New Forms: Biography for the 21st Century March 26, 2009
365 5th Ave at 34th St.
New York City, New York
New York City, New York
The first annual conference on biography at The Leon Levy Center for Biography will explore biography in all of its many guises. The conference schedule features a screening of Werner Herzog’s My Best Fiend – Klaus Kinski and talks by biographers working in a variety of genre and disciplines, ranging from manga to jazz studies. Topics and speakers include:
Literary Biography for the 21st Century — Benita Eisler
The Journalist as Biographer — Darcy Frey
Intersections of Biography and Jazz Studies — Farah Griffin
Framing Biography in Manga and Anime — Eiji Han Shimizu
Official Website: http://www.leonlevycenterforbiography.org
Added by Center for the Humanities on February 10, 2009