The Society for the Humanities is the Cornell host of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation sponsored Humanities Corridor of Central New York.
The Humanities Corridor brings together humanities scholars from its three member institutions--Cornell, Syracuse, and Rochester--to enhance the academic profile of humanities in the region.
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PAST EVENTS AT CORNELL
9/23/09, 4:30 p.m.
Kaja Silverman
(Class of 1940 Professor of Rhetoric and Film,
University of California, Berkeley)
“The Twilight of Posterity”
Guerlac Room, A.D. White House
Presented in conjunction with the Rose Goldsen Lecture Series and the Society for the Humanities.
5/9/09, 10:00 a.m. - 6:30 p.m.
Upstate New York Early Modern Workshop: A Berkeley Bonanza
158 Goldwin Smith Hall
10:00 a.m., Melissa Frankel (Syracuse University), "Berkeley and the Argument from Illusion," Commentator: Jonathan Peeters, Ithaca College
11:45 a.m., Georges Dicker (SUNY-Brockport), "An Idea can be like Nothing but an Idea'--Another Try," Commentator: Wade Robison (Rochester Institute of Technology)
1:15 p.m. Lunch
2:30 p.m. Alex Klein (Cornell University), "In Defense of Berkeley's Empiricism," Commentator: P.D. Magnus (University of Albany)
4:30 p.m., Plenary session: Margaret Atherton (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee), "Berkeley's Last Word on Spirit," Commentator: Sukjae Lee (Ohio State University)
5/2/09, 10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Mellon metaphysics workshop
142 Goldwin Smith Hall
Speakers:
Karen Bennett (Cornell University)
Andre Gallois (Syracuse University)
Kris McDaniel (Syracuse University)
Alyssa Ney (University of Rochester)
Brad Weslake (University of Rochester)
4/1/09, 4:30 p.m.
Gregg Lambert
(Dean's Professor of Humanities/Founding Director, Syracuse Humanities Center)
"Globalatinization and Bio-politics: On the Double-Horizon of the Death of God"
Guerlac Room, A.D. White House
2/19/09, 4:30 p.m.
Sergio Fajarado
(Mayor of Medellín, Colombia from 2003-2007)
“Medellín: From Fear to Hope”
233 Plant Sciences Building
Co-sponsored with Latin American Studies Program, Colombian Students Association, Johnson Business School, Cornell Institute for Public Affairs, International Students & Planning
3/31/11, 3:00 p.m.
Laura Mandell
(Miami University)
“Discipline and Error: Recasting Literary Studies in New Media"
Gamble Room, Rush Rhees Library
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