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Spring 2019 PAL Certificate Courses

 Spring 2019 features four PAL Certificate Courses: Neil McWilliam: The Symbolist Movement in the Arts and European Thought. ARTHIST541S Thomas Pfau: The Melancholy of Art. ENG 890S.05/German 890S.01/LIT 890S.02. Corina Stan: Culture, Civilization, World (Literature)  ENG 590 (cross-listed in Literature, Romance Studies, and German) Jacqueline Waeber: Aurality and Music In Cinema Music S790   ………………………………

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Linda Zerilli Nov 12

 “The Realist Turn in Contemporary Critical Thought: An Arendtian Critique” Please join us in Ahmadieh Family Lecture Hall  (Smith Warehouse Bay 4) on Monday November 12th, 5pm for a lecture by Linda Zerilli, Professor of Political Science at the University of Chicago. Professor Zerilli is the author of Signifying Woman (Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1994), Feminism and…

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Stanley Cavell Memorial Conference

 Stanley Cavell Memorial Conference Harvard  University Nov 9-10 PAL Director Toril Moi will join a host of scholars in honoring the life and philosophy of Stanley Cavell. Download the PDF poster with dates and locations here: cavell memorial conference harvard nov 2018

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From Pitch to Publication

 Come and learn how to pitch your ideas to editors! A PAL Writing is Thinking Event From Pitch to Publication: Do’s and Don’ts for Public Scholars Tuesday 18 October 5pm Talk 4:30pm Reception 314 English Allen Building Duke West Campus Sharon Marcus Orlando Harriman Professor of English and Comparative Literature, Columbia University Founding Editor of…

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Grad Student Happy Hour, Sept 13

 CANCELED! We’re planning for an End of Semester party in December. Hope to see you there Thurs Sept 13, 5-7pm Ahmadieh Family Lecture Hall Smith Warehouse, Bay 4 Join us for drinks and hors d’oeuvres as we launch PAL for Graduate Students Fall 2018! Learn about our PAL certificate courses and our events coming up this year,…

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2018-2019 Calendar

 Fall 2018 Sept 13: Graduate Student Happy Hour Thurs Sept 13, 5-7pm Ahmadieh Family Lecture Hall Smith Warehouse, Bay 4 Sept 17: Remembering Stanley Cavell: A Lecture by Richard Fleming Monday Sept 17, 4:30pm Reception, 5pm Lecture Ahmadieh Family Lecture Hall Smith Warehouse, Bay 4 Oct 18: Writing is Thinking with Sharon Marcus *more details to come* Thursday Oct 18 English 314, Allen Building, West Campus Nov 12: Intellectual Women: Hannah Arendt with Linda Zerilli *more details to come* Monday Nov 12 Ahmadieh Family Lecture Hall Smith Warehouse Bay 4 Spring 2019 Writing is Thinking with Verlyn Klinkenborg: Feb 2019 Intellectual Women lecture by Nancy Bauer: Mar 2019 My Cavell…

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