILDING NUMBER: Graduate Center
    ROOM NUMBER: Elebash Recital Hall
    PRIMARY EVENT
    SPONSOR: Public Programs
    SUMMARY: Concerts & Conversations presents acclaimed international soprano Lauren Flanigan, hailed by Time magazine as “the thinking man’s diva,” in an evening devoted to the art of the monodrama, vocal settings of solo scenes.
    DESCRIPTION: Subtitled “Wives, Daughters, Queens & Whores–Medieval Voices,” the program will include such works as Try Me, Good King (the last words of the wives of Henry VIII) by Libby Larsen, Lady Macbeth (speeches from Shakespeare’s Macbeth) by Thomas Pasatieri, Ofelia Lieder by Richard Strauss, excerpts from Telaio: Desdemona by Susan Botti, and excerpts from The Flower and the Hawk by Carlisle Floyd, followed by a discussion. With Miriam Charney, piano, and special guests Annie Ross and Ellen Lauren, among others. (Program subject to change.) New: Click the Online Box Office icon above to purchase tickets or call 212-868-4444. No surcharge! 20% off until 2/28 with discount code CANDC
    ADMISSION: $25; $10 students