Jackman Humanities Institute - Event Calendar

March 2012

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				1 'Learn my Language': Medici Artistic Patronage during the Fifteenth Century 'Learn my Language': Medici Artistic Patronage during the Fifteenth Century Mar 1st, 4:00 pm 91 Charles St.W., Alumni Hall, Victoria College Lecture by Distinguished Visiting Scholar John T. Paoletti, Art History, Wesleyan University Track Changes: The Literary History of Word Processing Track Changes: The Literary History of Word Processing Mar 1st, 4:00 pm 140 St. George St., room 728 Lecture by Matthew Kirschenbaum The Geneology of Shaw: Nietzschean Philosophy and the Shavian Play of Ideas The Geneology of Shaw: Nietzschean Philosophy and the Shavian Play of Ideas Mar 1st, 4:15 pm 214 College St. 3rd Floor Lecture by David Kornhaber, University of Texas at Austin The Feeling of Life: An Argument with Reference to Derrida The Feeling of Life: An Argument with Reference to Derrida Mar 1st, 4:30 pm 7 Kings College Circle, East Common Room Lecture by Visiting Philosopher Alexander Garcia Duttmann, Goldsmiths College, London (UK) CFP Routes and Roots II CFP Routes and Roots II Mar 1st, 5:00 pm Call for proposals for the Second Summer Institute on Routes and Roots	2 Imitation, Emulation and Forgery Imitation, Emulation and Forgery Mar 2nd, 9:00 am 93 Charles St. West, Alumni Hall 33rd Medieval Colloquium of the Centre for Medieval Studies Sexuality and Islam Sexuality and Islam Mar 2nd, 12:00 pm 140 St. George St., Room 205 Lecture by Joseph Massad, Columbia University Seripop: Landscape Events Reproducted Seripop: Landscape Events Reproducted Mar 2nd, 1:00 pm UTM Blackwood Gallery, Kaneff Centre Roundtable discussion of the current exhibition at the UTM Blackwood Gallery Sovereignty at the Colonial Frontier: Martial Law, Prisoners of the State, and the East India Company, 1799-1858 Sovereignty at the Colonial Frontier: Martial Law, Prisoners of the State, and the East India Company, 1799-1858 Mar 2nd, 4:00 pm Munk School of Global Affairs, Room 208N Lecture by Bhavani Raman, Princeton University	3
4	5 Discrimination as Negligence Discrimination as Negligence Mar 5th, 3:00 pm 15 Devonshire Place, room 200 Seminar by Sophie Reibetanz Moreau, Law, University of Toronto Border Crossings III: Sylvat Aziz, Sisyphus & Other Personal Matters Border Crossings III: Sylvat Aziz, Sisyphus & Other Personal Matters Mar 5th, 5:00 pm 252 Bloor Street West, 2nd floor hallway Sisyphus & Other Personal Matters is an exhibition of art by Sylvat Aziz	6 A New Social Agenda for Brazil A New Social Agenda for Brazil Mar 6th, 12:00 pm 15 Devonshire Place, Larkin room 200 Lecture by Simon Schwartzman The Rules The Rules Mar 6th, 8:00 pm Helen Gardiner Phelan Theatre, 79 St. George St. Play by Chuck Mee; directed by Banuta Rubess and presented by UC Drama program	7 Circulating Stuff: From Military Art to Business Science Circulating Stuff: From Military Art to Business Science Mar 7th, 2:00 pm 170 St. George Street, room 235 Methods Cafe presentation by Deborah Cowan, Geography	8 (An) Aesthetic of Absence/Une esth�tique de l�absence (An) Aesthetic of Absence/Une esth�tique de l�absence Mar 8th, 9:00 am 93 Charles St. West The 23rd Annual Conference of the Centre for Comparative Literature Five Clarinets, Four Hands Five Clarinets, Four Hands Mar 8th, 12:10 pm 80 Queens Park, Walter Hall Free lunchtime concert Self-evaluating Media: The Making of Middles Self-evaluating Media: The Making of Middles Mar 8th, 4:00 pm 100 St. George St., SS2098 Discussion with Celia Lury, Founding Director, Centre for Interdisciplinary Methodologies, University of Warwick Portraiture and Memory amongst the Middling Elites in Post-Reformation England Portraiture and Memory amongst the Middling Elites in Post-Reformation England Mar 8th, 4:00 pm 89 Charles St. W. Burwash Hall Senior Common Room Lecture by Robert Tittler, Concordia University Cosi fan Tutti Cosi fan Tutti Mar 8th, 7:30 pm 80 Queens Park, MacMillan Theatrel Opera performances March 8, 9, 10, 11	9 The Rules: Friday Chat The Rules: Friday Chat Mar 9th, 2:00 pm 214 College St. 3rd Floor Discussion of Chuck Mee's play The Rules England after the Conquest: Part of the Continent after all? England after the Conquest: Part of the Continent after all? Mar 9th, 4:00 pm 121 St. Joseph St., Rm. 400 Lecture II of II by Henrietta Leyser on the theme of Mapping Piety The Writing Life: A Forum Discussion The Writing Life: A Forum Discussion Mar 9th, 6:30 pm 7 Hart House Circle, Hart House Library Roundtable discussion with published authors and literary agents	10
11	12 Alexander Lectures Alexander Lectures Mar 12th, 4:30 pm 15 Kings College Circle, UC 140 Four-lecture series by Carolyn Dinshaw, Social & Cultural Analysis and English, Columbia University Songs from Canadian and American Songbooks Songs from Canadian and American Songbooks Mar 12th, 7:30 pm 80 Queens Park, Walter Hall Concert by Faculty Artists Monica Whicher, Russell Braun, and Steven Wilcox	13 The Syrian Uprising: The Economy of Political Violence The Syrian Uprising: The Economy of Political Violence Mar 13th, 6:30 pm 612 Markham St., Beit Zatoun Lecture by Bassam Haddad, George Mason University Why does Opera Need an Orchestra? Why does Opera Need an Orchestra? Mar 13th, 7:30 pm 80 Queens Park, Walter Hall Lecture by Sir Andrew Davis	14 Les Vietnamiens dans les pays occidentaux : Acteurs et relais dans les efforts pour une r�conciliation (inachev�e) Les Vietnamiens dans les pays occidentaux : Acteurs et relais dans les efforts pour une r�conciliation (inachev�e) Mar 14th, 4:00 pm 170 St. George St., rm 318 Lecture by Nguyen Ngoc Giao, Professor emeritus, University of Paris VII What if... There was No Religious-Secular Divide? What if... There was No Religious-Secular Divide? Mar 14th, 5:00 pm 7 Hart House Circle, Map Room Live on-air radio discussion of the dualistic nature of religious and secular identities Rhinoceros Rhinoceros Mar 14th, 8:00 pm UTSC Leigha Lee Browne Theatre Dramatic production at UTSC	15 Asian Studies Conference Asian Studies Conference Mar 15th, 9:00 am Sheraton Centre Toronto Annual conference of the Association for Asian Studies The Bird Project The Bird Project Mar 15th, 12:10 pm 80 Queens Park, Walter Hall Free lunchtime concert featuring acoustic and electronic music with spoken word and visuals Justice After War, Proportionality, and Compensation Justice After War, Proportionality, and Compensation Mar 15th, 3:15 pm 170 St. George St., JHB 100a Lecture by Frances Kamm, Harvard University Sovereignty/Intimacy: Political Openings in Contemporary Jamaica Sovereignty/Intimacy: Political Openings in Contemporary Jamaica Mar 15th, 4:00 pm 170 St. George St. JHB 100 Lecture by Deborah A. Thomas, Anthropology, University of Pennsylvania Geographies of Promise and Betrayal: Land & Place in US Studies Geographies of Promise and Betrayal: Land & Place in US Studies Mar 15th, 5:00 pm TBA Call for Papers for a conference to be held 25-28 October 2012 Lives of a Memory: Selma Meerbaum Eisinger and the Politics of Remembrance Lives of a Memory: Selma Meerbaum Eisinger and the Politics of Remembrance Mar 15th, 5:00 pm AA160 UTSC, 1265 Military Trail Scarborough Lecture by Irene Silverblatt Books, Libraries, and the Digital Future Books, Libraries, and the Digital Future Mar 15th, 5:30 pm Bennett Lecture Hall, Flavelle House, 78 Queen's Park 2012 Annual Grafstein Lecture in Communications by Robert Darnton Payback Payback Mar 15th, 6:30 pm 2 Sussex, Innis College Town Hall Screening of film followed by Q&A with director Jennifer Baichwal 10 O'Clock and 11 O'Clock Jazz Orchestras 10 O'Clock and 11 O'Clock Jazz Orchestras Mar 15th, 7:30 pm 80 Queens Park, MacMillan Theatrel Concert featuring guest artist Donny McCaslin	16 Irene Silverblatt: A Living Document Irene Silverblatt: A Living Document Mar 16th, 12:00 pm Trinity College Boardroom A conversation with cultural historian Irene Silverblatt Materiality and Migration Materiality and Migration Mar 16th, 2:00 pm 170 St. George St., JHB1040 Roundtable discussion on the movements of material culture through migration Foodways: Diasporic Diners, Transnational Tables, and Culinary Connections Foodways: Diasporic Diners, Transnational Tables, and Culinary Connections Mar 16th, 5:00 pm TBA Call for papers for an interdisciplinary conference to be held 4-7 October 2012	17
18	19 Leaving Consequentialism Behind Leaving Consequentialism Behind Mar 19th, 3:00 pm 15 Devonshire Place, room 200 Lecture by Allan W. Wood, Indiana University Unchosen Peoplehood: Spoiled Identity, National Horizons, and the Political Imagination of Polish Jews, 1918�1939 Unchosen Peoplehood: Spoiled Identity, National Horizons, and the Political Imagination of Polish Jews, 1918�1939 Mar 19th, 4:00 pm 170 St. George St. rm 100 Lecture by Kenneth B. Moss, Johns Hopkins University	20 Tuesday Colloquium Tuesday Colloquium Mar 20th, 1:15 pm 214 College St. 3rd Floor Two short talks on Shakespearean and Jacobean drama Raphael's Muse: Erotic Inspiration in the Renaissance Raphael's Muse: Erotic Inspiration in the Renaissance Mar 20th, 5:30 pm 7 Hart House Circle, Debates Room Lecture by Ulrich Pfisterer, Lugwig-Maximillians University, Munich	21 Sacred Music of the Desert: A Conversation with Yair Dalal Sacred Music of the Desert: A Conversation with Yair Dalal Mar 21st, 12:00 pm 170 St. George St. rm 318 Meet composer, violinist, oud player and singer Yair Dalal The Ethical Architecture of Adolph Loos: A Historical/Cultural Analysis The Ethical Architecture of Adolph Loos: A Historical/Cultural Analysis Mar 21st, 3:00 pm 47 Queens Pk Cr E, Boardroom 1 Lecture by John Berkman, Regis College	22 Contested Images, Contested Lands: The Politics of Space in Louise Erdrich's Tracks and Leslie Marmon Silko's Sacred Water Contested Images, Contested Lands: The Politics of Space in Louise Erdrich's Tracks and Leslie Marmon Silko's Sacred Water Mar 22nd, 3:00 pm 170 St. George St., JHB 100a Lecture by Shari Huhndorf, UC-Berkeley Recycled Paper: Readers' Scrap-Books in Late Georgian Literary Culture Recycled Paper: Readers' Scrap-Books in Late Georgian Literary Culture Mar 22nd, 4:15 pm 91 Charles St. West, room VC112 Lecture by Deidre Lynch, Chancellor Jackman Professor of English, University of Toronto	23 The New Politics of Protest: Indigenous Mobilization in Latin America's Neoliberal Era The New Politics of Protest: Indigenous Mobilization in Latin America's Neoliberal Era Mar 23rd, 2:00 pm 15 Devonshire Place, Larkin room 200 Talk and book launch by Roberta Rice The Passions of the Trekking Machine: Affect and Technology in the Making of Stone Age New Guinea The Passions of the Trekking Machine: Affect and Technology in the Making of Stone Age New Guinea Mar 23rd, 3:00 pm UTM Davis (South) Building, room 3130 Lecture by Danilyn Rutherford, UC-Santa Cruz Locating Compassion in Land Ethics Locating Compassion in Land Ethics Mar 23rd, 7:00 pm 170 St. George St. JHB 100 Conference featuring artist Mimi Gellman Wind Symphony Wind Symphony Mar 23rd, 7:30 pm 80 Queens Park, MacMillan Theatrel Concert featuring Jeffrey Reynolds, Conductor	24 Wind Ensemble Wind Ensemble Mar 24th, 7:30 pm 80 Queens Park, MacMillan Theatrel Concert featuring Gillian MacKay, conductor
25 Jewish Life and Death in the Soviet Union during World War II Jewish Life and Death in the Soviet Union during World War II Mar 25th, 9:00 am Hart House Debates Room Two day conference featuring Ilya Altman	26 Murky Waters: Edward Thompson and the Looting of the Sacred Chenote of Chichen Itza, Yucatan Murky Waters: Edward Thompson and the Looting of the Sacred Chenote of Chichen Itza, Yucatan Mar 26th, 12:00 pm 19 Russell Street, Room 246 Talk by Adam T. Sellen, National Autonomous University of Mexico The Uprisings Will Be Gendered The Uprisings Will Be Gendered Mar 26th, 12:00 pm 100 St. George St. rm 2098 Presentation via Skype by Maya Mikdashi, Ph.D. cand. in Anthropology and co-editor of Jadaliyya e-zine. Simon Bolivar String Quartet Simon Bolivar String Quartet Mar 26th, 7:30 pm 80 Queens Park, Walter Hall Chamber Music concert	27	28 Urban Spatialities of the Crisis: Athens Beyond the Syntagma Square Movement Urban Spatialities of the Crisis: Athens Beyond the Syntagma Square Movement Mar 28th, 2:00 pm 19 Russell Street, Room 246 Lecture by Dimitris Dalakoglou, University of Sussex Get the Lead Out Get the Lead Out Mar 28th, 3:00 pm Massey College, Colin Friesen Room A Symposium of Letterpress Printers Trapped in One of the Oldest Ways: Indigenous Women, Literature, Law Trapped in One of the Oldest Ways: Indigenous Women, Literature, Law Mar 28th, 3:00 pm 40 Willcocks St. Wilson Hall, room 2053 Research seminar with Cheryl Suzack Etruscan Human Sacrifice in Myth and Ritual Etruscan Human Sacrifice in Myth and Ritual Mar 28th, 5:00 pm 40 St. George St., Bahen Centre 1190 Lecture by Nancy de Grummond, Florida State U. Parody and Play in Blake's Composite Art Parody and Play in Blake's Composite Art Mar 28th, 7:30 pm 75 Queens Pk Cr, Emmanuel College 119 Hoeniger Lecture I by Michael Phillips, Oxford, UC-London, Edinborough	29 The Ecology of the Book The Ecology of the Book Mar 29th, 1:00 pm 170 St. George St. rm 100 Lecture by Andrew Steeves, award-winning typographer and literary publisher, Gaspereau Press City of Words presents Mary di Michele City of Words presents Mary di Michele Mar 29th, 1:30 pm UTSC HW room 308 Reading by poet and novelist Mary di Michele Dreams that Matter: Egyptian Landscapes of the Imagination Dreams that Matter: Egyptian Landscapes of the Imagination Mar 29th, 2:00 pm 19 Russell Street, Room 246 Methods Cafe presentation by Michael Lambek, Anthropology "printing in the infernal method": William Blake's 'Illuminated Printing' "printing in the infernal method": William Blake's 'Illuminated Printing' Mar 29th, 4:15 pm 91 Charles St. W., room 115 Hoeniger Lecture II by Michael Philips, Oxford, UC-London, Edinburgh The ... Musician. An �tude The ... Musician. An �tude Mar 29th, 8:00 pm 214 College St., 3rd Floor Robert Gill Theatre Play directed by Art Babayants	30 Life-Writing: Textual and Visual Narratives Life-Writing: Textual and Visual Narratives Mar 30th, 9:00 am 30 Charles St. W, 3rd Floor Bilingual workshop featuring Keynote speaker Catherine Viollet, Paris Political Theory Workshop #3 Political Theory Workshop #3 Mar 30th, 1:00 pm 15 Devonshire Place, Room 200 Workshop featuring talks by Larissa Atkinson and Margaret Haderer E Pluribus Unum: In Lulz We Trust E Pluribus Unum: In Lulz We Trust Mar 30th, 2:00 pm 19 Russell Street, Room 246 Anthropology Colloquium with Biella Coleman, McGill University Possible Beings Possible Beings Mar 30th, 3:15 pm 170 St. George St., rm100 Keynote address at graduate philosophy conference, by Timothy Williamson, Oxford Behold the Time of Mercy: Medieval Pageants for Lent Behold the Time of Mercy: Medieval Pageants for Lent Mar 30th, 7:00 pm 383 Huron St., St. Thomas's Anglican Church Three short plays from 15th century England.	31