Dany Nobus: Arresting Masculinity: Anger, Hybridity and the Persistence of Patriarchy in the 21st Century

by Amelie Berger Soraruff | Dec 9, 2019 | Event, Featured event, Featured in Slider, featured news, Featured on Website, News

Within the context of Cooper Gallery’s current exhibition The Pleasure of Expense by Jasmina Cibic, we are delighted to host a talk by Professor Dany Nobus on “Arresting Masculinity: Anger, Hybridity and the Persistence of Patriarchy in the 21st Century”....

Michael Lewis: Helmuth Plessner and the Contemporary Relevance of Philosophical Anthropology

by Amelie Berger Soraruff | Nov 18, 2019 | Event, Featured event, Featured in Slider, featured news, Featured on Website, News

This week we have the pleasure of welcoming Michael Lewis who will be discussing on “Helmuth Plessner and the Contemporary Relevance of Philosophical Anthropology”. As usual, do not hesitate to join us for this exciting discussion. The event will take...

Jeffrey Bell: Making Sense of Capital: Towards a Deleuzo-Humean Political Theory

by Amelie Berger Soraruff | Nov 11, 2019 | Event, Featured event, featured news, News

This week we have the pleasure of welcoming Jeffrey Bell who will be giving a talk on “Making Sense of Capital: Towards a Deleuzo-Humean Political Theory”. As usual, do not hesitate to join us for this exciting discussion. The event will take place in room...

Julia NG: Ancient Mexico and Natural-History: Walter Benjamin’s Transition Problem

by Amelie Berger Soraruff | Nov 4, 2019 | Event, Featured event, Featured in Slider, featured news, Featured on Website, News

This week, we welcome Dr Julia Ng (Goldsmith) who will be talking about “Ancient Mexico and Natural-History: Walter Benjamin’s Transition Problem”.   The talk will take place at Dalhousie Building (room 1G05), Wednesday 6th November, from for 4...

Gregor Moder: To Be Or Not To Be: Lubitsch, Shakespeare and the Power of Theater

by Amelie Berger Soraruff | Oct 10, 2019 | Event, Featured event, Featured in Slider, featured news, Featured on Website, News

This Wednesday, we have the pleasure of welcoming Dr Gregor Moder from the University of Ljubljana who will be talking about “Lubitsch, Shakespeare and the Power of Theater”.   Location: The talk will be held in room 2G12,  Dalhousie Building  ...

Workshop: Materialist Pedagogies

by Amelie Berger Soraruff | May 13, 2019 | Event, Featured event, Featured in Slider, featured news, Featured on Website, News

Dear everyone, We are pleased to invite you to a workshop on “Materialist Pedagogies”. The core aim of the workshop is to reflect on what can count as a ‘stimulus’ or ‘object of thought’ in the Arts and Humanities today, in the face of a world that, if you...