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/Read more
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…Read more
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 AnscombeRead more
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 GloryRead more
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…Read more
Featured
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…Read more
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 FloorRead more
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 349Read more
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!Read more
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)…Read more
PAL 