“Have We Passed the Cultural Turn? Current Developments in Film and Cultural History”, panel discussion. Friday, January 17, 3:00-4:30 JFSB 4010.
Winter 2014
All Colloquia will take place in JFSB 4010 at 3:00pm unless otherwise specified. January 23 Travis Anderson, (Philosophy) What is an Author after Kierkegaard? The Significance of Pseudonymous Authorship for Textual Hermeneutics January 30 Tony Brown, (German & Russian) will lead the discussion among 20 professional & academic guests Humanities Plus: Advancing Global Dialogue and …
Colloquium Series: Travis Anderson
Travis Anderson of the Philosophy Department will give his colloquium, “What is an Author after Kierkegaard? The Significance of Pseudonymous Authorship for Textual Hermeneutics”, January 23 at 3pm in room 4010 of the JFSB.
Humanities Center Students Meeting
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, …
Annual Lecture: Simon Critchley
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.
Film and Media Study Group
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 …
Colloquium Series: Marc Olivier
Marc’s colloquium is scheduled for Wednesday, 11/20, from 2-3 in JFSB 4010.
OFFICE OF DIGITAL HUMANITIES LECTURE AND WORKSHOP
Mark Algee-Hewitt, Associate Director of the Stanford Literary Lab will present a lecture on a major digital humanities project he and his colleagues are undertaking entitled “The Taxonomy of Titles in the 18th-Century Literary Marketplace.” Later in the day, from 1:30-4:30, Algee-Hewitt will offer a workshop on some of the digital tools that even non-DH specialists can use …
2013
November 8, 2:30-5:00, JFSB 4186/88 Speakers: Daniel Cardoza (Russian), Romy Franks (German), Adam Lloyd (Humanities, Classics, and Comparative Literature), and Kylan Rice (English) Keynote speaker: Bryce Christensen, Dept. of English, Southern Utah University: “Of Sonnets and Subphylums: How Poetry Lives (or Dies) in a Scientific World.”
Yunah Hong Visits BYU
the award-winning Korean filmmaker Yunah Hong will be visiting campus this week. Thursday at 12:00in JFSB B092 she will give a presentation entitled “Searching for Anna May Wong and Other Creative Asian-American Women.” Later that day she will screen two new films, “Anna May Wong” and “Between the Lines.” A reception for these films will be held …