The Hanno Hardt Festschrift

2003-09-22T18:53:00.000-07:00

Ed McLuskie:

Critical cultural studies misses an important opportunity on questions of emancipation when it offers a wholesale critique of a particular institution, in this case, the military. Always, there has been an undercurrent of resistance within the ranks, contrary to stereotypes of widespread patriotism and associated notions that identify the military with the establishment. This paper demonstrates a promising line for the future of critical studies through an examination of an Internet "Blog" wherein we can find expressions of resistance to the American war in Iraq. Such expressions turn out to be consistent with earlier studies of resistance among the American military in Vietnam. The paper concludes with an argument that redirects critical cultural studies to pockets of resistance in seemingly conservative, establishment arenas.

2003-09-16T12:38:00.000-07:00

Partial list of Hanno Websites:
Buy Critical Communiocation Studies
as an e-Book
Hanno Hardt Index (of writings on Photography with accompanying galleries)
Interview with Hanno from the Iowa Journalist
List of Hanno's Writings from All Bookstores.com

2003-09-16T10:57:00.000-07:00

(Announcement from the AEJMC Website)

Hanno Hardt Festschrift

Cultural and critical scholars from across the US, Europe, and Asia will meet at the University of Iowa for a one-day conference honoring the career of Hanno Hardt, UI professor emeritus of Journalism and Communication Studies. The meeting, called a "Festschrift" in the German tradition of celebrating the contributions of a retiring scholar, will take place on Saturday, Oct. 18, 2003, from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. in the Lucas-Dodge Room of the Iowa Memorial Union.

Speakers at the Festschrift will include Bonnie Brennen (Missouri), Andrew Calabrese (Colorado), John Durham Peters (Iowa), Ted Glasser (Stanford), Ed McLuskie (Boise State), Kuan-Hsing Chen (National Tsinghua University, Taiwan), Rüdiger Scheidges (Der Spiegel, Germany), Slavko Splichal (University of Lubljana, Slovenia), Barbie Zelizer (Penn), and others.

Hardt was the John F. Murray Professor of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Iowa, where he taught for 33 years until his retirement in 2002. His most recent books include Interactions: Critical Studies in Communication, Media, and Journalism (1998), Picturing the Past: Media, History, and Philosophy, edited with Bonnie Brennen (1999), and In the Company of Media: Cultural Constructions of Communication, 1920s-1930s (1999). Perhaps he is best-known for his history of communication, history, and theory in America, Critical Communication Studies (1992). Hardt was active in developing the University of Iowa doctoral program's emphasis in critical/cultural studies, where he advised more than 50 dissertations. Though he is retiring from the University of Iowa faculty, Hardt will continue his career at University of Ljubljana in Slovenia, where he is on the Faculty of Social Sciences and serves as Director of the European Institute of Communication and Culture.

The event is free and open to the public. Spaces are limited. To reserve a seat and for information about hotel accommodations, please contact Frank Durham at (319) 335-3362 or via email at frank-durham@uiowa.edu. Information is also available at: http://comm.boisestate.edu/emcluskie/Festschrift/FestEvent.htm