http://leobraudy.com Sat, 01 May 2010 02:39:35 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Leo Braudy and Scott Soames have just been named to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. USC's College of Letters, Arts, and Sciences covered the story: Top Fellowships for Braudy and Soames University Professor Leo Braudy and philosophy professor Scott Soames have been named fellows of the 230-year-old American Academy of ... http://leobraudy.com/2010/04/leo-braudy-elected-to-american-academy-of-arts-and-sciences/ Susan Andrews of the USC College of Letters, Arts, and Sciences interviewed Leo about his forthcoming book on the Hollywood sign. The video can be found below, as well as a link to the full text of the article. Commanding, evocative and unmistakable. With nine white steel and concrete letters standing ... http://leobraudy.com/2010/04/hollywood-sign-book-preview/ Recent Interviews: "The Geography of Buzz: Art, Culture and the Social Milieu in Los Angeles and New York," April 15, 2009--Commentator and chair of a discussion of the correlation between geography and media buzz. You can read about the event at the University of Southern California's news website. "War and Masculinity: Forever Entwined?" April ... http://leobraudy.com/2009/05/two-interviews-from-april/ From Chivalry to Terrorism has just been issued in Chinese by The Oriental Press (Beijing) and in Spanish by Oceano (Mexico City). http://leobraudy.com/2009/05/recent-translations/ New Edition: The 7th edition of Film Theory and Criticism has just been released by Oxford University Press and is available for purchase from Amazon. The new edition features expanded introductions and a new section on "Digitization and Globalization," which incorporates essays on recent developments in technology and world cinema. http://leobraudy.com/2009/05/film-theory-and-criticism-7th-edition/ Back in print: Figueroa Press has republished Native Informant: Essays on Film, Fiction, and Popular Culture in its scholarly reprints series. The press also reissued The Plot of Time: Narrative Form in Hume, Fielding, and Gibbon with a new forward by Hayden White in 2003. Both books can be ordered through ... http://leobraudy.com/2009/05/native-informant-back-in-print/ SOMETHING MORE THAN NIGHT: Raymond Chandler, 50 Years Later March 25, 2009, 7:30pm USC University Club Join leading LA noir experts for a lively discussion of Raymond Chandler's novels, films, and the future he foretold. Fifty years after his death, how have his perceptions and his portrayal of the City of Angels endured? ... http://leobraudy.com/2009/03/raymond-chandler-talk-at-usc/ ALOUD AT CENTRAL LIBRARY Tuesday, May 6, 2008, 7 pm A conversation with screenwriter Millard Kaufman, whose debut novel, Bowl of Cherries, was published last year by McSweeney's. The .mp3 podcast is available through the LAPL website. http://leobraudy.com/2008/04/aloud-at-central-library-millard-kaufman-interview/ LOS ANGELES TIMES FESTIVAL OF BOOKS Saturday, April 29, 2008, 10:30 am Moderator, A History of Violence, featuring David A. Bell, Mark Kurlansky, Scott Martelle, and Andrew Nagorski. Flash video provided by C-SPAN's BookTV at the link above. http://leobraudy.com/2008/04/appearance-at-the-los-angeles-times-2008-festival-of-books/ REAL TO REEL: INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON WORLD WAR II Friday, April 11, 2008, 8:30 am - 10:30 am Moderator, Hollywood Goes to War: The Battle of San Pietro and the Memphis Belle. A conversation featuring Pulitzer-prize winning author Rick Atkinson and producer Catherine Wyler, daughter of William Wyler. http://leobraudy.com/2008/04/real-to-reel-conference/