Toril Moi will participate in the Cavell conference at Harvard, organized by Bernie Rhie (Williams) and Richard Eldridge (Swarthmore). The conference is co-sponsored by PAL. She hopes to write a paper about the concept of the Other in Beauvoir, Cavell and Lévinas for the occasion. The conference begins with an event at the Humanities Center at Harvard in the evening of October 14, and continues with presentation and discussion of papers on October 15 and 16. For more information, click here. Click cavell-friday-and-saturday-6 and cavell-thursday-5 to download the posters.
Posts Tagged ‘pal’
PAL’s First Year
Posted on 21 June 2010
PAL — Duke’s Center for Philosophy, Arts, and Literature has completed its first year! Here’s a pdf file that shows what we did! PAL First Year
A New Graduate Certificate in Philosophy, Arts, and Literature at Duke!
Posted on 26 May 2010
In April, the Executive Committee of the Graduate Faculty at Duke approved a new Graduate Certificate in Philosophy, Arts, and Literature at Duke. This will add a new possibility for interdisciplinary immersion in philosophical questions relating to different art forms. By the beginning of the fall semester, the PAL website will be updated with information about the new certificate.
Beyond Critique: Reading After the Hermeneutics of Suspicion
Posted on 26 May 2010
Early warning of the next PAL symposium: On Friday September 10, 2010 PAL will host a symposium in the Rare Book Room at Duke’s Perkins Library on ways of reading after the hermeneutics of suspicion. The participants will be Rita Felski (English, University of Virginia), Sharon Marcus (English, Columbia University), Stephen Best (University of California at Berkeley), and Kate Hayles (Literature Program, Duke University). Respondent: Toril Moi. There will be a reception after the event.
Fried, Pippin, and Jameson at Duke
Posted on 25 October 2009
The Centre for Philosophy, Arts, and Literature (PAL) at Duke University will host a symposium on “Realism, Modernism, and Philosophy” on March 4 and 5, 2010. On March 4 there will be lectures by Fredric Jameson, Michael Fried and Robert Pippin. On March 5 the three speakers will participate in a panel discussion moderated by Toril Moi. For more information, see PAL’s web pages.
A. S. Byatt and Toril Moi in Conversation
Posted on 23 September 2009
A. S. Byatt will visit North Carolina on October 15 and 16. On October 16 at 8 p.m. she will speak in conversation with Toril Moi at the National Humanities Center. The event is free and open to the public, but space is limited, so you must reserve a space in advance. For information on how to do this, please click here.
Stanley Cavell at Duke!
Posted on 20 September 2009