The Reexamining the 1960s: Media, Politics, Culture Conference will take place at TCU on Friday, November 6 and Saturday, November 7, 2015. Emily Newman of Texas A&M University-Commerce will deliver the conference keynote address, “From That Girl to Girls: Rethinking Ann Marie/Marlo Thomas as a Feminist Icon,” and approximately two dozen additional research presentatio
ns are scheduled to occur. The range of intriguing presentation titles (far too many to list here!) includes “Advancing the Feminine Mystique: ‘The Problem That Has No Name’ in Richard Yates’ Revolutionary Road”; “Analyzing Jim Morrison”; “Being Don Draper: Jon Hamm’s Performance in Mad Men”; “Building a New America: Architecture in the 1960s”; “A Hard Day’s Night: A Guide for Millennials”; “Impeach Earl Warren: The Political Cartoons of the Warren Court Era”; “‘The Mystic Cult of Millions’: The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Phenomenon and 1960s America”; “Reexamining Three Days of Peace and Music: Woodstock and Its Cultural Significance”; “Revolutionary Characters in a Revolutionary Time: The Case of Bonnie and Clyde”; and “Richard Nixon vs. The Media (1968-1974): The Art of Outflanking the Enemy,” among many others. Any member of the TCU community who is interested in attending the conference should contact conference organizer Kylo-Patrick Hart (k.hart@tcu.edu) no later than Friday, October 30, 2015.