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Hortense Spillers, Women and Republican Formation, 09-21-10
Hortense Spillers is the Gertrude Conaway Professor of English at Vanderbilt University. She is Distinguished Scholar in Residence at the Franklin Humanities Institute from September 20-30, 2010.Published 2 years ago
Megafaun on Southern US Field Recordings
A conversation with musicians Brad Cook and Joe Westerlund of the band Megafaun, moderated by Duke faculty Laurent Dubois. Presented by Duke Performances and the Franklin Humanities Institute.Wednesdays at the Center (WATC) is a topical weekly noontime series in which scholars, artists, journalists, and others speak informally about their work in conversation with the audience. The series is jointly organized and presented by the Franklin Humanities Institute (newly relocated to Smith Warehouse) and the John Hope Franklin Center.Published 2 years ago
Steven Shapin on the History of a Figure of Speech
John Hope Franklin CenterPublished 3 years ago
Elizabeth Grosz: Sexual Difference as Sexual Selection
John Hope Franklin CenterPublished 3 years ago
Scott Horton - The Unresolved Legacy of Guantanamo
Opening night lecture to the Weaving a Net of Accountability conference.Published 3 years ago
Clip- North Carolina's Role in the "Global Spider Web"
Panel 1 in the Weaving the Net of Accountability conference held at Duke University on April 9th, 2010. Panelists include Gavin Simpson and Christina Cowger.Published 3 years ago
Weaving a Net of Accountability - Roundtable, 04-09-10
John Hope Franklin CenterPublished 3 years ago
Weaving a Net of Accountability - The Legal Context
John Hope Franklin CenterPublished 3 years ago
Martin Jay 'The Virtues of Mendacity: On Lying & Politics'
FHI's Distinguished Scholar, Martin Jay talks about his new book "The Virtues of Mendacity: On Lying and Politics."Published 3 years ago
Catherine Gallagher: Why We Tell it Like it Wasn't
FHI's Distinguished Scholar, Catherine Gallagher speaks about her upcoming, March 30th lecture, "Why We Tell it Like it Wasn't". Learn More.
Published 3 years ago
Hope in Times of Economic Decline: Ian Buruma & Anne Allison
A conversation between Ian Buruma (2009 Kenan Distinguished Lecturer in Ethics) and Anne Allison on hope and hopelessness in contemporary culture.Published 3 years ago
Stanley Cavell: Excerpts from Memory: Seminar
Inaugural lecture of the Center for Philosophy, Arts, and Literature (PAL) by Stanley Cavell, Walter M. Cabot Professor of Aesthetics and the General Theory of Value, Emeritus, Harvard University.His major interests center on the intersection of the analytical tradition (especially the work of Austin and Wittgenstein) with moments of the Continental tradition (for example, Heidegger and Nietzsche); with American philosophy (especially Emerson and Thoreau); with the arts (for example, Shakespeare, film and opera); and with psychoanalysis.
Published 3 years ago
