{"id":4868,"date":"2019-05-08T09:44:18","date_gmt":"2019-05-08T13:44:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/sshgs\/?page_id=4868"},"modified":"2019-05-10T09:12:36","modified_gmt":"2019-05-10T13:12:36","slug":"salameno-center-for-british-studies","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/hgs\/salameno-center-for-british-studies\/","title":{"rendered":"Salameno Center for British Studies"},"content":{"rendered":"
Salameno Center for British Studies<\/div>
\n

The Center for British Studies was created in January, 2012 by faculty from various disciplines to further the study of all aspects of British culture, support student and faculty engagement in this study, and enrich the intellectual life of Ramapo College students.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Center ended its activities in May of 2019. This site is an archive of its activities during that period.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Board Members: Patricia Ard, Roark Atkinson, Todd Barnes, Yvette Kisor, Ellen Ross, and Terra Vandergaw.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n

Archived Events<\/h3>\n
<\/i><\/i><\/i><\/span>Events of 2019<\/div>
\n

\"Shakespeare<\/a>Shakespeare At Ramapo 2019<\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div>\n
<\/i><\/i><\/i><\/span>Events of 2018<\/div>
\n

\"Ramapo<\/a>Ramapo Reads: Frankenstein<\/h3>\n

On October 31, 2018, students, faculty and administration of the College joined together for an all-day reading of Mary Shelley’s 1818 novel Frankenstein.\u00a0The Halloween event took place in the wood paneled York room of the Birch Mansion. Student Hannah Frascella observed that “the reading of a classic horror novel on Halloween, in the supposedly haunted Birch mansion, was truly a one of a kind experience.”<\/p>\n

\"Ramapo\"<\/div>\n

\"Shakespeare<\/a>Shakespeare At Ramapo 2018<\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div>\n
<\/i><\/i><\/i><\/span>Events of 2017<\/div>
\n

\"The<\/a>The British History behind Game Of Thrones<\/h3>\n
\"Ramapo\"<\/div>\n

\"Shakespeare\u00a0At<\/a>Shakespeare\u00a0At Ramapo 2017<\/h3>\n

<\/h3>\n

Visual and performing artist Melissa Bartley Chernowetz, Ramapo Alumna ’02, gave an artist’s talk on Friday, April 21st. This talk was followed by three, free puppetry workshops, which were offered twice per day on the 22nd and 23rd. Then, on Tuesday, April 25th, from 7-7:30pm in the Grove, students presented their puppets in a pageant. The pageant was followed by “Shakespeare Live,” from 7:30-10:30, an open mic\/performance party in BC 216. Students presented scenes, sonnets, soliloquies, music, and dancing. On Thursday, April 27th, Professor Todd Barnes opened up his “Shakespeare’s Plays” course to the public. Held in the Laurel Hall Screening Room, his lecture, “Richard II: Staging History, Staging Power,” focused on the controversial turning point in that play, Act 4, Scene 1, wherein Richard abdicates his throne to Henry Bolingbroke, who then becomes Henry IV. Throughout the lecture, Prof. Barnes also shared clips from the BBC’s recent series, The Hollow Crown.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Ramapo\"<\/div>\n

\"The<\/a>The Joy Of Jane: Austen’s 200 Year Afterlife<\/h3>\n

2017 marked the 200th<\/sup> anniversary of the death of British novelist Jane Austen. Literature Professor Patricia Ard, who teaches and publishes on Austen, spoke about the novelist\u2019s enduring appeal and status as a literary celebrity 200 years after her death.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n

<\/i><\/i><\/i><\/span>Events of 2016<\/div>
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\"Talk<\/a>Talk by Web Mistress Melissa Anelli on Harry Potter<\/h3>\n

Melissa Anelli has been reporting on the Harry Potter phenomenon since 2001. As the webmistress of The Leaky Cauldron she has written and spoken for Harry Potter fans in media outlets worldwide. She graduated Georgetown University in 2001 and spent several years as a daily news reporter and features writer in New York City. She currently lives in Brooklyn with her ferocious cat, Moochka.<\/p>\n

Her book, Harry, A History: The True Story of a Boy Wizard, His Fans, and Life Inside the Harry Potter Phenomenon tells the story of the Harry Potter phenomenon through a superfan’s eyes.<\/p>\n

\"Ramapo\"<\/div>\n

\"Shakespeare\u00a0At<\/a><\/h3>\n

Shakespeare At Ramapo 2016 –\u00a0400th Anniversary<\/h3>\n

2016 was the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death. Thus, the British Studies Center sponsored numerous events relating to this important anniversary.<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. Macbeth<\/strong> –\u00a0Performance ran through the weekend of April 8th and 14th and was directed by Mary Ellen Allison with Music by Gilad Cohen.<\/li>\n
  2. Acting in Shakespeare<\/strong> –\u00a0This workshop was with actor and veteran Stephan Wolfert and took place on April 11th.<\/li>\n
  3. Cry Havoc!<\/strong> – \u00a0Stephan Wolfert’s acclaimed one-man show was followed by a Q & A on the night of April 11th.<\/li>\n
  4. Advanced Directing: Scenes from Shakespeare\u00a0Scenes<\/strong> – Directed my Mary Ellen Allison and performed on April 20th, 21st, and 22nd.<\/li>\n
  5. Scenes, Sonnets, Soliloquies<\/strong> –\u00a0Performed on the 21st of April with students from Todd Barnes’ Shakespeare Plays class and Terra Vandergaw’s Voice and Movement and Advanced Acting Classes.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
    \"Ramapo\"<\/div>\n

    \"Cry<\/a>Cry Havoc!<\/h3>\n

    After six years in the Army and battling PTSD, Stephen Wolfert hoped off an Amtrak train deep in the mountains of Montana, wandered into a theatre and saw Shakespeare’s Richard III. <\/em>He was so moved by this experience that he left the Army and went to graduate school to become a classical actor. \u00a0Twenty years later, Wolfert relives his odyssey by seamlessly interweaving his story with the voices of William Shakespeare’s veterans in his tour de force solo show, Cry Havoc.<\/p>\n

    Cry Havoc dramatizes the way young, psychologically malleable men and women are recruited and “wired for war” but then, at the end of their military service, are not ” un-wired from war” or “re-wired” for society.<\/p>\n

    Cry Havoc is a thought-provoking, gut-wrenching, and yet shockingly funny evening of finely crafted theater.<\/p>\n

    Proceeds from Cry Havoc went to the Heroes for Heroes nonprofit and Ramapo Veterans Lounge.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n

    <\/i><\/i><\/i><\/span>Events of 2015<\/div>
    \n

    \"Shakespeare\u00a0At<\/a>Shakespeare Day 2015<\/h3>\n

    This event, sponsored by the Salameno Center for British Studies featured performances of various scenes, sonnets, and soliloquies by students. \u00a0Additionally Montclair University Shakespeare scholar Adam Rzepka joined professors Todd Barnes, Terra Vandergaw, Yvette Kisor, and Fulbright scholar-in-residence and director, Rafael Bianciotto, for a freewheeling discussion of how Shakespeare’s plays are performed today, taught, and incorporated into everyday life.<\/p>\n

    \"Ramapo\"<\/div>\n

    \"The<\/a><\/p>\n

    The Ghost of 1842<\/h3>\n

    The Salameno Center for British Studies sponsored a talk from Professor Dean Chen on \u201cThe Ghost of 1842: China\u2019s\u00a0Insecurity and Occupy Central in Hong Kong\u201d on Wednesday 19 November.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n

    <\/i><\/i><\/i><\/span>Events of 2014<\/div>
    \n

    \"Joe<\/a>Joe Strummer\u2019s Transatlantic Rockabilly War<\/h3>\n

    On April 16, the Center hosted Professor Ed Shannon\u2019s presentation on \u201cJoe Strummer\u2019s Transatlantic Rockabilly War: The Punk Politics and Folk Roots of The Clash.\u201d This well attended lecture, based on one of Professor Shannon\u2019s recent publications, drew fascinating connections between the life and work of Joe Strummer and folk traditions embodied by Woody Guthrie.<\/p>\n

    \"Ramapo\"<\/div>\n

    \"Harry<\/a>Harry Potter Film Series<\/h3>\n

    The Center also hosted a Harry Potter Film Series. Throughout the semester, Professor Yvette Kisor hosted screenings and discussions for all of the films.<\/p>\n

    \"Ramapo\"<\/div>\n

    \"Shakespeare<\/a>Shakespeare at Ramapo 2014<\/h3>\n

    On April 23, on the occasion of Shakespeare\u2019s 450th birthday, the Center once again sponsored a series of events to celebrate \u201cShakespeare at Ramapo.\u201d The daylong celebration included performances by students in Professor Todd Barnes\u2019 \u201cShakespeare\u2019s Plays\u201d course; scenes, sonnets, and soliloquies performed by students in Professors Vandergaw\u2019s and Vail\u2019s acting classes; a screening and discussion of the new film Caesar Must Die; and a stage combat workshop hosted by alumna Lize Meisenzahl.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n

    <\/i><\/i><\/i><\/span>Events of 2013<\/div>
    \n

    \"Shakespeare<\/p>\n

    Shakespeare Day 2013<\/h3>\n

    On April 23, the birthdate of William Shakespeare, the BSC sponsored several relevant events for the college community. Professors Roark Atkinson and Todd Barnes each gave a talk related to the poet’s life and work. Professor Yvette Kisor led students in a lively Shakespeare centered game.<\/p>\n

    The Center hopes to make this an annual event.<\/p>\n

    \"Ramapo\"<\/div>\n

    \"Screening<\/p>\n

    Screening of Doctor Who<\/h3>\n

    On Tuesday, November 19, Dumbledore\u2019s Army and the Salameno\u00a0Center for British Studies co-sponsored a screening of an\u00a0episode of Doctor Who (\u201cThe Name of the Doctor\u201d) in the Laurel\u00a0Hall Screening Room. The screening was well attended. We hope\u00a0this event is the first of many collaborations between the two\u00a0groups.<\/p>\n

    \"Ramapo\"<\/div>\n

    \"The<\/p>\n

    The Tempest and Its Discontents<\/h3>\n

    On November 21, 2013, Professor Todd Barnes (Literature) gave a public\u00a0talk entitled \u201cThe Tempest and Its\u00a0Discontents.\u201d This talk, sponsored by\u00a0the Salameno Center for British Studies, was scheduled to coincide with\u00a0the current campus production of The Tempest. In his talk, Professor Barnes\u00a0discussed the history of the play\u2019s reception. He discussed, in particular, the\u00a0play\u2019s role in larger debates concerning early modern and contemporary ways of\u00a0thinking about colonialism, patriarchy, globalization, geography, and of course,\u00a0theatre and performance studies. The talk was well attended by students and\u00a0faculty from across the\u00a0campus, and it was followed\u00a0by a lively discussion.<\/p>\n

    \"Ramapo\"<\/div><\/p>\n

    \"Poets<\/p>\n

    Poets or Killers?<\/h3>\n

    On October 16, 2013 Martin Francis, Henry R. Winkler Professor of Modern\u00a0History at the university of Cincinnati, gave a public talk to the College\u00a0community.The talk was provocatively titled \u201cPoets or Killers?: Royal Air Force\u00a0Flyers and British Culture During WWII,\u201d and concerned the complex public identity of\u00a0the pilots; they were indeed national heroes but the death rate among them was forty\u00a0percent! The talk was sponsored by the British Studies Center, a campus organization\u00a0established to foster the study and discussion of all things British, as well as by the\u00a0History Club.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n

    <\/i><\/i><\/i><\/span>Events of 2012<\/div>
    \n

    \"Jane<\/p>\n

    Jane Austen in the Popular Imagination<\/h3>\n

    The newly forming Salameno Center for British Studies of Ramapo College sponsored a talk on Monday, November 19th, 1-2 in SC 137 by Jane Austen scholar Juliette Wells of Goucher College.<\/p>\n

    Juliette Wells is the author of the 2012 book Everybody\u2019s Jane: Jane Austen in the Popular Imagination<\/em>. This book, which was the subject of her talk, explores the fan culture that has sprung up worldwide and in countless mediums, centered upon the British novelist, Jane Austen. Professor Wells explored why Austen has such a varied \u201cfan\u201d base, of people of all ages and nationalities, including academics and non-academics. This resurgence of Austen \u201cfandom\u201d has sparked an industry of film adaptations, material objects related to Austen, as well as \u201cmashups\u201d or popular rewritings, of her six famous novels. These fan fictions include continuations of her novels, dating guides, mystery novels based on her books, and countless other \u201cquirky cultural creativity.\u201d Support for this event was generously provided by the Ramapo College Foundation, with additional support provided by Platinum funds.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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