San Antonio College
14th Annual Multicultural Conference
The Body Uncovered: Determining the Core
Tuesday, April 22
Reception:
6:00-6:45 p.m. McAllister Auditorium
Music by Terry Muska and the San Antonio College Guitar Ensemble
Opening Ceremonies: 7:00-9:00 p.m.
Mistress of Ceremonies:
Judy Lampert, San Antonio College
Welcome:
Dr. Robert E. Zeigler, President, San Antonio College
Alex Bernal, Chair, English Department, San Antonio College
Introduction of Conference Topic & Unveiling of Journal, Voices:
Moumin Quazi, Tarleton State University
“ The Contested Body: Uncovered, Cored, and Scored”
Introductions:
Juan Rodriguez, Texas Lutheran University
Presenters:
Bana Ramanath, Director of San Antonio Natyanjali
Claudio San Miguel, San Antonio College
Lisa Garza, Atlanta, Georgia
S. T. Shimi, Artistic Director for Company Programming Jump-Start Performance Co.
“Triptych: Three Selected Solos”
Closing Remarks:
Mike Burton, San Antonio College
Wednesday, April 23
(All sessions are held in the Visual Arts and Technology Center Room 120, unless otherwise noted.)
Continental Breakfast 8:00-9:00 a.m.
The Body Uncovered and Black Representation 9:00-9:50 a.m.
Jayne King, Northwest Vista College
“Save the Last Dance for America: Inner City Bodies on the Edge”
Narcel Gerard Reedus, University of Texas at Arlington
“Ezekiel’s Dream: The State of Hyper-reality Where the Falsely Accused and the ‘Criminalblackman’ are Digital Artifacts that Inhabit the Same Dream”
The Body Uncovered and Literature 10:00-10:50 a.m.
Chuck Taylor, Texas A & M University, College Station
“Love’s Body in Dagoberto Gilb”
Purvi Shah, Marymount Manhattan College
"Sakhi for South Asian Women"
Poetry Reading
The Body Uncovered and Literary Theory 11:00-11:50 a.m.
Erin Ranft, The University of Texas at San Antonio
“Venus is Young and Thin: Science Fiction as an Agent for Discussion of the Body”
Moumin Quazi, Tarleton State University
“The Diasporic Body and the Malady of Interpretation: An Examination of Jhumpa Lahiri’s Interpreter of Maladies”
The Body Uncovered and Psychology 12:00-12:50 p.m.
Morris Lampert, San Antonio, Texas
“Neurobiology and Culture: Evolving Ethics”
The Body Uncovered and the Divine 1:00-1:50 p.m.
Barbara McClure-Smith, San Antonio College and Ellen Walroth-Sadurni, San Antonio College
“ Close Encounters with 20th Century Angels: Rainer Maria Rilke to Tony Kushner ”
Dance Workshop2:00-3:00 p.m.
Lisa Suarez, Artistic Director - Guest Artist Jump-Start Performance Co.
“ Zumba: A Latin Dance Cardio Workout”
An Evening of Literary Selections 6:30-9:00 p.m.
Sheila Sanchez-Hatch, San Antonio College
Carol Reposa , San Antonio College
Purvi Shah, Sakhi for South Asian Women
Ned Bailey, San Antonio College
“Selections from Chiaroscuro: Travels in South Italy”
Thursday, April 24
The Body Uncovered and Self-Image 9:25-10:40 a.m.
Jennifer Brown, Scottsdale, Arizona
“Attitudes about Menstruation”
Gilbert Polanco, Palo Alto College
“Complex? What Complex?”
Jim West, St. Philip’s College
“Mirror, Mirror on the Wall . . .”
The Body Uncovered in Anthropology 10:50 a.m.-12:05 p.m.
Arch Mayfield, Wayland Baptist University
“Pigment of the Imagination”
Mario Marcel Salas, Northwest Vista College
“Mestizaje: The De-Africanization and De-Indianization Process in Mexican Society with the
Colonialist Heritage”
Juanita Luna Lawhn, San Antonio College
"Mexicans Not Allowed: Simon Says, 'Get Out' "
Luncheon 12:15-1:45 p.m.
La Fonda on Main Reservation Required
2415 N. Main Ave (210) 733-0621
Introduction: Stephen Dingman, San Antonio College
Luncheon Speaker:
Purvi Shah, Marymount Manhattan College
Poet, Writer, Teacher and Executive Director of Sakhi for South Asian Women,
a community-based anti-domestic violence organization
“Cord Cycles: The Body’s Politic Etched in Migration and Memory”
Conference Committee:
Juanita Luna Lawhn, Coordinator, San Antonio College
Stephen Dingman, San Antonio College
Mike Burton, San Antonio College
Juan Bruce-Novoa, University of California, Irvine
Judy Lampert, San Antonio College
Laurie López Coleman, San Antonio College
Juan Rodriguez, Texas Lutheran University
John O'Keefe, San Antonio College
Moumin M. Quazi, Tarleton State University
Sponsors:
San Antonio College
San Antonio College English Department
San Antonio College Library
San Antonio College Enrollment Management
Special Thanks:
Luis Mercado, Palo Alto College
Joan Fabian, San Antonio Artist
Isabelle Burke, San Antonio College
For any special accommodation, issues, or an alternate format,
contact the San Antonio College DisABILITY Support Services at 733-2347