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States of Exception: Sovereignty, Security, Secrecy

 

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Institute Schedule Spring 2009

April 2 and 3, 2009

Eric Santner (William H. Morton Distinguished Senior Fellow for the Humanities Institute 2009)

Public Lecture: The People's Two Bodies: Reflections on the Somatic Sublime

Thursday April 2 at 4:30pm Haldeman Center, Kreindler Auditorium (Room 041)

Seminar: Friday April 3 from 2-5pm Haldeman Center, Room 125

April 10,  2009

Adam Sitze (Humanities Institute 2009 Visiting Fellow)

Seminar: Thursday April 10  from 2-5pm Haldeman Center, Room 125

April 15 and 16, 2009

Albrecht Koschorke  - Homo Sacer and the Problem of Counter-Sovereignty

Jörn Münkner - The Art of Defying the Enemy:  Fortification as ars militaris in the Early Modern Period

Burkhardt Wolf - The Captain. Establishing Sovereignty at Sea.

(Featured Speakers for the Humanities Institute 2009)

Public Lecture: Wednesday April 15 at 4:30pm Haldeman Center, Kreindler Auditorium (Room 041

Seminar: Thursday April 16  from 2-5pm Haldeman Center, Room 125

April 24, 2009

Carsten Strathausen (Humanities Institute 2009 Visiting Fellow)

Seminar: Friday April 24 from 2-5pm Haldeman Center, Room 125

April 30 and May 1, 2009

Michael Hardt - On an Apocalyptic Tone Recently Adopted in Politics

(Featured Speaker for the Humanities Institute 2009 )

Public Lecture: Thursday April 30 at 4:30pm Haldeman Center, Kreindler Auditorium (Room 041)

Seminar: Friday May 1 from 2-5pm Haldeman Center, Room 125

May 7 and  8, 2009

Elaine Scarry - Nucelar Sovereignty

(Featured Speaker for the Humanities Instutute 2009)

Public Lecture: Thursday May 7 at 4:30pm Haldeman Center, Kreindler Auditorium (Room 041)

Seminar: Friday May 8 from 2-5pm Haldeman Center, Room 125

May 15, 2009

Kathy Biddick (Humanities Institute 2009 Visiting Fellow)

Seminar: Friday May 15 from 2-5pm Haldeman Center, Room 125

May 21 and 22, 2009

Martin Puchner -The Meaning of Alain Badiou.

Andrew Norris - The State of Exception as a Political and a Logical Problem

(Featured Speakers for the Humanities Institute 2009)

Public Lecture: Thursday May 21 at 4:30pm Haldeman Center, Kreindler Auditorium (Room 041)

Seminar: Friday May 22 from 2-5pm Haldeman Center, Room 125

May 29, 2009

Jacqueline Stevens (Humanities Institute 2009 Visiting Fellow)

Seminar: Friday May 29 from 2-5pm Haldeman Center, Room 12

June 4  and 5, 2009

Rei Terada - Rethinking the Worst

(Featured Speaker for the Humanities Institute 2009)

Public Lecture: Thursday June 4 at 4:30pm Haldeman Center, Kreindler Auditorium (Room 041)

Seminar: Friday June 5  from 2-5pm Haldeman Center, Room 125

 

In Support of the Dartmouth Centers Forum theme of Conflict and Reconciliation.