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U.S. Embassy Teacher Academy 2007

Ethnic Visions of the United States of America

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Program

Wednesday, October 3
Arrival during the day
13:00 Registration starts
15:00 Greeting Remarks
Peter Freese, Paderborn
Peter R. Claussen, U.S. Embassy (tbc.)
Martina Kohl, U.S. Embassy
15:30 Peter Freese, Paderborn, “National Identity and Ethnic Diversity in the USA”
17:00 Short coffee break
17:15 Keynote lecture
Roger Daniels, Cincinnati, “"The Asian American Experience"
19:00 Dinner

Thursday, October 4
9:00-10:30 Markus Heide, Berlin, “From Zorro to Jennifer Lopez: The History of Latino Hollywood”
Coffee Break
11:00-12:30 Paula Ross, Berlin, “We Landed on American Shores--Who and What Was There to Greet Us?: An Overview of Visual Culture and Ethnicity" more
12:30 Lunch
14:00-15:30 Peter Schneck, Osnabrück, "The Reflection of Race and Law in African American Literature"
Coffee Break
16:00 Guided tour through Paderborn
18:00 Dinner
20:00 Film showing

Friday, October 5
9:00-10:30 Karsten Fitz, Bayreuth, "Screen Indians in the EFL-Classroom: Transatlantic Perspectives" more
Coffee Break
11:00-12:30 Workshops
1. Roger Daniels, “The Japanese American Cases: :A Social History, 1942-2007."
2. Karsten Fitz, "'We’ve Existed Long Enough as Hollywood Indians': Chris Eyre’s Skins (2002)" more
3. Markus Heide, “Tino Villanueva’s Scene From the Movie GIANT: “Minority Perspectives” on Screen, in Literature, and in the Classroom”
4. Paula Ross, "Coloring the White Cube: Strategies for and Approaches to Sustained Canonical Incursions in U.S. (and Western) Visual Arts" more
5. Peter Schneck, “Working with Masques” more
6. Laurenz Volkmann, Jena, "Exiles in American Suburbia: Intercultural Encounters in Jumpha Lahiri's Short Stories" more
12:30 Lunch
14:00-15:30 Workshops continue
Coffee Break
16:00-17:30 Workshops continue
18:00 Dinner

Saturday, October 6
9:00-10:30 Panel Discussion/Summary of Results. Moderator: Peter Freese
Coffee Break
11:00-12:30 Continued
12:30 Lunch
Depart after Lunch