From Nietzsche to Star Wars: The Wagnerian Power of The Ring

USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences

Thursday, April 15, 2010 : 7:30pm to 9:00pm

The Museum of Contemporary Art
250 S. Grand Ave.
Ahmanson Auditorium
Los Angeles, CA 90012

Free


Through his operatic Ring cycle, Wagner has profoundly influenced the way we think, feel and imagine the 21st-century world.

Through his operatic Ring cycle, Wagner has profoundly influenced the way we think, feel and imagine the 21st century world. In collaboration with The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, a panel of experts, including faculty from the USC Master of Liberal Studies Program, take on how have “The Ring” themes and symbols have permeated 20th-century literature, philosophy, psychology, and even movies and cartoons. No singing required; mind-opening insights guaranteed.

Register online at www.regonline.com/WagnerianPower

If you are unable to attend the event in person, follow the discussion on Twitter. To participate online on April 15, log in to Twitter.com or any online chat client between 7:30 p.m. and 9:00 p.m. PST, and follow the hash tag #uscmls. To submit specific questions for the panel, direct message @uscmls during the chat via Twitter. Every effort will be made to answer all questions received before the end of the evening.

Moderator:

James R. Kincaid, USC Aerol Arnold Professor of English and Faculty Chair, USC Master of Liberal Studies Program

Panelists:

-Leo B. Braudy, University Professor and Leo S. Bing Chair in English and American Literature and Professor of English
-Roberto Ignacio Diáz, Associate Professor of Spanish and Portuguese and Comparative Literature
-John P. Nuckols, Vice President, Advancement, LA Opera
-John Carlos Rowe, USC Associates Chair in Humanities and Professor of English and American Studies and Ethnicity
-Hilary Schor, Professor of English, Comparative Literature,Gender Studies, and Law
-Imogen von Tannenberg, Director, Villa Aurora

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