‘Looking Back: Television and Popular Culture’ at May 2 Session of IRP

Monday, April 29, 2013, By Eileen Jevis

The May 2 session of the Institute for Retired People (IRP) will feature director of the for Television and Popular Culture at ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ. Thompson will provide a history of the television/film business from 1945 to present.

Thompson is the founding director of the Bleier Center and a Trustee Professor of Television and Popular Culture. He was a visiting professor for six summers at Cornell University and served for nine years as professor and director of the N.H.S.I. Television and Film Institute at Northwestern University.

Thompson received a master’s degree and Ph.D. from Northwestern University and a bachelor’s degree from the University of Chicago. He is the general editor of an ongoing series of books about television published by ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Press and the author of five books.

IRP runs from 11:30 a.m. until 1 p.m. at the First Baptist Church of ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ, 5833 East Seneca Turnpike, Jamesville. Guests are welcome to attend.

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IRP is a community program of of ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ, dedicated to the principle of lifelong learning.