Saturday, March 3
Hosted by James Wallace Chair Peter Laufer
Led by Guest Author Thomas Christensen
PageTurners is an opportunity to read closely and study in detail a book that is filled with multiple voices, diverse points of view, and a rich palette of cultural experiences. For Winter term 2012 the text is Thomas Christensen’s 1616: The World in Motion, a study of a pivotal year in world history, and the beginning of the global economy and its megacorporations. Shakespeare and Cervantes died. Galileo declared the earth spins. Women were redefining family roles. Slave trading was flourishing. Pocahontas went to London for a royal visit. 1616: The World in Motion addresses issues of race, gender and migration that lead directly to 2012.
Thomas Christensen is an author, editor and translator, and he is the director of publications at the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco.
Schedule
Saturday, March 3
2 - 3:20 p.m. Master Class (PageTurners class*)
4 - 6 p.m. Book Reading in Browsing Room, Knight Library (open to the public)
6 - 8 p.m. Dinner at Pape Room, JSMA (invitation only)
*The 7th Annual PageTurners class is a hands-on story development workshop led by SOJC Professor and James Wallace Chair in Journalism Peter Laufer. PageTurners is an intimate class in which students have the opportunity to work directly with an author. The primary goal of PageTurners is to enrich discussions of diversity issues in the SOJC. If you are interested in the class and have questions, please email Peter Laufer at laufer@uoregon.edu.
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