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Michael Naas, Professor of Philosophy at DePaul University, will be joining the Derrida and the Question of Religion research group in December. Wednesday, December 2nd 4:00 pm in the EIZ Theater (B192 JFSB), Michael Naas will give a public lecture titled, “Violence and Hyperbole: From ‘Cogito and the History of Madness’ to The Death Penalty Seminar.” …
Mark Davies will present at our weekly Colloquium on November 19th @ 3:00 in JFSB 4010. His presentation is titled: Looking at changes in American culture and society with large corpora. Many people are familiar with the ways that data from Google Books has been used to look at changes in culture and society, such …
Come discover something that wasn’t there before with the fairy-tale favorite “Beauty and the Beast.” We will enjoy songs from the cast of the upcoming BYU theater production of Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, discussions with the play’s dramaturg and members of the Fairy-Tale Teleography and Visualizations (FTTV) research group, games, Disney karaoke, photo ops, …
Caroline Levine will be our guest scholar at the Humanities Center’s Annual Symposium. Caroline is currently a professor in the English department at the University of Wisconsin – Madison. Book Discussion — 11:00 – 12:30 pm Forms: Whole, Rhythm, Hierarchy, Network in JFSB 4010 Symposium Lecture — 3 – 4:30 pm in the Education in …
Mark Osteen will present on Jazz and Film Noir, including his book chapter in Nightmare Alley, film clips and examples performed by himself on the saxophone. His talk, “Nocturnes in Black and Blue: Jazz in Classic Film Noir,” will be held in 4101 JFSB at 4:00.
Early Sessions: 9:00 AM – 9:50 AM Plenary Speaker: Martine Leavitt 10:00 – 11:00 AM Finding Milton and Angels in the Downtown Eastside Middle Sessions: 11:15 AM – 3:35 PM Plenary Speaker: Van Gessel from 4:00 – 5:00 PM. Beauty … Belief … and Sadness: An Awareness in Japanese Literature …
Early Sessions: 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM Keynote Speaker: Lori Branch at 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM in B192 JFSB. Postsecular Approaches to Literature and the Humanities Afternoon Sessions: 12:00 PM – 4:00 PM Plenary Address: Jeanne Moskal from 4:00 – 5:00 PM in B192 JFSB. The Unspoken and the Unspeakable …
Nov. 5th & 6th 9:00 AM Women’s Studies Fall Conference on “Pioneering Women in Fields of Knowledge” with Keynote Speaker Beth Alpert Nakhai, an archaeologist at The Arizona Center for Judaic Studies, and featuring two panels on pioneering approaches to Mormon Women’s History including presentations by Neylan McBaine and Kate Holbrook. Nov. 5th 12:00 PM …
Liz Shropshire from the Shropshire Music Foundation will be joining us for a lecture on Monday, November 2nd at 3:00 PM in the Education in Zion Theater (B192 JFSB) She will be presenting on her work in war-torn countries and how she promotes peace and healing through music. For more information visit her website.
Mari Yoshihara, Professor of American Studies at the University of Hawaii – Manoa, will present at our weekly Colloquium on October 29th @ 3:00 in JFSB 4010. Refreshments will follow.