NEWSLETTER - FALL 2009
Wednesday, September 23, 4:30pm. STIH & SCHNOCK. Approaching the twentieth anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, conceptual artists Renata Stih and Frieder Schnock speak about their critical interventions addressing urban space, memory, and new media. THE ART AND POLITICS OF REMEMBRANCE IN NEW BERLIN. Kreindler Auditorium, Haldeman 041. In cooperation with the Department of German Studies, the Department of Art History, the Hood Museum of Art and the Jewish Studies Program. In support of the Dartmouth Centers Forum theme Conflict & Reconciliation. Free and open to all.
Thursday, October 1, 2009, 4:30pm. CRISTOBAL TORAL. Spanish painter famed for his alluring realism. CRISTOBAL TORAL Y SU VISION DE LA PINTURA (in Spanish with a written English translation). Before the talk, Marisa Oropesa will offer a visual introduction to Toral's oeuvre. Kreindler Auditorium, Haldeman 041. In cooperation with the Department of Spanish and Portuguese, and with the support of the Dean of the Faculty Office and the Hood Museum of Art. Free and open to all.
Friday, October 2, 2009, 4:00pm. CAROLYN COOPER University of the West Indies, Mona Jamaica. Inspiring writer, teacher, and cultural critic, whose work focuses on Caribbean music. "WELCOME TO JAMROCK": REGGAE TOURISM AND THE POLITICS OF IDENTITY IN JAMAICA. Kreindler Auditorium, Haldeman 041. Free and open to all.
Wednesday October 7, 2009 5 - 7pm. PSYCHOANALYSIS STUDY GROUP. Haldeman 125. THE SOCIAL SOURCE OF SUFFERING: THE IRRECONCILABLE CONFLICT BETWEEN INDIVIDUAL AND SOCIETY IN FREUD'S CIVILIZATION AND ITS DISCONTENTS. For more information write to humanities.center@dartmouth.edu.
Tuesday, October 13, 5pm. LOURDES PORTILLO. THE FILMS OF LOURDES PORTILLO: A PERSONAL JOURNEY. Mexico-born and Chicana identified, Portillo makes films that focus on the search for Latino identity. She has worked in a richly varied range of forms, from television documentary to satirical video-film collage. 105 Dartmouth Hall. Free and open to all.
Thursday, October 15, 2009, 4:30pm. JUDITH BUTLER University of California, Berkeley. Adventurous poststructuralist philosopher whose powerful voice shapes contemporary debates about identity, ethics, and politics. JEWISH PHILOSOPHY AND THE CRITIQUE OF STATE VIOLENCE. Rockefeller 3. In cooperation with the Department of Philosophy. In support of the Dartmouth Centers Forum theme Conflict & Reconciliation. Free and open to all.
Friday, October 16, 2009, 4:30pm. JUDITH BUTLER University of California, Berkeley. KEEPING COMPANY WITH ONESELF: HANNAH ARENDT ON RESPONSIBILITY. Filene Auditorium, Moore Hall . The Annual Gramlich Lecture, Department of Philosophy.
Friday, October 16, 2009, 7pm. ULRIKE OTTINGER. Screening of THE KOREAN WEDDING CHEST and a discussion with the filmmaker and photographer whose work focuses on Asia. 35mm, 82 min., color, Dolby SR, Germany 2008. Loew Auditorium. In cooperation with German Studies, Film & Media Studies, and the Dartmouth Film Society.
Thursday, October 22, 2009, 6:30pm. PHILOSOPHY STUDY GROUP/Good Conscience of European Philosophy. Haldeman 246. DERRIDA ON DECISION. For more information, contact Nathan.B.Gusdorf@dartmouth.edu.
Friday, October 30, 2009, 4.00pm. KEITH A. SANDIFORD Louisiana State University. THE MONK, THREE-FINGERED JACK, AND THE DEMON KING: MATTHEW LEWIS' NIGHTMARE OF SLAVERY AND EMPIRE. Kreindler Auditorium, Haldeman 041. In collaboration with the departments of Art History and English, and the Dean of the Faculty. Free and open to all.
Wednesday, November 4, 2009. 5 - 7pm. PSYCHOANALYSIS STUDY GROUP. Haldeman 125. CASE MATERIAL ON TRAUMA IN PSYCHOANALYSIS. For more information write to humanities.center@dartmouth.edu.
Thursday, November 5, 2009, 6:30pm. PHILOSOPHY STUDY GROUP/Good Conscience of European Philosophy. Haldeman 246. LEVINAS ON RESPONSIBILITY. For more information, contact Nathan.B.Gusdorf@dartmouth.edu.
Saturday, November 14, 2009. The Medieval Colloquium. JEFFREY HAMBURGER Harvard University. THE HAND OF GOD AND THE HAND OF THE SCRIBE: CRAFT, COLLABORATION AND INSPIRATION IN THE SCRIPTORIUM OF ARNSTEIN ABBEY. D. VANCE SMITH Princeton University. LOVE WITHOUT OBJECT: MARGUERITE PORETE AND THE SOUL BROUGHT TO NOTHING. By invitation only. For more information write to humanities.center@dartmouth.edu.
Wednesday, November 18, 2009, 6:30pm. PHILOSOPHY STUDY GROUP/Good Conscience of European Philosophy. Haldeman 246. BLANCHOT ON PASSIVITY. For more information, contact Nathan.B.Gusdorf@dartmouth.edu.
Thursday, November 19, 2009, 4.15pm. HOMI BHABHA Harvard University. WHAT IS A POSTCOLONIAL CLASSIC? Leading postcolonial theorist of our time discusses the legacy of the Classics. Filene Auditorium, Moore Hall. First Annual Fannie and Alan Leslie Lecture in the Humanities. Keynote lecture of the Conference, IMPERIAL CLASSICS. In collaboration with the Department of Classics and Institutional Diversity and Equity. Free and open to all.
November 20 and 21, 2009. IMPERIAL CLASSICS: An international conference addressing the intertwined histories of imperialism and classical learning. Organized by Margaret Williamson and the Network on Ancient and Modern Imperialisms. In collaboration with the Department of Classics, the Dickey Center for International Understanding, and the Office of the Provost.
Thursday February 4, 2009, 4.30pm. CARY WOLFE Rice University
April 9 and 10, 2010. BLACK THEATRICALITY: RACE AND REPRESENTATION IN BLACK LITERATURE AND CULTURE. A conference organized by Soyica Colbert, Michael Chaney, and Sam Vasquez.
May 6, 7, and 8, 2010. ITALIAN CULTURAL STUDIES CONFERENCE. A conference organized by Graziella Parati and Patrizia Calefato (University of Bari). Call for Papers - Deadline October 31, 2009. In collaboration with The Paul D. Paganucci Chair, the Dickey Center, and the Provost's Office.
