STEM Ed Announcement: April 26 Distinguished Faculty Lecture

[Morton Sternheim <mort@k12s.phast.umass.edu>]

The community is invited to attend the fourth 2009-2010
Distinguished Faculty Lecture on Monday, April 26 at 4 pm in the
Massachusetts Room, located on the third floor of the Mullins Center.

Professor Catherine Portuges of the Department of Languages,
Literatures, and Cultures will present "After the Wall Came Down:
Post-Communist Cinemas in East-Central Europe." The lecture is free and
open to the public and a reception will immediately follow the talk.
Professor Portuges will receive the Chancellor's Medal, the highest
honor bestowed by the campus.

In the twenty years since the fall of the Berlin Wall, East Central
European filmmakers have portrayed both the euphoria of "system change"
and the results of the dramatic transition from state-supported film
industries to the full force of global competition. Drawing on research
for a forthcoming book, accompanied by video extracts and images,
Professor Portuges will offer a comparative, transnational analysis of
how post-socialist filmmaking is challenging and redefining visual
culture.

A link to the live web streaming of this Distinguished Faculty Lecture
will be available at http://www.umass.edu/umhome/future/faculty.html
starting at 4 pm on April 26.