Public Talk: Andreas Mayer
Intangible and Recalcitrant Objects: Balzac’s Pedestrian Observations and the Predicament of the Human Sciences In 1833, Honoré de Balzac published a short essay entitled La théorie de démarche. In...
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Kaplan Hall 348 415 Portola Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, United States
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Book Discussion with Prof. Russ Castronovo (Wisconsin-Madison)
Kaplan Hall 348 415 Portola Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesOn Thursday, February 8 from 10:00-11:30 am in 348 Kaplan, the Department of Comparative Literature will host Prof. Russ Castronovo (Wisconsin-Madison) for a discussion of his new book American Insecurity and the Origins...
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A Talk with Mark Brudzinski
Kaplan Hall 193Non-Academic Tracks for Ph.D Students Marc Brudzinski designs system-level solutions to real problems. He is constantly amazed by how a deep understanding of real people can inspire groups to re-frame...
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Book Talk: Melancholy Acts
Kaplan Hall 348Book Talk Melancholy Acts: Defeat and Cultural Critique in the Arab World ABOUT THE BOOK How do the literatures and cultures of oppressed societies survive and flourish in spite of...
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Experimental Critical Theory (ECT) Seminar: “The Role of the Renaissance in the Transformation of the Western Political Imaginary: Petrarch’s Africa and Death for the ‘Fatherland’”
Royce Hall 236Etienne Anheim (History, EHESS, Paris) The ideal of “death for the fatherland” (Pro patria mori) may seem to be an invariable reality of the human society, from Sparta and Athens...
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Experimental Critical Theory (ECT) Seminar: “Rethinking Sovereignty with Care and Relationality”
Royce Hall 306Shannon Speed (Director of American Indian Studies Center; Anthropology/Gender Studies/American Indian Studies, UCLA) This lecture is part of the UCLA Program in Experimental Critical Theory (ECT) and the ECT Spring 2024 seminar...
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Experimental Critical Theory (ECT) Seminar: “Intermediaries, Translators and Mediators: The Making of World Authorship”
ZoomGisèle Sapiro (Sociology, EHESS/CNRS, Paris) Register to attend via Zoom This event will only be held virtually via Zoom. In this public seminar, Professor Sapiro will explore the role of...
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Experimental Critical Theory (ECT) Seminar: “Visualizing Mestizaje through Zapotec Remappings of the Americas”
Hershey Hall SalonJosefina Saldaña-Portillo (Department of Social & Cultural Analysis (SCA), Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (CLACS), New York University) Inaugural Dean of Humanities’ Lecture in Critical Humanistic Inquiry Thursday,...
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Experimental Critical Theory (ECT) Seminar: “Relationality as Ternary Structure: On Challenges and Openings for Relational Critical Thinking”
Bunche Hall 6275 11282 Portola Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesKathrin Thiele (Director of the Netherlands Research School of Gender Studies (NOG); Department of Media and Culture Studies, Utrecht University) RSVP to attend in person RSVP to attend via Zoom...