[Englecturers] tomorrow: Talk by Josh Kun

[Traise Yamamoto]

Hello: Since I haven't seen any flyers or announcements, I just wanted  
to let everyone know that Josh Kun will be giving a talk here tomorrow  
(Thursday).


Thursday, May 8, 2008
   4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.


Location: Humanities & Social Sciences Building 1500
   Parking Information

Category: Lecture
Description: Josh Kun
The Land of Liberty: Tijuana, Black Los Angeles, and the Borders of Race


A talk that spans jazz, blues, and hip hop to look at the impact of  
African-American music and culture on Tijuana, Mexico and the impact  
of Tijuana, Mexico on the music and culture of African-America.

Josh Kun is Associate Professor in the Annenberg School of  
Communication and the Department of American Studies and Ethnicity at  
USC, where he directs The Popular Music Project at The Norman Lear  
Center. He was a professor of English at UC Riverside from 1999-2006.  
He is the author of Audiotopia: Music, Race, and America (UC Press,  
2005) which won a 2006 American Book Award and is the co-author of And  
You Shall Know Us By The Trail Of Our Vinyl: The Jewish Past As Told  
By The Records We've Loved and Lost (forthcoming this fall from Random  
House). He is a contributor to The New York Times, The Los Angeles  
Times, Los Angeles magazine, and Tu Ciudad Los Angeles and is co- 
editor of the Refiguring American Music book series for Duke  
University Press. He is currently finishing a book on the cross-border  
cultures of Tijuana, Mexico, from which this talk is drawn.
Open to: Public
Admission: Free
Sponsor: Center for Ideas & Society

Contact Information:
Laura Lozon
951-827-4332
laura.lozon at ucr.edu

Traise Yamamoto
Associate Professor
Department of English
University of California, Riverside
Riverside, CA 92521-0323
951.827.1789
951.827.3967 (fax)




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