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Spring 2008 Program Schedule

JAN 24

DO HUMAN RIGHTS HAVE A FUTURE?

Lynn Hunt & Richard Wolin in Conversation

Thursday, 6:30-8:00pm, Proshansky Auditorium

JAN 31

BIYI BANDELE & TUZYLINE JITA ALLAN IN CONVERSATION

Thursday, 6:30-7:30pm, Martin E. Segal Theatre

FEB 7

GAYATRI SPIVAK & PETER HITCHCOCK IN CONVERSATION

Thursday, 4:00-5:00pm, C203-205

FEB 11

NEW VISIONS: POETS & ARTISTS IN COLLABORATION

Wayne Koestenbaum, Amy Sillman, and Lawrence Wechsler

Monday, 7:00-8:30pm, Skylight Room (9100)

RESCHEDULED: MARCH 25, same place and time.

FEB 26

NEW VISIONS: POETS & ARTISTS IN COLLABORATION

C. D. Wright, Deborah Luster, and Alice Quinn

Tuesday, 7:00-8:30pm, Martin E. Segal Theatre

FEB 28

THE SHADOW ARMY: MILITARY CONTRACTORS, CITIZENSHIP, AND THE LAW

John Collins, Paul Kahn, Avril McDonald, Mateo Taussig-Rubbo, and others

Thursday, 7:00-8:30pm, Elebash Recital Hall

MAR 3

JASPERS JOHNS: GRAY UNCENSORED

Thomas Crew, Jonathan D. Katz, Seth McCormack, and James Saslow.

Monday, 5:30-8:00pm, Proshansky Auditorium

MAR 5

LEFT OUT IN THE OPEN: ARE PROGRESSIVES EVOLVING FROM “NEW LEFT” TO “OPENLEFT”?

Katrina vanden Heuvel, Ari Melber, Matt Stoller, Zephyr Teachout, and others

Wednesday, 6:30-8:00pm, Proshansky Auditorium

MAR 10

YEAR ONE OF THE EMPIRE

David Nasaw, Neil Smith, Elinor Fuchs, Joyce Antler, and Alisa Solomon.

Monday, 6:30-8:00pm, The Skylight Room (9100)

MAR 13

JOSEPH LOWNDES & KIMBERLY PHILLIPS-FEIN IN CONVERSATION

Thursday, 7:00-9:00pm, Skylight Room (9100)

MAR 14

A TRIBUTE TO MARILYN HACKER

Marilyn Hacker and Francesca Sautman

Friday, 4:00-6:00pm, C202-203

MAR 17

STAGING WILLIAM FAULKNER’S THE SOUND AND THE FURY

John Collins, Sarah Jane Bailes, Morris Dickstein, David Savran, and Julie Bleha.

Monday, 6:30-8:00pm, Martin E. Segal Theatre

MAR 19

TRANSLATED POETRY: A NEW LANDSCAPE

Ammiel Alcalay, Sinan Antoon, Monica de la Torre, Anna Moschovakis, and Stefania Heim.

CANCELLED.

MAR 20

WRITING ACROSS BORDERS: ASIAN AMERICAN WOMEN WRITERS

Meena Alexander, Jessica Hagedorn, and Kimiko Hahn.

Thursday, 4:00-6:00pm, Martin E. Segal Theatre

MAR 24

STORYTELLING THROUGH SOUND

La Bruja, JLove Calderon, Joe Schloss, and Sujathata Fernandes

Monday, 6:30-8:00pm, The Skylight Room (9100)

MAR 26

SONNY ROLLINS & GARY GIDDINS IN CONVERSATION

Wednesday, 6:30-8:00pm, Proshansky Auditorium

MAR 27

CAROLINE WEBER: WHAT MARIE ANTOINETTE WORE TO THE REVOLUTION

Thursday, 4:30-6:00pm, The History Lounge

APR 2

BRANDS OF FAITH: MARKETING AND RELIGION

Mara Einstein, Heather Hendershot, Douglass Rushkoff, and Jeff Sharlet

Wednesday, 6:30-8:00pm, Martin Segal Theatre

APR 3

JUNOT DIAZ & FRANCISCO GOLDMAN IN CONVERSATION

Thursday, 6:30-7:30pm, Martin E. Segal Theatre

APR 7

BLACKFACE: EXAMINING THE MINSTREL TRADITION

Camille Forbes, Eric Lott, Greg Tate, Mel Watkins, and Gary Giddins

Monday, 6:30-8:00pm, Skylight Room (9100)

APR 9

WRITING THE WORLD: LITERATURE AND THE ENVIRONMENT

Bill McKibben, Daniel Hillel, Susan Howe, Joan Richardson, and others

Wednesday, 6:30-8:00pm, Proshansky Auditorium

APR 10- APR 11

RITES OF RETURN: POETICS AND POLITICS

Daniel Mendelsohn, Saidiya Hartman, Eva Hoffman, Keith Calhoun, Chandra McCormick, Susan Meiselas, Amira Hass, Svetlana Boym, Marianne Hirsch, Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett, Nancy K. Miller, Leo Spitzer, Diana Taylor, David Troutt, Patricia Williams.

Columbia University Law School on April 10th and continues throughout Friday, April 11th, in the Elebash Recital Hall at the Graduate Center. For a complete conference schedule, please click here.

APR 14

NAZI GERMANY AND THE JEWS: THE YEARS OF EXTERMINATION

Saul Friedlander

Monday, 6:30-8:00pm, Proshansky Auditorium

APR 28

TORTURE AND THE DECLINE OF EMPIRE

Amy Kaplan, Karen Greenberg, Marnia Lazreg and others

Monday, 6:30-8:00pm, The Elebash Recital Hall

MAY 5

OWNING THINGS

Leah Dilworth, Anne Higonnet, Judith Pascoe, Bettina Carbonell, and Valerie Allen.

Monday, 6:30-8:00pm, Skylight Room (9100)

Unless otherwise noted, all events are free and open to the public. Please note that we do not take reservations and that seating for all events is available on a first-come, first-served basis. For more information call 212/817.2005 or email ch@gc.cuny.edu.