St. John's & UBC School of Music present Rock 'n' Resistance: Explorations in Social Movements and Popular Music December 4, 2006

St. John's College and the UBC School of Music Presentation
Rock 'n' Resistance: Explorations in Social Movements and Popular Music Series

Monday, December 4
=================
Bob Dylan: The Rolling Thunder Revue and the Social Movements

Talk: Michael Denning, Professor of American Studies at Yale University
Author of: Culture in the Age of Three Worlds and The Cultural Front

Michael has written a couple of books, one on the “Cultural Front” that explores the Relations between culture, popular front tactics and the forging of the New Deal Coalition in the 1930’s. This time around he will focus on one of the cultural icons of the New Left.

===============
Upcoming Events
===============

Monday, January 15
================
Folk: Regular Folks Recurrent Memories

Talk & Songs: Kevin Hutchings, Folk Singer, Professor of English at UNBC

Kevin will speak and sing about William Blake, the revolutionary poet who inspired other progressive icons like The Doors and Patti Smith.

Thursday, January 25
=================
Rock, Pop, Soul

Presentation: David Brackett, Professor of Music at McGill University

Monday, February 5
================
Blues: Southern Legacies on the Colour Line

Presentation: Rick Halpern, Professor of History at the University of Toronto

Thursday, February 15
=================
Punk: Keeping Up the Fight during the Conservative Era

Discussion & Songs: Joey Keighley, Member of D.O.A,

Author of I, Shithead – A Life in Punk

Jeff Keighley, Shithead’s brother, former president of the Canadian Auto Workers in BC, driving force behind the Word Peace Forum

Thursday, March 15
===============
Pop: Ironies of a Material Girl

Ellie Hisama, Columbia University

For more information on this series contact:

Dr. Ingo Schmidt (604) 522-3323

Official Website: http://www.stjohns.ubc.ca/PublicEvents.stm