(Submitted by Wood County Committee on Aging)
The 2017 “Culture and Society Forum” showcases innovative, interdisciplinary research being done by the faculty and staff of Bowling Green State University. This series is collaboration between the Wood County Committee on Aging and the Institute for the Study of Culture and Society at BGSU. In this series, attendees will have access to humanities research and information on various topics in a similar vein as with our “Great Decisions Series” earlier this year, and will offer an opportunity to engage in intellectual conversations on a variety of subjects in the humanities. All of these events are free and open to the public.
Events in this series include:
“Tales of Wa (Harmony) and Woe: Japanese Organizational Culture and the Production of Science and Technology”
Walter Grunden, Associate Professor of History
Wednesday, October 4, 2:30 p.m.
Wood County Senior Center (305 N. Main St, Bowling Green, OH)
Grunden is a 2017-2018 ICS Faculty Fellow.
“Women at Work: Gender in Popular and Material Culture”
Radhika Gajjala, Professor of School of Media & Communication and American Culture Studies
Susannah Cleveland, Head Librarian, Music Library and Bill Schurk Sound Archives
Nancy Down, Head Librarian, Browne Popular Culture Library
Michelle Sweetser, Head Librarian and University Archivist, Center for Archival Collections
Wednesday, October 11, 2:30 p.m.
228 BTSU (Multi-purpose Room), BGSU[JAS1]
“More than Mexico’s Robin Hood: Political, Cultural and Gendered Meanings of the Legendary Chucho el Roto”
Amy Robinson, Associate Professor, World Languages and Cultures
Wednesday, October 18, 2:30 p.m.
Wood County Senior Center (305 N. Main St, Bowling Green, OH)
Robinson is a 2017-2018 ICS Faculty Fellow.
“‘12th & Clairmount’: Documenting the Detroit Riots 50 Years Later”
Thomas Castillo, Assistant Professor of Film
Brian Kaufman, Documentary Filmmaker
Wednesday, October 25, 2:30 p.m.
228 BTSU (Multi-purpose Room), BGSU[JAS2]
