Oz Conference Schedule

Friday, May 14, 2010

8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Registration. Henry Madden Library.

Friday sessions, all in the Henry Madden Library, will include the presentation of academic papers and talks by featured speakers.

9:00-10:00 a.m. Morning reception. Henry Madden Library.

10:00-11:15 a.m. Session I: "L. Frank Baum's Correspondence with     his Publishers," Robert Baum, Peter Hanff

11:15- 11:30 a.m. Break

11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.Session II (concurrent sessions)

Featured Speakers

• Carey Graeber and Sally Roesch Wagner: "Rediscovering Dorothy through the Wonderful Mother of Oz."
• Donald Larson: 1893 Chicago World's Fair Gallery Walk
• Dee Michel "Girlish Boys and Boyish Girls: Oz Characters as Experienced by Gay Oz Fans."

Comparing Baum to Other Authors

• "The Bremen Musicians and Others in Oz", Diana Frances Ferrell
• "L. Frank Baum and Harriet Beecher Stowe: Using Sentimentalism to Inspire a Female Audience,"Desi Sullivan

The Limits of Interpretation

• "Silver Slippers or Ruby Shoes – That is the Question," Leticia Garcia Bradford
• "Eroticism in the Emerald City: The Awakening of Dorothy’s Sexuality in Oz as Discussed in Alan Moore’s Lost Girls," Rachelanne Smith

12:30-2:00 p.m. Lunch on your own

2:00-3:30 p.m. Session III (concurrent sessions)

Featured Speakers

• Gail Bouslough, "Picturing Oz: W.W. Denslow's Visual Innovations"
• Dick Rutter, "Oz International: Foreign Oz Editions"

Oz : The Classic

• "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: The Modernized Fairy Tale,"
  Su Jin Yang
• "There’s No Place Like the Classroom: Teaching Oz; A Multi-Disciplinary Perspective," Missi Rasmussen
• "Values Implicit in L. Frank Baum's Writing: Teaching Critical Analysis Using Ozma of Oz and The Wonderful Wizard of Oz," Glenn DeVoogd, Dee Dee Buchanan, and Kathleen Pickens Duarte

Wicked Good Talks

• "The Dualities of Wicked," Lindsey O'Malley
• "Wicked and the Nature of Evil," Laurence Barkley

Gender Roles

• "Romance In and Out of Oz," Craig Svonkin
• "Reconciling Lack: Masculinity in Oz," Sean Printz
• "Diverging from the One Road: Feminism, Oz, and the Power of Adaptations of L. Frank Baum’s the Wonderful Wizard of Oz," Amberyl Malkovich

3:30-3:45 p.m. Break

3:45-5:00 p.m. Session IV (concurrent sessions)

Featured Speakers

• Kathleen Krull "My Journey on the Road to Oz: A Writer Writing about Writers."
• David Maxine - TBA.

Transformations

• "Bow to Her Gracious Presence: Utopia, Dystopia, and Oz,"
  NaToya L. Faughnder
• "Liquid Lives, Slippery Selves: Metamorphosis and Metempsychosis in the Works of L. Frank Baum," Jason D. Lahman

Racial Themes in Baum's Books

• "Race or Racy?: Orientalism in the Works of L. Frank Baum," Judy Bieber
• "Social Satire for Little Ones: Class and Race in The Twinkle Tales," A. Waller Hastings
• "Inside or Outside of Oz: Placing Baum’s The Woggle Bug Book Within the Oz Series," Rebecca Hershberger-Howat

5:00-6:00 p.m. Break. View exhibits. Library tour begins in main
    Lobby. Arne Nixon Center is open for tours.

6:00-7:30 p.m. Dinner reception sponsored by ANCA, the
    Arne Nixon Center Advocates. Henry Madden Library.

8:00 p.m- Musical Play, "Time Again in Oz", by Suzan L. Zeder,
    with music by Richard Gray, produced by the Fresno State
    Department of Theatre Arts, directed by J. Daniel Herring. Theatre
    Arts Building, John Wright Theatre.

Saturday, May 15, 2010

Daytime events are held in the Satellite Student Union.

8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Registration.

8:00 a.m. Refreshments are served.

9:00-9:30 a.m. Opening ceremonies. Welcome by Provost     William Covino; Bach Children's Choir.

9:30-10:15 a.m. Suzan L. Zeder on her play "Time Again in Oz."

10:15-10:30 a.m. Break.

10:30-11:30 a.m. Keynote Speech Michael Patrick Hearn: "The     Discovery of Baum, the Great and Terrible."

11:30 a.m.-Noon Film clip "Rediscovering Dorothy."

Noon-1:15 p.m. Lunch on your own.

1:15-2:15 p.m. John Fricke on the MGM movie "The Wizard of Oz."

2:15-2:30 p.m. Break.

2:15-3:30 p.m. Gregory Maguire, "Playing with Matches."

3:30-3:45 p.m. Break.

3:45-4:45 p.m. Panel discussion: "Behind that Screen! The
    Real Magic of Creating Children’s Books." Michael Cart interviews
    Kathleen Krull, Gregory Maguire, and Eric Shanower.

4:45-6:30 p.m. Book signing.

6:30-7:00 p.m. Carpoolsto the University House.

7:00-9:00 p.m. Ozzy Picnic at University House.

9:00 p.m. - ??? After Picnic Party. North Tower Circle,
    2777 N. Maroa Ave., Fresno.

Sunday, May 16, 2010

Events are held in the Satellite Student Union.

8:00-10:00 a.m. Registration and refreshments.

9:00-9:30 a.m. Jim O'Connor, "Reshuffling Oz: The Collectible Card     Game."

9:30-10:30 a.m. Eric Shanower, "Mr. Neill and Me".

10:30-10:45 a.m. Break.

10:45-11:15 a.m. Writing contest winners.

11:15 a.m.-12:15 p.m. Graham Rawle, "Putting Toto on Wheels:
    Graham Rawle's Reimaging of Oz".

12:15-12:30 p.m. Conference wrap-up.

12:30 p.m.- The End!