Political Cartoons, Cultural Sensitivity and the First Amendment - Reza Aslan with Brian Duffy and Barbara Mack
| Date/Time: | Thursday, 20 Apr 2006 at 8:00 pm |
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| Location: | Great Hall, Memorial Union |
| Cost: | Free |
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| Phone: | 515-294-9934 |
| Channel: | Lecture Series |
| Categories: | Lectures |
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Reza Aslan was born in Iran and has studied religions at Santa Clara University, Harvard University, and the University of California, Santa Barbara. He was visiting assistant professor of Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Iowa, where he holds an MFA in fiction from the Writers' Workshop. His work has appeared in Slate, USA Today, U.S. News & World Report, and The Chronicle of Higher Education as well as a number of academic journals.
Brian Duffy is the front-page editorial cartoonist for The Des Moines Register (see the animated editorial cartoons he developed for the Web at DesMoinesRegister.com). Prior to joining the Register, Duffy worked as editorial cartoonist and illustrator for Milwaukee magazine. He created a monthly cartoon on Milwaukee issues and illustrated feature stories. He was also a staff editorial cartoonist at the Waukesha County Freeman. A graduate of West Winds-Wauwatosa High School, where he was staff editorial cartoonist for the school newspaper, Duffy attended the University of Wisconsin, both in Milwaukee and Oshkosh, majoring in political science and history. He produced editorial cartoons for the UWM Post, continuing studies at the Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design. Duffy's work has won many awards, including: First place, World Hunger Media Award (1985 and 1986), Second place, Editorial Cartooning, Best of Gannett Contest (1986, 1995 and 1996), Finalist, Fischetti Editorial Cartoon Competition (1986), Third Place, Editorial Cartooning, Best of Gannett contest (1987, 1989, 1992, 1993 and 1994). Two collections of his cartoons have been published, A Decade of Duffy (1993) and More of Duffy (1995).