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Lara Nielsen: Visiting Faculty 2001-2002

Lara Nielsen came to CISA from The Tisch School for the Arts, New York University, where she was awarded a Ph.D. in Performance Studies. With interests in film, theatre and the politics of sports performance, she taught a number of courses at the Five Colleges, organized symposia and gave a number of guest lectures. Courses: "Rights and Resistance: Film and Theatre in Latino/a America." Am Studies 80 Amherst College Prof. Nielsen Spring 2002 This course offers an introduction to Latin/o American film and theatre texts that illuminate cultural and political movements in the Americas during the 20th century. We study the ways in which film, theatre and music address and expresses crises of social conflict. Drawing on post-colonial and liberation theories of culture, art, and the state, we construct an intellectual history of socially-motivated Latin/o American film and theatre performances. "American Exertions: Performance, Sport, History." HACU 245 Hampshire College Prof. Nielsen Spring 2002 Talks "'Baseball is Also a Place of Struggle': Major League Baseball, Globalization and the Poetics of Pelotero Performances" Tuesday November 13, 2001. The Octagon, Amherst College Symposia "Latinos and Major League Baseball: Sport, Globalization and the Poetry of Justice" Friday 26 April 2002 Franklin Patterson Hall Hampshire College Amherst MA, 01002