Talk: "On the Road with Ramón Novarro: The Challenges and Rewards of Interdisciplinary Research"

Event Date: 
Wednesday, June 3, 2015 -
5:00pm to 7:00pm
Event Location: 
Darren Star Theater - 1422A Melnitz Hall

The UCLA Cinema and Media Studies (CMS) Department colloquium series, in collaboration with the CSRC, welcomes Ernesto Chávez for a presentation on Mexican-born Ramón Novarro, a Catholic gay actor who achieved stardom during the silent era, maintained it during the early sound period, and then was a character actor in film and television from 1940s until his death at the hands of a male hustler (whom he hired) in 1968. Chávez, associate professor of history at the University of Texas, El Paso, and IAC Visiting Researcher at the CSRC for 2014-15, is concerned with the way that Novarro “performed” his life and how his race, sexuality, and religious devotion intersected to enable his success. 

For more background on Chávez and his research project, please visit http://www.chicano.ucla.edu/about/csrc-fellows-visiting-scholars-2014-2015.
 
This event is FREE.
 
Sponsored by UCLA Department of Cinema and Media Studies and the CSRC.

 

Browse by date

S M T W T F S
 
 
 
 
 
1
 
2
 
3
 
4
 
5
 
6
 
7
 
8
 
9
 
10
 
11
 
12
 
13
 
14
 
15
 
16
 
17
 
18
 
19
 
20
 
21
 
22
 
23
 
24
 
25
 
26
 
27
 
28
 
29
 
30
 
31
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Upcoming Events