Drunk TED Talks Presents: Graduating from the West-ern Canon

Welcome to Drunk TED Talks, the world’s premiere source of highly intelligent people talking about weird stuff they care deeply about while extremely drunk (with PowerPoints). From the people who brought you “Love, #Actually” and “Shaggy 2 Pope” comes a one-day conference about one of the most fascinating people alive: Kanye West. Learn about games, faces and whether anyone’s theory effectively incorporates Lil Wayne’s verse on “Barry Bonds.” The schedule is as follows:

2:15 — introductory remarks

2:30 — “Getting My Scream On: Toward a Critical Theory of the Kanye ‘Rant,’” presented by Simon Vozick-Levinson

3:15 — “We’re In His Zone: How Kanye Made Us Play the Game of His Life” presented by Casey Johnston (working title)

4:00 — break

4:30 — “Do White People Deserve Kanye?” a panel discussion featuring Judnick Mayard, Heben Nigatu, Brittany Spanos and David Turner

5:15 — “Mona Lisa Smile: A Taxonomy of Kanye’s Face,” presented by Julianne Escobedo Shepherd

Conclusions from the Kanference will be factored into the call for papers for the Drunk TED Talks Kimposium.