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Humanities Initiative |
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| Thursday, Oct.
5, 2000 (South Hall 2635) |
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| 3:30 pm |
John
Guillory (Prof. of English,
New York University)
"Some
Observations on the Difference Between Lay and Professional
Reading"
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| 4:30 pm |
Roundtable Discussion
John Guillory, Robert Bennett (graduate
student, English), E. Heckendorn Cook (English), Alan
Liu (English), Alice O'Connor (History), Bruce Robertson
(Art History) |
| 5:15 pm |
Public Humanities Reception
(Transcriptions Studio, South Hall 2509) |
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Friday, Oct. 6, 2000 (South Hall
2635) |
| 9:30 am |
Continental Breakfast |
| 10:00 am |
Open Planning Forum: "Building
a Public Humanities Agenda"
Prof. Guillory will serve as external consultant
in a strategy session featuring participants in the
following UCSB organizations and initiatives:
Public Humanities Initiative: L.Aranye
Fradenburg, Alan Liu
Division
of the Humanities: David Marshall (Dean)
Film
Studies: Anna Everett, Lisa Parks, Constance
Penley
History:
Alice O'Connor
The Digital
Cultures Project: William Warner
Early
Modern Center: Richard Helgerson, Patricia Fumerton
Microcosms
Project : Bruce Robertson
English Dept. Graduate Students: Denee
Pescarmona, Randy Schiff
The floor will be open for discussion (both practical
and philosophical) about the goals of a public humanities
agenda.
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John Guillory is author of author
of Cultural Capital: The Problem of Literary Canon
Formation (1993) ( more)
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