On the Question of Negritude: Nimrod, Senghor, and Césaire Reading Group followed by book launch reception Fri Dec 7 // 4-6:30pm // Institute for the Humanities, Osterman Common Room Introducing, discussing, and launching Nimrod: Selected Writings, recently published by the University of Michigan press. Nimrod is a Chadian philosopher, poet, novelist, and essayist, and one of…
Events
Theory and Teaching, Nov. 2, 2018
Interrogating the Divide: Theory and Teaching Nov 2, 1-3pm, Michigan History Department, Room 1014 Tisch Hall. Event open to the general public, graduate and undergraduate students, and faculty. RSVP here. A round-table discussion Reginald Jackson (Asian Languages and Cultures) Duygu Ergun (Comparative Literature) Chaired by: Omer Sharir (History)
A Missed Dialogue? Oct 4-5, 2018
Critical & Decolonial Theories: A Missed dialogue? Oct 4-5, Michigan History Department, Room 1014 Tisch Hall. Event open to the general public, graduate and undergraduate students, and faculty. RSVP HERE. Thu OCT 4 — from 4 to 5:30pm: We read and discuss “Introduction” and Chapter 5 from Enzo Traverso’s 2016 book Left-Wing Melancholia: Marxism,…
Revisiting Violence, Sept 24, 2018
Revisiting “violence” 3-5pm, Michigan History Department, Room 1014 Tisch Hall. We contextually read: Aimé Césaire’s “Discourse on Colonialism” Frantz Fanon’s “Concerning Violence” Walter Benjamin’s work through the just-published review article by Sami Khatib “Society and Violence”. [map id=”1″] We will be reading and discussing three texts, found HERE. The event will include refreshment, RSVP…
Theory and Teaching, Nov. 2, 2018
Interrogating the Divide: Theory and Teaching Nov 2, 2018, 1-3pm, Michigan History Department, Room 1014 Tisch Hall. Lunch Served. Event open to the general public, graduate and undergraduate students, and faculty, but registration is required, please registered here. A round-table discussion about the challenges and difficulties that face graduate students and faculty in incorporating theory…