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ANIMATE ENTITIES: OBJECTS IN PERFORMANCE

18/03/2016 – 19/03/2016 @ 5:30 pm – The Jackman Humanities Institute and the Centre for Drama, Theatre, and Performance Studies present ANIMATE ENTITIES:  OBJECTS IN PERFORMANCE March 18-19, 2016 University of Toronto http://animateentities.wix.com/ae2016 How do objects move in the space and time of live performance? What is the allure of animating ordinary or extraordinary things? How do performances transform the material world? This […]

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Complit Writing Group

18/03/2016 @ 10:00 am – 12:00 pm – Join the Complit Writing Group for some company (and snacks!) as you write. Graduate students at all stages are welcome; just bring some writing you need to do!

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Sianne Ngai’s Lecture: Theory of the Gimmick

17/03/2016 @ 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm – Location: Victoria University Chapel, Room 213, 91 Charles St. W. Toronto This talk explores the gimmick as a capitalist aesthetic category: an objective form linked in a systematic way to a subjective judgment or affective speech act. Sianne Ngai specializes in American literature, literary and cultural theory, and feminist studies. Her books are Our Aesthetic […]

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Symposium: Sports: Allure and Ethics

17/03/2016 – 18/03/2016 @ All Day – Sports: Allure and Ethics University of Toronto March 17-18, 2016 Keynote speaker: Hans-Ulrich Gumbrecht Preliminary program (as January 25) is available HERE. Please check the Symposium website for the most up-to-date information. Poster

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Complit Writing Group

11/03/2016 @ 10:00 am – 12:00 pm – Join the Complit Writing Group for some company (and snacks!) as you write. Graduate students at all stages are welcome; just bring some writing you need to do!

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Appadurai’s public lecture ” THE MAGIC OF THINGS”

07/03/2016 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm – The Jackman Humanities Institute is pleased to present: JHI Distinguished Visiting Fellow, 2015-2016 on Things that Matter ARJUN APPADURAI Paulette Goddard Professor of Media, Culture, and Communication New York University THE MAGIC OF THINGS Tuesday 1 March, 7:00 p.m. Innis Town Hall, 2 Sussex Avenue …….. Ever since Marcel Mauss, we have known that things carry […]

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Complit Writing Group

04/03/2016 @ 10:00 am – 12:00 pm – Join the Complit Writing Group for some company (and snacks!) as you write. Graduate students at all stages are welcome; just bring some writing you need to do!

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Trans- Centre for Comparative Literature Conference

04/03/2016 – 05/03/2016 @ All Day – 26th Annual Conference of the Centre for Comparative Literature March 4-5, 2016 Alumni Hall Victoria University, 91 Charles St. West, Toronto W.J.T. Mitchell, University of Chicago “Salvaging Israel/Palestine: Art, Collaboration, and the Binational State” Linda & Michael Hutcheon, University of Toronto “Operatic Transformation: Translation, Adaptation, Transladaptation” John Paul Ricco, University of Toronto “Edging, Drawing, the Common” For […]

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Complit Writing Group

26/02/2016 @ 10:00 am – 12:00 pm – Join the Complit Writing Group for some company (and snacks!) as you write. Graduate students at all stages are welcome; just bring some writing you need to do!

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Complit Writing Group

19/02/2016 @ 10:00 am – 12:00 pm – Join the Complit Writing Group for some company (and snacks!) as you write. Graduate students at all stages are welcome; just bring some writing you need to do!

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