December 2013

Dear Students,   Now that we’re nearing the end of the semester, I’d like to take the time to meet with you, explain what the Humanities Center is about, explain what involvement with it can do for you and answer your questions and get your feedback. We plan to hold this meeting next Friday, December 13th, …

2013-14   Simon Critchley, Hans Jonas Professor of Philosophy at the New School for Social Research   Title: “Tragedy’s Philosophy”   February 21, 2014, 3:00-5:00, JFSB B192 (Education in Zion Theatre)   Also, on February 20th, Critchley will discuss his book The Faith of the Faithless in JFSB 4010 at 3:00.

The film (and media studies) research group is hosting Michael Baskett, associate professor of film and media studies at Kansas University whose research interests include East Asian film, Transnational and diasporic cinemas, early world cinema, and colonial film culture. Professor Baskett will be here to give a public lecture as well as participate in a …