{"id":315,"date":"2014-04-29T11:35:18","date_gmt":"2014-04-29T09:35:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.huams.hr\/?p=315"},"modified":"2015-06-08T12:22:42","modified_gmt":"2015-06-08T10:22:42","slug":"huams-2nd-annual-american-studies-workshop-in-zagreb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.huams.hr\/?p=315","title":{"rendered":"HUAmS: 2nd Annual American Studies Workshop in Zagreb"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On May 24, 2014, HUAmS will host the 2nd Annual American Studies Workshop, entitled <em>Cross-Cultural Readings of the United States<\/em>. This year&#8217;s plenary speakers are Professor Moira Baker (Radford University) and Professor Walter H\u00f6lbling (University of Graz).<!--more--><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>2nd Annual American Studies Workshop<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>CROSS-CULTURAL READINGS OF THE UNITED STATES<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Zagreb, May 24th, 2014<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Venue:<\/strong> Room A-105, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Ivana Lu\u010di\u0107a 3, Zagreb<\/p>\n<p><strong>Workshop Program<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>(The full program, with bios and summaries, can be downloaded here: <a href=\"http:\/\/huams.ffzg.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/HUAmS-2014-workshop-program-print.pdf\">HUAmS 2014 workshop program<\/a>, 65k\/pdf) <\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>12:00\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0Opening remarks<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Professor Walter H\u00f6lbling (University of Graz): American Studies in Europe: \u201cDivided We Stand\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Professor Moira Baker (Radford University): Margin at the Center: Appalachian Studies and (Re)Mappings of \u201cAmerica\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Discussion<\/p>\n<p><strong>13:30<\/strong> Lunch Break<\/p>\n<p><strong>14:15-15:30<\/strong> Workshop session 1 (followed by short discussion)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ksenija Kondali (University of Sarajevo): Transnational and Transcultural Dynamics and Identities in Joseph O&#8217;Neill&#8217;s Netherland<\/li>\n<li>Aleksandra Izgarjan (University of Novi Sad): Translation, Transformation, Transvestism: Contemporary American Writers\u2019 Poetics of Translation<\/li>\n<li>Sven Cvek (University of Zagreb): CUDOS to Digital Humanities: Remarks on Technology and Academic Labor<\/li>\n<li>Lovorka Zergollern-Mileti\u0107 (University of Zagreb): Croatian Students&#8217; Perception of American Culture<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Discussion<\/p>\n<p><strong>15:30-16<\/strong> Coffee Break<\/p>\n<p><strong>16:00-17:15<\/strong> Workshop session 2 (followed by short discussion)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Borislav Kne\u017eevi\u0107 (University of Zagreb): A Crisis of Liberal Education? A Few Remarks on the American University and Its Disciplines<\/li>\n<li>Tatjana Juki\u0107 (University of Zagreb): An Austrian-Hungarian America: Emerson for Croatia, 1905<\/li>\n<li>Stipe Grgas (University of Zagreb): The United States as Represented in Croatian Marxist Thought<\/li>\n<li>Jelena \u0160esni\u0107 (University of Zagreb): Bogdan Radica and the New Croatian Emigration of the 1970s<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Discussion<\/p>\n<p><strong>17:30<\/strong> HUAmS General Assembly meeting<\/p>\n<p><strong>Organizers:<\/strong> Croatian Association for American Studies (HUAmS), American Studies Program, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences Zagreb.<\/p>\n<p>The organizers gratefully acknowledge the support by the University of Zagreb research grant for the project \u201cCultural Mapping of the United States from the Perspective of Croatian and Regional American Studies.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On May 24, 2014, HUAmS will host the 2nd Annual American Studies Workshop, entitled Cross-Cultural Readings of the United States. 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