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Adaptations, 2011-12
Undergraduate Humanities Forum
2011-2012 Calendar

SPRING 2012

01.22 Invented Languages and Strange Plots:
Ian McEwan's Atonement and
Michael Gordin on Esperanto's scientific moment
01.25 Lunch with Michael Gordin
02.05 The Many Angles of Adaptation: brainstorming for the UHF conference
02.19 Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction:
(high/low/in) fidelity
03.18 THE LAST MEETING: conference prep and speaking tips
03.23 Undergraduate Humanities Forum Conference
 
FALL 2011
09.18 Introductions
10.02 "Imagine Africa" exhibit
(Penn Museum)
10.16 "Time Travel Safari" and readings from Olivia Judson
10.19 Lunch with Olivia Judson
10.30 Brainstorming and research discussion (small groups)
11.13 "You're a Good Man, Charlie Darwin," on adaptation in comics and biology (comics by Aaron Diaz and readings by Stephen J. Gould and R.C. Lewontin)
12.04 Film screening "Clueless" and discussion