Contact:	Barbara Stambaugh, Media Relations
Email:	stambaughb@denison.edu
Phone:	(740) 587-8575

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GRANVILLE—Nicholas Mirzoeff, professor of media, culture and communication at New York University, will speak on “Thinking Globally: Counterinsurgency, Climate Change, and Consumption of Culture,” at 4:30 p.m., on Tuesday, Sept. 22, in the Higley Hall Auditorium (100 Ridge Road). In his lecture, Mirzoeff will examine the issue of “visual literacy” through media portrayals of climate change and the recent war in Iraq. The event is free and open to the public.

Mirzoeff has written books such as “Seinfeld: A Critical Study of the Series,” “Watching Babylon: the War in Iraq and Global Visual Culture,” and “Bodyscape: Art, Modernity, and the Ideal Figure.”

The lecture is sponsored by the year-long Denison Campus Theme Series, “Consumption,” the Department of Art History and the Denison Museum.

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CALENDER LISTING: Denison University, Granville—New York University Professor Nicholas Mirzoeff will lecture on “Thinking Globally: Counterinsurgency, Climate Change, and Consumption of Culture,” at 4:30 p.m. on Tues., Sept. 22, in the Higley Hall Auditorium (100 Ridge Road). Free and open to the public. For more information contact 740-587-6206 or visit www.denison.edu.