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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  

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Spring 2019 PAL Certificate Courses

 Spring 2019 features five 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 (at UNC)…

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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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