Hemispheric Institute Inaugural Reception
Dean's Conference Room, Tisch School of the Arts, NYU
November 17, 1999

Diana Taylor, Institute Director

Sponsors, Presenters, Students, and Friends Graduate Students Aaron Lorenz, Fernando Calzadilla, Ayanna Lee Esther Preiser (Manager of Computer and Information Technology, Tisch School of the Arts) Julie Taylor (Assistant Director) and Zeca Ligiéro (Director, UNI-RIO) Diana and Students NY skyline Shana Lorenz (Institute course TA) and Julie Barbara Browning (Associate Chair and Assistant Professor, Performance Studies) Toby Volkman (Program Officer, Ford Foundation) Vice-Dean Pari Shirazi (Vice-Dean, Tisch School of the Arts) Randy Wright (Institute technician) and Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett (Professor, Performance Studies) PhD Candidate Antonio Lopez and Zeca Dean Campbell (Dean, Tisch School of the Arts), Eric Manheimer (Director of Medical Services, Bellevue Hospital), and Toby Volkman Toby Volkman and Eric Manheimer Diana Taylor, Eric Manheimer and Toby Volkman Richard Schechner (Professor, Performance Studies) and Dean Campbell Doris Sommer (Professor, Spanish and Portuguese, Harvard University) and Bertha Palenzuela (PhD Student) Doris Sommer (Professor, Spanish and Portuguese, Harvard University) and Bertha Palenzuela (PhD Student Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett Dean Campbell's opening remarks Toby Volkman's remarks Diana Taylor listening Diana presenting Diana presenting Diana presenting Diana presenting Zeca presenting Zeca presenting Zeca and Toby Jim Fernández (Director, King Juan Carlos I of Spain Center at NYU; Professor, Spanish and Portuguese), Angela Carreña (Performing Arts Librarian, Bobst Library), and George Yúdice (Director and Professor, American Studies) Joe Simmons (Associate Director for Administration, Performance Studies) and John Barfield (Administrative Assistant, Performance Studies) flowers and wine Zeca and Jill Lane (PhD Candidate, Institute Assistant Director, '98-'99) Randy, Toby, and Diana Toby, Diana, and George Julie and Patricia Childers-Divone (brochure designer) Julie, Diana, and Jill Toby, Zeca, and Diana Toby, Zeca, and Diana