Tuesday March 26, 2013, 12pm - 1.30pm: THEORY SEMINAR LUNCHTIME MEETING. Text: "Biopolitics and the Molecularization of Life" by Bruce Braun; Moderator Mona Domosh (Geography). Haldeman 246. RSVP Administrator to book a spot and receive a reading. Lunch provided.
Monday April 1, 2013, 3pm - 5pm: DIANA RESTREPO: REMNANTS FOR COLOMBIAN DISPLACEMENT: THE HANGING CORPSE AND OTHER MEMORIES: Panel Discussion with Diana Restrepo, Mary Coffey, Silva Spitta and Ariana Ochoa Camacho. Haldeman 041. Reception to follow in Russo Gallery. Cartographies of Violence Lecture Series co-sponsored by Latin American, Latino and Caribbean Studies, Hood Museum of Art, The Leslie Center of the Humanities and The Dickey Center for international Understanding. Free and open to all.
Tuesday April 2, 2013, 12pm - 1.30pm: THE RHETORIC OF CITATION: AN ANCIENT PERSPECTIVE: Facilitator: Ayelet Haimson Lushkov (University of Texas and Visiting Fellow to the Leslie Center). FIRST TUESDAY LUNCHTIME DISCUSSIONHaldeman 246. Please contact Administrator if you wish receive a reading and book your spot for lunch as seating is limited. Lunch provided.
Thursday April 4, 2013, 4.30pm: CUT/PASTE/SHARE: ARTISTS AND AUDIENCES IN THE DIGITAL AGE: Scott McCloud: An interactive discussion with Scott McCloud, author of Understanding Comics, Aden Evens (Dartmouth)and James Sturm (Center for Cartoon Studies). Life Science Center Room 100. The Leslie Center for the Humanities in collaboration with the Center for Cartoon Studies. Will Eisner Spring Lecture . Free and open to all.
Tuesday April 9, 2013, 4.30pm: DO WE NEED A THEORY OF TERROR? David Simpson (UCDavis). Wren Room. Organized by the Department of English and co-sponsored by The Leslie Center for the Humanities. Free and open to all.
Wednesday April 10, 2013, 5.30pm - 7pm: CRITICAL SOCIAL THEORY AND THE DEATH DRIVE: Amy Allen (Philosophy). PSYCHOANALYSIS STUDY GROUP MEETING. Haldeman 246. Please contact the Administrator to book your spot and receive a reading.
Monday April 15, 2013, 4.30pm: DAVID HENRY HWANG: LOST (AND FOUND) IN TRANSLATION: HOW I LEARNED TO WRITE WHAT I DON'T KNOW. Filene Auditorium. Best known for his play M. Butterfly, for which he won a Tony Award, David Henry Hwang is an American playwright who has risen to prominence as the preeminent Asian American dramatist in the U.S. Free and open to all. Sponsored by the Asian American Conference Series in cooperation with the Leslie Center for the Humanities.
April 19 - 21, 2013: THE ILLUSTRATION, COMICS AND ANIMATION CONFERENCE AT DARTMOUTH. Directed by Michael Chaney (English). Co-sponsored by the Leslie Center for the Humanities and the Office of the President and the Office of the Provost as part of the Dartmouth's Year of the Arts Initiative in Collaboration with the Dean of the Faculty. Free and open to all.
Tuesday April 23, 2013, 12pm -1:30pm: THEORY SEMINAR LUNCHTIME MEETING. Text: Chapter Three of A Thousand Plateaus, "The Geology of Morals," by Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari; Moderator Aden Evens (English) Haldeman 246 RSVP Administrator to book a spot and receive a reading. Lunch Provided.
Tuesday April 30, 2013, 12pm - 1.30pm: SCHOLAR-TEACHER...ADMINISTRATOR? Dartmouth's scholar-teacher model links research and pedagogy. But the college doesn't run itself: where does administration fit in? How do professors balance their three roles, pre- and post-tenure? What are the rewards and difficulties of administrative work, how do they impact our scholar-teacher model, and expectations for advancement and promotion? What does it mean to "shift" into administrative work? Join the Leslie Center and DCAL for a shared luncheon discussion with Associate Deans Adrian Randolph, David Kotz, Nancy Marion, Lynn Higgins and Professor Frank Magilligan. Haldeman 125. Booking essential. Lunch Provided.
Tuesday April 30, 2013 4.30pm - 6.30pm: THE SCREAM - An Investigation of the Aesthetics of Screaming and the Human Voice with References to Media, Art and Literature: JOSEPH VOGL is a Professor of German Literature, Cultural and Media Studies at the Humboldt University in Berlin. He is author of over hundred articles and book chapters on German literature, literary and media theory, on the history of knowledge and political thought. He also is permanent visiting professor at Princeton University. Last publications: Über das Zaudern (2007), Soll und Haben. Fernsehgespräche (2009 co-author: Alexander Kluge), Das Gespenst des Kapitals (2010). Haldeman 041. Free and open to all.
Wednesday May 8, 2013, 5.30PM - 7PM: PSYCHOANALYSIS AND RACE: A Reading of James Baldwin's play, Blues for Mister Charlie with Professor Soyica Colbert. PSYCHOANALYSIS STUDY GROUP MEETING. Haldeman 246. Please contact the Administrator to book your spot and receive a reading.
Thursday May 9, 2013, 5pm - 6.30pm: GRAND THEFT OVID: LITERARY STUDIES IN THE INTERNET AGE: DAVID DAMROSCH, Chair of the Comparative Literature Dept. at Harvard. Haldemn 041.Annual Zantop Lecture cosponsored by the Leslie Center for the Humanities and The Comparative Literature Dept. Free and open to all.
Thursday May 16, 2013: KIERKEGAARD'S LEGACY IN THE ARTS: Celebrating 200 Years (Phiiosphy and Religion). Cosponsored by the Leslie Center for the Humanities in collaboration with the Department of Religion.
May 17 - 18, 2013: MEDIA ECOLOGY PROJECT: Directed by Mark Williams ( Film and Media Studies). Cosponsored by The Leslie Center for the Humanities, Dean of Arts and Sciences, Dartmouth College Library and Dartmouth Research Computing.
Saturday May 18, 2013, 2pm - 5pm. THE ARCHIVAL FILM FESTIVAL: Part of the Media Ecology Project. Loew Auditorium. Featuring materials from The Library of Congress, The UCLA Film and Television Archive, The Orphans Film Symposium, The University of South Carolina MIRC Archive, the WGBH Archive, Critical Commons, and our own Dartmouth Film Archive. Free and open to all. Cosponsored by The Leslie Center for the Humanities, The Department of Film and Television Studies, The Office of the Provost, The Dartmouth Library, and The Dean of Arts and Sciences.
Tuesday May 21, 2013, 12pm - 1.30pm: WORK-IN-PROGRESS LUNCHTIME DISCUSSION with Michael McGillen (Visiting Fellows - Leslie Humanities Center) will discuss his work-in-progress Shipwreck of Language: Metaphor and the Limit of Knowledge in Blumenberg and Celan. Please contact Administrator. if you wish receive a reading and book your spot for lunch as seating is limited. Lunch provided.
Tuesday, July 2, 2013, 4pm - 5.30pm: Public Conference Keynote for Humanities Institute 2013:Travels Through a World of Difference: Magnus Hirschfeld and the Queer Narratives of Modern Sex Research: Heike Bauer (University of London, UK). Haldeman 041. Free and open to all. Part of the Leslie Center Humanities Institute TOWARDS A GLOBAL HISTORY OF SEXUAL SCIENCE, 1880 - 1950:
Tuesday July 2, 2013, 5.45 - 7.30pm: Public Conference Keynote for Humanities Institute 2013: Writing the Past, Constructing Sexual Knowledge, 1883-1938: Jana Funke/Kate Fisher (University of Exeter, UK). Haldeman 041. Free and open to all. Part of the Leslie Center Humanities Institute TOWARDS A GLOBAL HISTORY OF SEXUAL SCIENCE, 1880 - 1950:
Tuesday July 16, 2013, 4pm - 6pm:The Science of Sexual Difference: Havelock Ellis, Ogura Seizaburō and EarlyTwentieth-Century Japanese Feminism: Michiko Suzuki (Indiana University). Haldeman 041. Free and open to all. Part of the Leslie Center Humanities Institute TOWARDS A GLOBAL HISTORY OF SEXUAL SCIENCE, 1880 - 1950:
Tuesday July 23, 2013, 4pm - 6pm: Takahashi Tetsu and the impact of popular sexology in early postwar Japan (1945-70): Mark McLelland (University of Wollongong, Australia). Haldeman 041. Free and open to all. Part of the Leslie Center Humanities Institute TOWARDS A GLOBAL HISTORY OF SEXUAL SCIENCE, 1880 - 1950:
Thursday July 25, 2013 4 - 6pm: Westermarck's Morocco: Sexology, Orientalism, & the Politics of Cultural Anthropology. Ralph Leck (Indiana State University). Haldeman 041. Free and open to all. Part of the Leslie Center Humanities Institute TOWARDS A GLOBAL HISTORY OF SEXUAL SCIENCE, 1880 - 1950:
Tuesday July 30, 2013, 4pm - 6pm: Berlin's Institute of Sexual Science in Exile: Ludwig Levy-Lenz in Cairo: Jill Smith (Bowdoin College). Haldeman 041. Free and open to all. Part of the Leslie Center Humanities Institute TOWARDS A GLOBAL HISTORY OF SEXUAL SCIENCE, 1880 - 1950:
Thursday August 1, 2013, 4pm - 6pm: Sexology in the Southwest: Medical Opinions on a Sodomy Case in the German Colonies: Robert Tobin (Clark University). Haldeman 041. Free and open to all. Part of the Leslie Center Humanities Institute TOWARDS A GLOBAL HISTORY OF SEXUAL SCIENCE, 1880 - 1950:
Thursday August 8, 2013, 4pm - 6pm: Negotiating Sexology and Subjectivity in Exile: Max Marcuse in Palestine/ Israel, 1933-1963: Kirsten Leng (Northwestern University).Haldeman 041. Free and open to all. Part of the Leslie Center Humanities Institute TOWARDS A GLOBAL HISTORY OF SEXUAL SCIENCE, 1880 - 1950:
Tuesday August 13, 2013, 4pm - 6pm: The Machines of Sex Research: Gender and the Politics of Identity, 1945–1985: Donna Drucker (Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany). Haldeman 041. Free and open to all. Part of the Leslie Center Humanities Institute TOWARDS A GLOBAL HISTORY OF SEXUAL SCIENCE, 1880 - 1950:
Fall 2013
International Conference on the Tsinghua Bamboo Slip Manuscripts.
September 9 and 10, 2013: MATARIKI CONFERENCE ON RESEARCH AND THE HUMANITIES. Co-hosted by the Leslie Center for the Humanities and the Dartmouth College Library. By invitation only.
Friday September 20, 2013: MS REVIEW FOR AIMEE BAHNG: SPECULATIVE ARTS: By Invitation only.
Tuesday October 1, 2013 12pm - 1.30pm: FIRST TUESDAY LUNCHTIME DISCUSSION. Haldeman 246 RSVP Administrator to book a spot and receive a reading. Lunch Provided.
Friday October 4, 2013: MS REVIEW FOR SOYICA COLBERT: BLACK MOVEMENTS: PERFORMANCE, POLITICS AND MIGRATION. By invitation only.
Tuesday October 8, 2013 , 12pm -1.30pm: THEORY STUDY GROUP MEETING. FACILITATOR: SEBASTIAN DIAZ: TEXT TBA. Haldeman 246 RSVP Administrator to book a spot and receive a reading. Lunch Provided.
Tuesday October 15, 2013, 12pm - 1.30pm: 19TH CENTURY STUDY GROUP MEETING. Inaugural Meeting. Haldeman 246 RSVP Administrator to book a spot and receive a reading. Lunch Provided.
Saturday October 19, 2013: Mirage/Time: FUTURES OF HUMANISM. A full day conference directed by Michelle Warren (Comparative Literature).
Saturday November 2, 2013: 9am - 5pm: MEDIEVAL COLLOQUIUM. By Invitation only.
Tuesday November 5, 2013, 12pm - 1.30pm: THEORY STUDY GROUP MEETING. FACILITATOR: PAUL JACKSON: TEXT TBA. Haldeman 246 RSVP Administrator to book a spot and receive a reading. Lunch Provided.
Tuesday November 12, 2013 12pm - 1.30pm: 19th CENTURY STUDY GROUP MEETING. Haldeman 246 RSVP Administrator to book a spot and receive a reading. Lunch Provided.
November 14 and 15, 2013: THINK BIG - HOW COMPUTATION AND THE "BIG DATA" VIEWPOINT IS RESHAPING THE HUMANITIES: Co-organized by The Leslie Center for the Humanities and the Neukom Institute.
Winter 2014
Tuesday January 14, 2014, 12pm - 1.30pm: 19TH CENTRY STUDY GROUP MEETING. Haldeman 246 RSVP Administrator to book a spot and receive a reading. Lunch Provided.
Friday January 24, 2014: MS REVIEW FOR AMY ALLEN: By invitation only
Tuesday January 28, 2014, 12pm - 1.30pm: THEORY STUDY GROUP MEETING. FACILITATOR: MARY COFFEY: TEXT TBA. Haldeman 246 RSVP Administrator to book a spot and receive a reading. Lunch Provided.
Tuesday February 4, 2014, 12pm - 1.30pm: FIRST TUESDAY STUDY GROUP MEETING. Text: Susie O'Brien: "On Death And Donuts: Irony and Ecology After September 11th." Cultural Critique 58 (2004). 148-167. Facilitator: Melina Gehring (Visiting Fellow - Leslie Humanities Center). Haldeman 246. Please contact Administrator if you wish receive a reading and book your spot . Lunch Provided.
Tuesday February 11, 2014, 12pm - 1.30pm: 19TH CENTURY STUDY GROUP MEETING. Haldeman 246 RSVP Administrator to book a spot and receive a reading. Lunch Provided.
Tuesday February 25, 2014, 12pm - 1.30pm THEORY STUDY GROUP MEETING. Haldeman 246 RSVP Administrator to book a spot and receive a reading. Lunch Provided.
Spring 2014
Tuesday April 1, 2014, 12pm - 1.30pm; FIRST TUESDAY STUDY GROUP MEETING. Haldeman 246 RSVP Administrator to book a spot and receive a reading. Lunch Provided.
Tuesday April 8, 2014, 12pm - 1.30pm: 19TH CENTURY STUDY GROUP MEETING. Haldeman 246 RSVP Administrator to book a spot and receive a reading. Lunch Provided.
Tuesday April 22, 2014, 12pm - 1.30pm: THEORY STUDY GROUP MEETING. Haldeman 246 RSVP Administrator to book a spot and receive a reading. Lunch Provided.
Tuesday May 13, 2014, 12pm - 1.30pm: 19TH CENTURY STUDY GROUP MEETING. Haldeman 246 RSVP Administrator to book a spot and receive a reading. Lunch Provided.
Tuesday May 22, 2014, 12pm - 1.30pm; THEORY STUDY GROUP MEETING. FACILITATOR: YASSER ELHARIRY: TEXT TBA. Haldeman 246 RSVP Administrator to book a spot and receive a reading. Lunch Provided.
May 23 - May 25, 2014: HUSSERL CIRCLE CONFERENCE: Directed by Amy Allen (Pilosophy) and Smaranda Aldea (Philosophy) and Cosponrsored by the Leslie Center for the Humanities and the Philosophy Dept. Haldeman 041.
