The Andrew Hook Centre
For American Studies

Aims and Objectives

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Activities and events.

Andrew Hook Centre Lecture Series

All lectures will be held in Room 209, 2 University Gardens at 5.30pm, unless otherwise noted

TERM 1

Thur 5 Oct Welcoming Event and Start of Term party

Angels on the Backroads: A Tribute to Blues & Jazz along Highway 61

Frank and Eddie Thomas

Venue: University Chapel

Thu 19 Oct Dr Frank Cogliano (University of Edinburgh)

Jefferson’s Empire of Liberty

Thu 2 Nov Dr Chris Gair (University of Birmingham)

'Last-of-the-Beats/First-of-the-Hippies': Diane di Prima, Ken Kesey and

Richard Brautigan

Dr Sean Holmes (Brunel University)

Key Themes in the History of the American Actor as Worker

TERM 2

Thursday 18 Jan Professor Christopher Waldrep (San Francisco State University

Thursday 1 Feb Professor Helen Carr (Goldsmiths, University of London)

'Imagiam and Gender: H.D., Amy Lowell and Masculomania'

Thursday 15 Feb Professor Susan Manning (University of Edinburgh)

Herman Melville and Robert Fergusson: Comparisons and Problems

Thursday 1 March Dr Helena Grice (University of Wales, Aberystwyth)

"Maxine Hong Kingston's Peace Project"

Early May Annual Gordon Lecture: Professor Susan Castillo (King’s College,

London)

Date and title tbc

Second Cities Symposium 30 April-1 May 2004

The Andrew Hook Centre for American Studies is pleased to announce an interdisciplinary symposium on Second Cities, to be held 30 April-1 May 2004 at the University of Glasgow Business School. Speakers from both sides of the Atlantic, in a variety of disciplines including History, Politics, Geography, Architecture, and Media Studies, will gather to explore how Second Cities are defined and what their cultural, economic, and political roles have been and continue to be. Using Glasgow, the self-styled Second City of the British Empire, as a vantage point, the symposium will also feature other case studies such as Manchester, Cork, Barcelona, Rotterdam, Philadelphia, Chicago, and Los Angeles. The symposium seeks to answer questions such as: How are Second Cities evaluated or measured? In terms of demography, economy, cultural production, or other qualities? How are Second Cities juxtaposed to 'first' cities or capital cities, and what are the distinctions between these categories? How are Second Cities represented?