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GRADUATE THEORY READING GROUP
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The Graduate Student
Theory Reading group is an interdisciplinary group comprised
of graduate students, faculty, and independent scholars
in the Columbia, Barnard, and NY communities. Readings
are determined over the course of the semester by those
present and respond to graduate student interests. The
group fosters intellectual exchange between departments
and individuals interested in what is broadly called "theory".
Readings will be made available on this website or as
an email attachment. Past readings have included: Agamen,
Homo Sacer and The Time that Remains; Balibar;
Butler, Giving an Account of Oneself; Derrida,
Rogues; Schmitt, Political Theology; Reinhard,
Santner, and Zizek The Neighbor.
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To more easily make announcements
and distribute information, the group has established
a mailing list with a separate email. To request that
you wish to receive mailings as part of the theory reading
group list, please email Bryan Lowrance at bjl2122@columbia.edu
and he will put you on the theory4grads@columbia.edu
list. Please note that only active participants will be
kept on the list, as space is limited, although the group's
activities will be posted on the English Dept. website.
— Patricia Dailey
— Neni Panourgia
— Bruce Robbins
— Benjamin Breyer (Graduate Coordinator)
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SPRING 2008
Sunday, April 6
It is on the Deconstruction of Christianity (out from Fordham UP), but can also be found in the de Vries and Weber anthology 'Religion and Media,' which is actually available online\through the library website.
Tuesday, April 8
In preparation for Jean-Luc Nancy's talk at noon on Wed the 9th at the Maison Francaise at Columbia: we will be meeting at noon in the Scheps Reading Room,
456 Schermerhorn Extension and discussing tje Nancy piece attached below.
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FALL 2007
Friday, September 21
1
pm in 405 Kent
The reading for this session is Giorgio Agamben's "Means
Without End: Notes on Politics." Interested
participants in need of a copy of the text should email
Bryan Lowrance (bjl2122@columbia.edu)
who will send them a PDF.
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| SPRING 2007 |
Monday, February 26
8
- 10 pm at 2828 Broadway #10A
Focus: Benjamin's Theses
on the Philosophy of History
Friday, March 30
12
- 2 pm in 628 Kent
Texts: Derrida's shorter writings on the issue of gender:
— Geschlecht:
sexual difference, ontological difference
— Geschlect
II: Heidegger's Hand
— Heidegger's
Ear: Philopolemology (Geschlecht IV)
— Ants
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| FALL 2006 |
Friday, October 6
11
am in the Anthropology lounge
in 465 Schermerhorn
Extension
The reading for this session is Giorgio Agamben's "State
of Exception."
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Sunday, October 15
7
pm [for meeting place, see below]
The texts for this session are Walter Benjamin's "Critique
of Violence" and "Theses on the Philosophy of
History." To download a pdf copy, click below:
Critique
of Violence
Theses on the
Philosophy of History
Meeting Place:
Marpillero Pollak Architects
132 Duane Street #1
New York NY 10013
Friday, November 10
10
am - 12 noon
The text for this session: Gil Anidjar, "The
Jew, the Arab: A History of the Enemy"
Friday, December 8
10
am - 12 noon in the Anthro lounge
With Michael Taussig from the Department of Anthropology.
Text: selection from Taussig's The
Nervous System
Contact Ben Breyer at bmb2102@columbia.edu
if you have any questions.
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