CIDRAL 2012-3
Annual Theme: Public Intellectuals
All lectures 5-7pm in John Casken Lecture Theatre (unless stated otherwise).
Martin Harris Arts Centre, The University of Manchester, Oxford Road M13 9PL.
2012
Tuesday 13 November Professor Thomas Elsaesser
(University of Amsterdam/IKKM Weimar)
“How to Create a Public Intellectual, Posthumously”
SALC Launch: Closing Event
Thursday 15 November Dr Katherine O’Donnell (University College Dublin)
in conversation with Dr Eleanor Casella (Arch., SALC)
“Ireland's Magdalene Laundry System
1922-1996: Sin and the Public Sphere”
Event starts at 6pm
Tuesday 27 November Dr Michael Mack (University of Durham)
“Revisiting the Two Cultures Debate:
Affect, Economics and Science”
2013
Tuesday 5 February Professor Ranjana Khanna (Duke University)
and Professor Carol Mavor (AHVS)
In conversation on Franz Fanon
Tuesday 12 February Professor Ruth Wodak (Lancaster University)
“The New Language of Politics?”
CIDRAL with LEL
Wednesday 20 February Professor Vijay Mishra
(Oxford University and Murdoch University, Australia)
"In the Salman Rushdie Archive"
CIDRAL with EAS and Drama
This event starts at 6pm
Monday 25 February Susie Orbach in conversation (tbc)
Tuesday 5 March Professor Susan Bassnett FRSL
(University of Warwick)
“Translating Today’s World”
Thursday 14 March Symposium: The History of the Public Intellectual
Organised by Professor Stuart Jones (History)
Monday 18 March Professor Michael Lambek (University of Toronto)
“Continuous and Discontinuous Persons:
Reflections on Ethical Life”
CIDRAL with Anthropology
Friday 22 March Music and Public Engagement in Manchester
CIDRAL with ICP
Tuesday 23 April Dr Margaret Reynolds (Queen Mary)
“Poetry and People: The Real Language
of Men (and Woman and Children)”
Monday 10 June Professor Lauren Berlant (University of Chicago)
in conversation with David Alderson (EAS) and others,
on Cruel Optimism (2011) and Public Feelings Project
Masterclasses will normally be held with speakers on the day after these events (see website for details). In addition, we are pleased to announce a new initiative on theory for all postgraduates and academic staff:
CIDRAL Theory Intensives 2012-13
Wednesday 21 Nov: 2-4pm Dr David Alderson (EAS)
On Herbert Marcuse
Wednesday 28 Nov: 10-12pm Dr Michael Mack
(University of Durham)
On Hannah Arendt
Wednesday 5 Dec: 4-6pm Professor Vicki Kirby (UNSW, Australia)
and Professor Joanna Hodge (MMU)
On Derrida and Technicity
Tuesday 5 Feb: 5-7pm Professor Ranjana Khanna (Duke University)
and Professor Carol Mavor (AHVS)
On Franz Fanon
Wednesday 6 March: 2-4pm Professor Jeremy Tambling (EAS)
On Melanie Klein
The next CIDRAL Book launch will take place on Tuesday 11 December at 5.30pm at Blackwell Bookshop.
For more information contact:andrew.hardman@postgrad.manchester.ac.uk
http://www.arts.manchester.ac.uk/cidra/
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