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Complit Writing Group
01/04/2016 @ 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
25/03/2016 @ 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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Katie Fry’s Lecture: “Art for Art’s Sake, or Art for Life’s Sake? Aestheticism as a ‘Substitute Theology”
24/03/2016 @ 4:00 pm – The Northrop Frye Centre proudly presents the first of our NFC Doctoral Fellow Lectures, Art for Art’s Sake, or Art for Life’s Sake? Aestheticism as a ‘Substitute Theology’ by Katie Fry (NFC Doctoral Fellow, 2015-2016). Join us in NFC (VC102, Old Victoria College Building, 91 Charles Street West) on Thursday, March 24th at 4:00pm as we examine both endorsements and critiques of l’art pour l’art in […]
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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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