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Featured August 8, 2019

Fall 2019 PAL Courses

Toril Moi LIT690S-03; FRENCH 690S-2-01; GSF 590S-01; PHIL590S-04 Mon 1:25 – 3:55 p.m. Friedl 102 Simone de Beauvoir An overview of Simone de Beauvoir’s career as a writer, philosopher, and feminist thinker. The course will focus on Beauvoir’s understanding of the relationship between literature and philosophy, and between existentialism and feminism. We will pay special…

Featured March 19, 2019

Stages of Life – The Second Annual Duke-Stanford Graduate Conference

Co-Sponsored by Duke University’s “PAL” (Center for Philosophy, Arts, and Literature) and Stanford University’s “Phil+Lit” (The Initiative in Philosophy and Literature) and Hosted by The Franklin Humanities Institute at Smith Warehouse, Duke University Friday April 5th, Ahmadieh Lecture Hall (Bay 4) of Smith Warehouse 2:00-2:30 Welcome and Mingling 2:30-2:45 Welcome: Toril Moi(James B. Duke Professor of Literature and…

November 7, 2019

J. L. Austin’s Voice

Audio recording of J. L. Austin talking in 1959 about performatives in 1959: http://dailynous.com/2017/02/06/audio-recordings-j-l-austin-lectures/

October 31, 2019

Spring 2020 PAL Courses

Toril Moi ENGLISH 582s-01/LIT 681S-01/PHIL 681S-01 Mon. 1:25-3:55pm Friedl 102 Duke University WITTGENSTEIN AND LITERARY THEORY The course offers an introduction to Wittgenstein’s late philosophy, and asks what its relevance for literary studies might be. We will focus on a detailed reading of important sections of Wittgenstein’s Philosophical Investigations. We will try to understand Wittgenstein’s…

Flyer for PAL Seminar Discussion: Action, Form & Photography

October 30, 2019

Action, Form & Photography: A Seminar Discussion

Presenter: Walter Benn Michael English The University of Illinois at Chicago Friday, Nov. 15th 10:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Allen 314 Lunch will be provided Reading for Seminar Anscombe and Winogrand, Danto and Mapplethrope: A Reply to Dominic McIver Lopes Blind Time (Drawing with Anscombe

Poster for Duke Grad Students Certificate Talks

October 30, 2019

Come and Hear Duke Grad Students Give Their Certificate Talks!

Presenters: Kevin Spencer English “The Recoiling Self in Patricia Highsmith’s The Talented Mr. Ripley Tessa Nunn Romance Studies The Tarantella: Melancholy, Mania, and Glory

August 22, 2019

Why Does The Claim of Reason Matter? A Symposium in Memory of Stanley Cavell (1926-2018)

An exceptional opportunity to get an introduction to Cavell’s masterpiece. Or to deepen your understanding of it. FRIDAY 13 SEPTEMBER The Ahmadieh Family Hall, Franklin Humanities Institute, Smith Warehouse 9:30 a.m. – 4 p.m. Breakfast and lunch will be served. SPEAKERS: Avner Baz, Philosophy, Tufts University Sarah Beckwith, English, Duke University Robert Chodat, English, Boston…

January 25, 2019

Mar 18: Nancy Bauer, “#metoo: ‘Epistemic Injustice” and the Sexual Harassment Tipping Point”

#metoo: ‘Epistemic Injustice’ and the Sexual Harassment Tipping Point Nancy Bauer Professor of Philosophy Tufts University Author of Simone de Beauvoir and Philosophy, and How To Do Things With Pornography Monday March 18th 5 p.m. 4:30 reception Ahmadieh Family Lecture Hall Smith Warehouse, Bay 4 First Floor

January 25, 2019

Feb 15: Writing as Awareness with Verlyn Klinkenborg

Join us for our annual Writing is Thinking event, featuring Verlyn Klinkenborg! Writing as Awarenesss Verlyn Klinkenborg, Yale University, Blackburn Visiting Writer in English at Duke for Spring 2019 Author of Timothy and The Last Fine Time, and Several Short Sentences About Writing Friday Feb 15 10am-12pm Breedlove Conference Room Rubenstein 349

December 7, 2018

Grad Student New Years Party

PAL Grad Student New Year Party Thurs Jan 17 5:30-7:00 pm Ahmadieh Family Lecture Hall Smith Warehouse, Bay 4 Join us for hors d’ouevres and drinks to ring in 2019 and learn about PAL courses and events this spring!