Events
Week of Events
Sunday, February 13, 2011
No events on this day.
Monday, February 14, 2011
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Tuesday, February 15, 2011
No events on this day.
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
- February 16, 2011 -John Jordan: “Voice and Temporality in the Illustrations to Bleak House”
- February 16, 2011 -The Helen Diller Distinguished Lecture in Jewish Studies: Robert Alter
- February 16, 2011 -Enrico Deaglio: “Reporting Italy”
John Jordan: “Voice and Temporality in the Illustrations to Bleak House”
Drawing on the narratological theories of Genette (“voice”) and Mieke Bal (“focalization”), Professor Jordan’s talk offers a new approach to understanding the illustrations to Dickens’s Bleak House (1852- 53) that emphasizes elements of retrospection, fantasy, and multiple temporality. John Jordan is Professor of Literature, UCSC.
The Helen Diller Distinguished Lecture in Jewish Studies: Robert Alter
Every year, we honor Helen Diller, whose generous endowment continues to provide crucial support to Jewish Studies at UC-Santa Cruz, by hosting a public lecture on campus by an internationally recognized scholar. This year's lecture will be presented by Dr. Robert Alter, and is entitled "Translating the Bible: The Wisdom Books." The lecture will take […]
Enrico Deaglio: “Reporting Italy”
Full of mysteries, theatrical effects, unexpected violence and unexpected compromises, recent Italian history is probably difficult to understand, but surely is not boring. It was 32 years ago when Aldo Moro, the most prominent Italian politician, was killed by the Red Brigades in the center of Rome, after a kidnapping that lasted 55 days. Thirty two […]
Thursday, February 17, 2011
- February 17, 2011 -Amy Rose Deal: “Case and Caselessness in Nez Perce”
- February 17, 2011 -Kaija Mortensen:”Thought Experiment Intuitions: Rational or Animal?”
- February 17, 2011 -Cameron McNeil: “The Chocolate Tree and Its History among the Ancient Maya”
- February 17, 2011 -Living Writers Series: Dion Farquhar and Gary Young
Amy Rose Deal: “Case and Caselessness in Nez Perce”
Morphological case systems are frequently described in terms of distinctions related to transitivity. To a first approximation, the case system of Nez Perce nicely fits this bill: one case (ergative) marks transitive subjects, a distinct case (objective) marks transitive objects, and intransitive subjects remain in an unmarked (nominative) form. (1) Transitive: ERG subject, OBJ object […]
Kaija Mortensen:”Thought Experiment Intuitions: Rational or Animal?”
This talk is presented as part of the Philosophy Graduate Student Works in Progress series.
Cameron McNeil: “The Chocolate Tree and Its History among the Ancient Maya”
This presentation will explore the use of the chocolate tree (Theobroma cacao L.) in Mesoamerican communities with a focus on the ancient Maya polity of Copan in Honduras. While the areas where cacao thrived in Mesoamerica were limited, the seeds were easily transportable and became a valued source of stimulants. By 1900 B.C. cacao was […]
Living Writers Series: Dion Farquhar and Gary Young
Dion Farquhar is a poet and fiction writer with recent poems in The Southeast Review, Shampoo, and/or, Dark Sky Magazine, etc. Her chapbook, Cleaving, won first prize at Poets Corner Press in 2007, and her first poetry book was published in November by Evening Street Press. She works as a Lecturer of literature and creative […]
Friday, February 18, 2011
No events on this day.
Saturday, February 19, 2011
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