{"id":65042,"date":"2009-09-30T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-09-30T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/uri-center-for-humanities-announces-fall-lecture-schedule-begins-oct-12\/"},"modified":"2009-09-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2009-09-30T00:00:00","slug":"uri-center-for-humanities-announces-fall-lecture-schedule-begins-oct-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2009\/09\/uri-center-for-humanities-announces-fall-lecture-schedule-begins-oct-12\/","title":{"rendered":"URI Center for Humanities announces fall lecture schedule, begins Oct. 12"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\t\tSeries kicks off Oct. 12<\/p>\n


\n\tKINGSTON, R.I.\u2014September 30, 2009\u2014The University of Rhode Island\u2019s Center for Humanities invites the public to its free fall series of lectures, which includes presentations on technology and surveillance, intellectual and cultural relativism, and the philosophical understanding of evil. <\/p>\n


\n\tThe theme for the series, Responsibilities in Public, reflects the current research of recent faculty winners of humanities grants and fellowships and addresses urgent and pressing questions of public ethics. <\/p>\n


\n\tThis fall, the series will host visiting scholar Barbara Hernstein Smith, Braxton Craven Professor of Comparative Literature and English, Duke University, and Distinguished Professor of English at Brown University for 2009-2010. Speakers are also drawn from URI faculty participating in humanities research groups such as the Continental Philosophy Research Group.<\/p>\n


\n\tThose who attend can expect to hear lively presentations on topical subjects in the contemporary humanities and have the opportunity to ask follow-up questions. The receptions that follow the talks provide another opportunity to interact with the speakers.<\/p>\n


\n\tURI\u2019s Center for the Humanities is designed to foster intellectual exchange and independent inquiry, analysis, and interpretation of the humanities in research, teaching, and learning. Its activities include a speaker series, research grants, and fellowships for faculty and graduate students. <\/p>\n


\n\tThe schedule follows. For questions, up-to-date information, and directions go to www.uri.edu\/artsci\/cfh\/. <\/p>\n


\nMonday, Oct. 12, 3:30 to 5:30 p.m.

\nProf. Hasan Elahi, San Jose State University

\nLippitt Hall Auditorium, Room 402

\n5 Lippitt Road, Kingston, R.I.

\n\u201cTransient Borders: Indian Art Today\u201d

\nCo-Sponsored with URI\u2019s Honors Colloquium, Department of Art & Art History <\/p>\n


\nWednesday, Oct. 14, 4 to 6 p.m.

\nURI English Prof. Mary Cappello

\nSwan Hall Auditorium, 60 Upper College Road, Kingston, R.I.

\nCalled Back: My Reply to Cancer, My Return to Life (Alyson Books, 2009)

\nReading, with a talk by the author, Q&A, and book signing

\nCo-Sponsored with URI College of Arts and Sciences, URI Departments of English, Psychology, and Women\u2019s Studies, The Dana Shugar Lecture Series, URI READ\/WRITE, URI Bookstore <\/p>\n


\nThursday, Oct. 29, 4 to 6 p.m.

\nProf. Barbara Hernstein Smith, Brown and Duke Universities,

\nEnglish, Comparative Literature

\nUniversity Club, 95 Upper College Road, Kingston, R.I.

\n“Angles on Relativism: Historical, Anthropological, Political, and Philosophical”

\nCo-Sponsored with URI\u2019s College of Arts and Sciences, Department of English <\/p>\n


\nSpecial Event: Thursday, Nov. 12, 4:30 to 6 p.m.

\nBook signing with talks by the authors: Italy\u2019s Eighteenth Century: Gender and Culture in the Age of the Grand Tour (Stanford, 2009). Prof. Catherine Sama, URI, Italian and Film Media, and Prof. Wendy Roworth, URI, Art History

\nUniversity Club, 95 Upper College Road, Kingston, R.I.<\/p>\n


\nThursday Dec. 3, 4:30 to 6 p.m.

\nRoundtable on Alain Badiou, Ethics: An Essay on the Understanding of Evil. URI Continental Philosophy Research Group: Profs. Stephen Barber (English), Alain-Philippe Durand (French), Galen Johnson (Philosophy), Naomi Mandel (English), Ric McIntyre (Economics), and Ryan Trimm (English)

\nUniversity Club, 95 Upper College Road, Kingston, R.I.<\/p>\n


\nPhoto courtesy of Professor Barbara Hernstein Smith<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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