B. Ricardo Brown, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Cultural Studies
Department of Social Science & Cultural Studies
Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York
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BRBrownIII(at)earthlink.net

From the Archives:
The Formation of Cultural Studies 
At Pratt Institute
As we are not allowed very much space on the server (only 100 megs!), I can only make a limited number of copies of faculty and students.  I would prefer to have them online and am considering various options.  Sadly, many tapes --- including Scholar in Residence Susan Buck-Morss in April 2002, the Questions of Identity and Left at 20009.11.01 and After: Responses and Responsibilities, which was a three day series of talks and discussions in October 2001--- never made it into my possession. Some are confirmed lost and some others are assumed to be lost.  Any copies that might exist out there would be appreciated.  Titles are approximate, and taken from the recordings. conferences, as well as the even


Videos

Stanley Aronowitz

Distinguished Professor of Sociology
founder of the CUNY Center for Cultural Studies

City University of New York Graduate Center
and
Scholar in Residence, Fall 1998
Department of Social Science & Cultural Studies



On the Origins of Cultural Studies

Faculty Seminar, September 29, 1998
(1:18:55 - mp4 file)


Culture, Technology, Work
Lecture, October 26, 1998
(1:06:24 - mp4 file)

Lunch conversations
October 26, 1998
(47:15 - mp4 file)
Audio Recordings (mp3)

Patricia Clough
Professor of Sociology 
Director, Center for the Study of
Women and Society

City University of New York Graduate Center
and
Scholar in Residence, Spring 1998
Department of Social Science & Cultural Studies
and the School of Liberal Arts and Sciences


Psychoanalysis,
Autoaffection, & Tele-technology

February 19, 1998
Part One (48:29) Part Two (48:42)

What Cultural Studies did to Marxism.
March 19, 1998
Part One (48:50) Part Two (49:04)

Identity Politics, Feminism, and Cultural Studies
April 16, 1998
Part One (49:01) Part Two (49:12)

Questions and Conversations
May 7, 1998
Part one (48:11) Part two (53:52)
Gyan Prakash
Dayton-Stockton Professor of History.
Director, Shelby Cullom Davis Center for Historical Studies.
Princeton University



Faculty Seminar on Teaching Cultural History

March 26, 1998
Part One (49:00 ) Part Two (46:48)



Documents and Artifacts
 (pdf and jpg)
They are offered without editorial comment.  For a summary of my views about this period, you can see the last document listed.
Note
For some reason, we also taped our faculty curriculum meeting of  November 6, 1997, when it was still the Department of Social Sciences and Management.   I have no idea why and have only listened to parts of it.  It seems to concern the history curriculum, but touches on the Cultural Studies proposal as well.  It is somewhat haunting to again hear some voices that have either moved on or passed away, and so I have only listened to parts of it.  I suppose I can provide it to faculty in the department as it provides some historical insight, and also the manner of discussions at another moment of significant shifts in the department.  These concerns are also reflected in the discussions in the recordings.

Posters and Materials

most are too large to copy for the moment. Right click and view to see the full size image.



Poster: Iraq and the Politics of Weapons Inspections
a film by John Miglietta October 22, 2002



Documents
(1997-2002)


Synopsis of current work in approving CS Major--- August 1999


Text of the original program announcement


Original Synopsis of Cultural Studies Proposal


Original proposal for Cultural Studies Major


Detailed Outline of Senior year, c.1999-2000


Cultural Studies at Pratt, January 2000


Text of flier for use by admissions


Guidelines and Protocols for the
Program in Cultural Studies
[with appendix:

Guidelines for Preparing Theses and Projects]


Proposed Curriculum Changes, November 2001


Concerning the current status of faculty, curriculum and the
Major in Cultural Studies
within the
School of Liberal Arts and Science, December 6, 2001


Mock up of ad for program by Admissions


Cultural Studies Meetings and Faculty Seminar Meetings for Spring 2002


Cultural Studies Spring 2002 Course Schedule


Faculty Seminar Schedule, Spring 2002


The End:
lathe biosis


Remarks on the Successful Institutionalization
and the Political Failure of Cultural Studies, Left Forum 2008
Cooper Union, March 16, 2008

The images below were donated in the early period by former students (1 & 2: Jessica Acevedo.
 3: Amy Palmisano. 4: Matt Knutzen) for fliers, etc.



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