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In association with
the GHF exhibition
In the Beginning: Exploring Origins in Contemporary Art
4-29 February | Fox Gallery, Logan Hall
Above artwork: Kim, Hee Soo, Glory Days #2, 2007
Origins
Eighth Annual Graduate Humanities Forum Conference
28-29 February 2008
3619 Locust Walk
To speak of origins in the humanities is to speak in spirals. In the absence of
some cause-and-effect model of explanation—long since ceded to certain
precincts of science—the humanities often broach the concept of origins as
ever-absent historical provocations.
CONFERENCE SCHEDULE (Two concurrent panels in each session.) |
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| THURSDAY, 28 FEBRUARY | |
| 8:45 | Opening Remarks |
| 9:00–10:30, SESSION 1 | |
| Pre-Modern Genres | |
| Tangled Origins: Identities and the Myths of Nations in the United States | |
| 10:45–12:15, SESSION 2 | |
| The Excavation of Identities and the Genealogy of Nations | |
| Narratives of Nation and Universe in the Cold War | |
| 1:00–2:30, SESSION 3 | |
| Gender and the Origins of “Herstory” in the Postwar United States | |
| Political Negotiations and Local Color: Nationalisms in Europe | |
| 2:45–4:15, SESSION 4 | |
| Concepts of European Identity in History | |
| Man, Nature and Symbolism | |
| 5:00–6:30, KEYNOTE ADDRESS | |
| Googlization of Everything, Siva Vaidhyanathan | |
| FRIDAY, 29 FEBRUARY | |
| 9:00–10:30, SESSION 5 | |
| Origins of the Ancients | |
| Subaltern Communication & Representation | |
| 10:45–12:45, SESSION 6 | |
| Mutable Origins in a World of Artifacts | |
| Authentic Voices, Irish Spaces | |
| 1:45–3:00, SESSION 7 | |
| Between The Oriental and The Modern | |
| Digital Origins | |
| 3:15–4:30, SESSION 8 | |
| Political Space & Violence in 20th Century Theory | |
| The Roots and Routes of Black Culture and Black Identity | |
| 5:00–7:00, CLOSING ART RECEPTION | |
| In the Beginning: Exploring Origins in Contemporary Art | |
Questions, contact GHF chair Erik Mathisen.