Fall 2012 LAS Dean's Lecture: “Performance Narrative in Storytelling”

Thursday, October 25 at 5:30pm to 8:00pm

Music Center (1014 S. Michigan), Concert Hall 1014 S. Michigan, Chicago, IL, Chicago

How can we communicate stories—in all their forms—without speech or text? When we share a story with an audience, which nonverbal methods of storytelling are not only used by both Deaf and hearing storytellers, but also resonate with hearing and hard-of-hearing audiences alike? Just how important is physical, nonverbal performance in storytelling?

Join Dean Deborah H. Holdstein for the Fall 2012 LAS Dean’s Lecture as she welcomes renowned Deaf performing artist Peter S. Cook, who will present his research on how the physicality of storytelling transcends Deaf and hearing storytellers and audiences. Cook will also make a case for redefining traditionally held notions of literature, arguing for the need to incorporate the spatial and kinetic into what constitutes Western literature. A performance follows the lecture.

A Q&A will follow Cook’s lecture and performance, followed by a reception with food and refreshments. Sponsored by the Office of the Dean, School of Liberal Arts and Sciences, and Paul and Nancy Knapp.

This event has reached capacity and we can only guarantee seating for those who have already RSVP’d. We will accommodate as many additional attendees as we can in our overflow area where the event will be shown via closed-circuit television.