Trajectories of Spirit

Trajectories of Spirit 500 300 Nina Rismal

Trajectories of Spirit Three events with philosopher Hans Ruin Professor at Södertörn University, Stockholm and author of Being with the Dead: Burial, Ancestral Politics, and the Roots of Historical Consciousness…

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International Workshop: Afropean Bridges. Identity, Representation, Opportunities

International Workshop: Afropean Bridges. Identity, Representation, Opportunities 1024 576 domonda

Afropean Bridges aims to open a discussion about the achievements of the Africa-EU partnership and to address social and cultural issues related to the post-colonial relationship between European and African…

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Interview with Ngugi Wa Thiong’o

Interview with Ngugi Wa Thiong’o 500 300 domonda

The work of Kenyan author Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o includes novels, plays, short stories, and essays, ranging from literary and social criticism to children’s literature. Venice, 05/04/2018 The Center for the…

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PROVOCATIONS | Session #1 | What do we owe to trolls and Nazis?

PROVOCATIONS | Session #1 | What do we owe to trolls and Nazis? 500 300 Nina Rismal

What do we owe to trolls and Nazis? Community Discussion Group PROVOCATIONS | Session #1 March 16th, 2018, 6-8 p.m. SBCAST @ 513 Garden St., Santa Barbara   How do democratic virtues change…

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Back To Life In Iraq: Art, Destruction, Regeneration

Back To Life In Iraq: Art, Destruction, Regeneration 500 300 domonda

Art is a form of resistance to violence and a hope for a new life in Iraq. Venice, 16/02/2018 – 07/04/2018 The reporter Emanuele Confortin met the Christian Syriac painter Matti al-Kanun…

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Stanley Cavell and Emersonian Perfectionism

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Stanley Cavell and Emersonian Perfectionism A Seminar with Andrew Norris (UCSB) & Sandra Laugier (Panthéon Sorbonne) February 13th, 2018, 2-5 p.m. Board Room @ Mosher Alumni House, University of California, Santa…

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The Politics of Voice

The Politics of Voice 500 300 Nina Rismal

The Politics of Voice PERFECTIONISM AND RADICAL DEMOCRACY with Sandra Laugier Author of Recommencer la philosophie: Stanley Cavell et la philosophie en Amérique (Vrin, 2014) and Why We Need Ordinary…

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Animals, Contradictions and Value

Animals, Contradictions and Value 500 300 Nina Rismal

Animals, Contradiction, and Value Dinesh Wadiwel, University of Sydney Author of The War Against Animals (Brill, 2015), co-editor of Foucault and Animals (Brill, 2016), and convenor of the Human Animal Research…

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Memorie D’africa. Tracce Coloniali Nella Cultura Italiana

Memorie D’africa. Tracce Coloniali Nella Cultura Italiana 500 300 domonda

The Center for the Humanities and Social Change presents a symposium of “Memories of Africa. Colonial traces in Italian culture”. Venice, 24/11/2017 From 3 pm to 7 pm at the…

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La strada bianca: poesia, porcellana, passione

La strada bianca: poesia, porcellana, passione 500 300 domonda

The Center for the Humanities and Social Change presents Edmund de Waal, writer and artist, the author of The Hare with Amber Eyes (2011) and The White Road (2016). Venice,…

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