BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//events.la.psu.edu//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20201101T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20200308T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:13720-4863962e575570bed2193bdcc3038140@events.la.psu.edu DTSTAMP:20260412T034846Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241112T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241112T130000 SUMMARY:Unprecedented: Isolation/Communication DESCRIPTION:\nThe Center for American Literary Studies “Unprecedented” w ebinar series grew out of the online-only days of the COVID-19 pandemic. In addition to “Unprecedented\,” Americans during that period heard a l ot about “Isolation\,” in one of two ways. First\, physical isolation\, so as to stop the spread of the virus. Second\, social isolation\, or th e feeling of loneliness and seclusion that followed from physical isolat ion. In the first CALS webinar of the year\, three scholars whose work t ouches on isolation will gather to help us think about isolation general ly by sharing how the word informs their scholarship specifically.\n\nCa therine F Belling is associate professor of medical education at the Fei nberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University. Her most recent wor k focuses on hypochondria\, pain\, and folk horror films. From 2013 to 2 018\, she edited Literature and Medicine.\n\nHester Blum is professor of English at Penn State. Her latest monograph is The News at the Ends of the Earth: The Print Culture of Polar Exploration. She will present work from a new project\, “Castaways\,” which is a meditation on “female Rob inson Crusoe’s.”\n\nBrenda Jo Brueggemann is the Aetna Endowed Chair of Writing at the University of Connecticut. Her 2009 book\, Deaf Subjects: Between Identities and Places\, is a landmark text in disability studie s. Her more recent work focuses on deaf studies\, disability studies\, a nd disability art and creative expression. She is the co-editor of Disab ility Studies.\n\nFor more details: https://events.la.psu.edu/event/unpr ecedented-isolation-communication/ X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

The Center for American Literary Studies “Unprecedented” webinar series grew out of the online-only days of the COVID-19 pandemic. In addition to “Unprecedente d,” Americans during that period heard a lot about “Isolation,” in one o f two ways. First, physical isolation, so as to stop the spread of the v irus. Second, social isolation, or the feeling of loneliness and seclusi on that followed from physical isolation. In the first CALS webinar of t he year, three scholars whose work touches on isolation will gather to h elp us think about isolation generally by sharing how the word informs t heir scholarship specifically.

Catherine F Belling is associate pr ofessor of medical education at the Feinberg School of Medicine at North western University. Her most recent work focuses on hypochondria, pain, and folk horror films. From 2013 to 2018, she edited Literature and Medicine.

Hester Blum is professor of English at Penn State. Her latest monograph is The News at the Ends of the Earth: The Print Culture of Polar Exploration. She will present work from a new pro ject, “Castaways,” which is a meditation on “female Robinson Crusoe’s.”< /p>

Brenda Jo Brueggemann is the Aetna Endowed Chair of Writing at the University of Connecticut. Her 2009 book, Deaf Subjects: Between Id entities and Places, is a landmark text in disability studies. Her more recent work focuses on deaf studies, disability studies, and disabi lity art and creative expression. She is the co-editor of Disability Studies.

For more details: https://events.la.psu.ed u/event/unprecedented-isolation-communication/

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