Samuel Delany Residency
November 6-10, 2017
Brown University
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Samuel Delany is a highly laureled writer of science fiction and cultural criticism, in which he explores questions of sexuality, gender, race, language, perception, and the fluctuating conceptions of "the human." His prodigious literary talents are intimately informed by his experiences as a gay black man, the grandson of a freed slave and nephew of famous civil rights workers. He is also an acute observer of off-the-grid urban spaces, the textures of micro-neighborhoods, and queer locations.
Samuel Delany will be at Brown from November 6 through 10th and will be doing a number of presentations and events on campus during that time (including giving the annual Henkle Memorial lecture; engaging in a conversation with visiting professor Kara Keeling at the John Hay Library; doing a Q&A after a film screening including a documentary about him as well as one of Delany's own films; and meeting with students and faculty from across multiple units at Brown, including MCM, Literary Arts, Africana Studies, the Pembroke Center, the Center for the Study of Race and Ethnicity in America, the Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice, Theatre Arts and Performance Studies and the LGBTQ Center, etc.
Organized by the Department of Modern Culture and Media.
Sponsored by Brown Arts Initiative Fitt Artist-in-Residence Grants Program, Malcolm S. Forbes Center for Culture and Media Studies, Marshall Woods Lectureship Foundation of Fine Arts.
Other contributors include the departments of Africana Studies, English, Literary Arts, Theatre Arts and Performance Studies; Brown University Library; Center for the Study of Race and Ethnicity in America; Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice; Cogut Institute for the Humanities; LGBTQ Center; Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women.
Events include:
Monday, November 6
9:00 am - 10:00 am **REGISTRATION CLOSED**
Meet and Greet with Sci-Fi Author Samuel Delany.
CSREA, Lippitt House, 96 Waterman Street
This event is a collaboration between the Modern Culture and Media, the Center for the Study of Race and Ethnicity in America, the Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice, and Africana Studies at Brown University.
12:30 pm **INVITATION ONLY**
Luncheon with Samuel Delany and MCM Ph.D. Students.
MCM, 155 George Street, Room 106
Tuesday, November 7
12:00 pm **INVITATION ONLY**
Luncheon with Samuel Delany and Prof. Leon Hilton's course TAPS 1425 Queer Performance.
5:30 pm (Co-Sponsored by English Department)
The Roger B. Henkle Memorial Lecture, "The Mirror and the Maze," a Lecture by Samuel Delany.
Granoff Center for the Creative Arts
Martinos Auditorium, Room 110
154 Angell Street
Reception to Follow.
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Watch the lecture here.
Wednesday, November 8
10:00-12:30 pm **REGISTRATION CLOSED**
Samuel Delany will be the special guest of the Pembroke Seminar, "The Cultures of Pacifism."
Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women
172 Meeting Street
5:30 pm
"Stars in His Pocket ... : a conversation with Samuel Delany and Kara Keeling," with an exhibit of Delany's works and manuscripts from the library collection.
The John Hay Library, Lownes Room, 2nd floor, 20 Prospect Street
Reception to Follow.
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Thursday, November 9
12:00 pm
"Out for Lunch with Samuel Delany"
LGBTQ Center, 321 Stephen Robert '62 Campus Center
75 Waterman Street, 3rd floor
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7:00 pm
Film Screening and Q+A with Samuel Delany
The Polymath or, The Life and Opinions of Samuel R. Delany, Gentleman,
a film by Fred Barney Taylor, and a film by Samuel Delany, The Orchid.
Granoff Center for the Creative Arts
Martinos Auditorium, Room 110
154 Angell Street
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Friday, November 10
11:00-12:00 pm ** REGISTRATION CLOESD**
Meet and Greet with Sci-Fi Author Samuel Dleany.
Literary Arts
Delany's books will be featured at the Brown Bookstore, 244 Thayer Street.