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Memorial for Emeritus Professor Mark Poster on January 18

Emeritus Professor Mark Poster passed away on October 10, 2012. He was 71. A memorial event is planned for Friday, January 18, 2013 at 3:00 p.m. in Humanities Gateway 1030. Event speakers will include Wendy Brown, UCB; Linda Williams, UCB; Douglas Kellner, UCLA; John Rowe, USC; Fatimah Tobing Rony (FMS, UCI) and Jon Wiener (History, UCI).

First hired at UCI in 1968, Poster had recently retired after 40 years of service to the School and the Campus. He was a vital member of the School of Humanities, and for decades one of its most widely read and cited researchers. He made crucial contributions to two different departments, History and Film & Media Studies, and played a central role in UCI's emergence as a leading center for work in critical theory.