THIBODAUX 鈥� 麻豆果冻传媒 will host an inaugural Undergraduate Humanities Symposium on Tuesday, April 24, and Thursday, April 26. Sponsored by the Department of Languages and Literature and the Sigma Tau Delta International English Honor Society, the symposium鈥檚 presentations are free and open to the public.
Discussion topics scheduled for noon to 1:30 p.m. Tuesday include 鈥淭he Fame Monster: Lady Gaga verses Madonna and the Never Ending Battle of the Blond Bombshells鈥�; 鈥淚n Praise of Stan Brakhage’s Vision:聽 Mainstream Cinema and the Avant-garde鈥�; and 鈥淩eflections of Mallarm茅: A Comparative Study of Manet鈥檚 鈥楢 Bar at the Folies-Berg猫re.鈥欌��
Topics for Thursday include 鈥淯nderstanding the Holocaust through the Eyes of Perpetrators, Victims, and Bystanders鈥� 鈥� scheduled for 2 to 3:15 p.m. 鈥� and from 5 to 6 p.m., 鈥淚s the Language of 鈥楽wamp People鈥� Exaggerating Cajun English?鈥�; 鈥淭he Transgender Community in South Louisiana: An Initial Investigation鈥�; and 鈥淗ow the Hollywood Black Sermon Compares to Real Sermons in the African-American Church.鈥�
All events will be held in the Magnolia Room of the Bollinger Memorial Student Union. For additional information, call Dr. Scott Banville, assistant professor of English and Sigma Tau Delta faculty advisor, at 985-448-4445. To learn more about the Department of Languages and Literature, go to www.nicholls.edu/language/.