Duke's Center for Philosophy, Arts, and Literature

 

Symposia 2011-2012

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September 23rd, 2011

Simone de Beauvoir Today: A Symposium to Mark the 25th Anniversary of Simone de Beauvoir's death - See Photos From the Event Here

Co-sponsored by PAL and the Women's Studies Program, Duke University

Friday September 23, 2011 9:30 AM - 5:00 PM The FHI Garage, Bay 4 Smith Warehouse Visiting Speakers: Emily Apter (French, New York University) Stella Sandford (Philosophy, Kingston University, UK) Ursula Tidd (French, University of Manchester, UK) Linda Zerilli (Political Science and the Center for Gender Studies, University of Chicago) Full "Simone de Beauvoir Today" Sympsium Schedule

Duke Graduate Students: Amey Victoria Adkins (Divinity, Women's Studies) Azeen Khan (English, Women’s Studies) Ali Mian (Religion, Women’s Studies) Ashley King Scheu (French) Respondents: Nancy Bauer (Philosophy, Tufts University) Toril Moi (PAL; Literature, Duke University) Please RSVP to: womenstudies@duke.edu

 

January 20th, 2012 - Literature, Aesthetics, Politics: The Function of the Literary Magazine in the Current Moment

FHI Garage - C105, Bay 4, Smith Warehouse

Co-organized by the Franklin Humanities Institute and the Center for Philosophy, Art, and Literature.

Please join the FHI and PAL for a day-long event addressing the function of the literary magazine/literary journal at the current moment. Members of the editorial collective of the New York-based journal n+1 and writers and members of the Kenya-based Kwani Trust will participate in a set of panels engaging the enduring and changing social and political significance of literary journals, the role of writers as public intellectuals, and the importance of literary writing in cultural shaping and social critique.

Schedule for the Event: 10:30 - Breakfast 11:00-1:00 - Welcome: Toril Moi n+1 Panel: Mark Greif, Carla Blumenkranz, Marco Roth 1:00-2:00 - Lunch 2:00-4:00 - Introduction: Ian Baucom Kwani? Panel: Billy Kahora and Keguro Macharia 4:00-4:30 - Coffee Break 4:30-6:00 - Roundtable w/ Ian Baucom (chair), Fred Moten, Aarthi Vadde, n+1 & Kwani? participants