"Buffy at 20"

The event is being organized by two Marquette professors: James South, an associate professor of philosophy, and Gerry Canavan, an assistant professor of English.

James South and Gerry Canavan

<H2>Update: March 28, 2017: Due to high demand, we have changed to location of the event. The conference will take place at the Alumni Memorial Union--second floor-Marquette Place. </H2>
A daylong conference on the cult classic television show Buffy the Vampire Slayer will feature speakers from the United States and Canada on April 1 at Marquette University.
The event is being organized by two Marquette professors: James South, an associate professor of philosophy, and Gerry Canavan, an assistant professor of English.
“Buffy’s continuing relevance and resonance is showing us, through seven seasons of television, that significant and thoughtful ideas can be raised in a TV series and that they can be made through art and craft,” South said.
Sherryl Vint, a professor of English at the University of California-Riverside, will give the keynote speech, “Being Ready for the Big Moments: Buffy’s Legacy.”
The full program can be found here:
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Buffy at 20 (draft program)
Saturday, April 1, 2017
Marquette University Alumni Memorial Union Marquette Place 
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Organizers:
James South (<A HREF="mailto:james.south@marquette.edu)" TARGET="_blank" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">james.south@marquette.edu)</A> and Gerry Canavan (<A HREF="mailto:gerry.canavan@marquette.edu" TARGET="_blank" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">gerry.canavan@marquette.edu</A>)
8 AM
Coffee, Bagels, and Welcomes
Conference Introduction: James South
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
MORNING PANEL ONE: BUFFY AND FEMINISM
“Buffy the Patriarchy Slayer: The Ecology of Gendered Animality” Kailey Havelock (Ryerson)
“Managing Emotions in Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Gender Dynamics of ‘Watching’” Jennifer Dworschack-Kinter (Marquette) and Gwynne Kennedy (UWM)
“Are You There Vlad, It's Me, Margaret: Feminism and Monster Hunting in a Post-Buffy World” Ash Darrow (UWM)
10:00 AM – 10:15 AM Coffee Break
10:15 AM - 11:45 PM
MORNING PANEL TWO: BUFFY AND PSYCHOLOGY
“What Do Audiences Need? Whedon’s Artificially Intelligent Answer” Madeline Muntersbjorn (Toledo)
"The Hardest Thing in This World is to Live in It:" Character Development and Mental Health in Buffy the Vampire Slayer” Alex Fixler (Tulane)
“Spike is Forgiven: Sympathy for the Neo-Victorian Vampire and the Insidious Durability of Rape Culture” Wendy Fall (Marquette)
11:45 AM-12:45 PM
Lunch for Speakers (Local options are available for audience members)
1-2 PM
KEYNOTE
Speaker Intro: Gerry Canavan
"Being Ready for the Big Moments: Buffy's Legacy" Sherryl Vint (University of California, Riverside)
2:15-3:45 PM
AFTERNOON PANEL ONE: CRAFTING BUFFY
“‘Isn’t He Going to Go Poof?’ The Sonic Dimensions of Embodiment in the Buffyverse (and Beyond)” Renée T. Coulombe (Banshee Media | Improvised Alchemy)
“What If I'm Still There? What If I Never Left That Clinic?”: Faërian Drama in Buffy’s “Normal Again” Janet Croft (Rutgers)
“Fractured Vampires and Composite Actives: Exploring Psychological Connectedness in the Whedonverse” Dean A. Kowalski (University of Wisconsin-Waukesha)
3:45 PM-4:00 PM Coffee Break
4:00 PM- 5:30 PM
AFTERNOON PANEL TWO: BUFFY AND FANDOM
“Not Gay Enough So You’d Notice: Fuffy from a Deconstructive Point of View” Jennifer DeRoss (University of Oregon)
"More than Mary Sue: Self-Insert Fan Fiction as an Exploratory Space for Fan Sexuality" Sofia Jones (Arizona State University)
“Teaching Buffy as Complex TV Text” Elizabeth Rambo (Campbell University)

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