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Upcoming Events

“Feeling History: Thomas Carlyle, The French Revolution, and the Melodramatic Form" by Matthew Skwiat, Modern & Contemporary Culture Workshop

October 9, 2023

New Cabell Hall, 236 | 10:30 am

“Feeling History: Thomas Carlyle, The French Revolution, and the Melodramatic Form" by Matthew Skwiat, Modern & Contemporary Culture Workshop

October 9, 2023

New Cabell Hall, 236 | 10:30 am

Matthew Skwiat (postdoctoral College Fellow, UVa) will present the following lecture: “Feeling History: Thomas Carlyle, The French Revolution, and the Melodramatic Form.” Monday, October 9, 10:30 am, New Cabell Hall, Room 236.

Register with Christa Noel Robbins in order to receive a copy of the paper to be workshopped or to sign up for future announcements.

“The Plant At the End of the World: Invasive Species in the Anthropocene.”

October 12, 2023

Wilson 142 | 4:00-6:00 (EST). Reception to follow

“The Plant At the End of the World: Invasive Species in the Anthropocene.”

October 12, 2023

Wilson 142 | 4:00-6:00 (EST). Reception to follow

Yota Batsaki is the executive director of Dumbarton Oaks, a Harvard University research center, museum, and historic garden in Washington, DC, where she also directs the Plant Humanities Initiative. Her current research interests focus on the cultural histories of plants, and art in the Anthropocene.

This lecture is co-sponsored by the UVA Scholars’ Lab.

“Plant Humanities Lab."

October 13, 2023

Scholars’ Lab, Clemons Library | 10 am–12 pm. Lunch to follow.

“Plant Humanities Lab."

October 13, 2023

Scholars’ Lab, Clemons Library | 10 am–12 pm. Lunch to follow.

Yota Batsaki is the executive director of Dumbarton Oaks, a Harvard University research center, museum, and historic garden in Washington, DC, where she also directs the Plant Humanities Initiative. Her current research interests focus on the cultural histories of plants, and art in the Anthropocene.

This event is co-sponsored by the UVA Scholars’ Lab.

"Early Modern Botanical Illustrations: Medium, Iconography, and Audience." Anatole Tchikine, Dumbarton Oaks

October 13, 2023

Wilson 142 | 4–6 pm. Reception to follow.

"Early Modern Botanical Illustrations: Medium, Iconography, and Audience." Anatole Tchikine, Dumbarton Oaks

October 13, 2023

Wilson 142 | 4–6 pm. Reception to follow.

Dr. Anatole Tchikine is Curator of Rare Books, Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, Harvard University.

 

Osama Siddiqui Workshop, Modern & Contemporary Culture Workshop

October 23, 2023

New Cabell Hall 236 | 10:30 am

Osama Siddiqui Workshop, Modern & Contemporary Culture Workshop

October 23, 2023

New Cabell Hall 236 | 10:30 am

Osama Siddiqui (Assistant Professor, Dept. of History & Classics, Providence College), presenting a chapter from his manuscript The Discovery of Society: Economic and Social Thought in Colonial India. Monday, October 23 10:30am, New Cabell Hall, Room 236.

Register with Christa Noel Robbins in order to receive a copy of the paper to be workshopped or to sign up for future announcements.

The End of Aesthetic History? Or, Provincializing the Twentieth Century” - For the Humanities, IHGC Lecture Series

October 26, 2023

Wilson 142 | 4:00-6:00 (EST). Reception to follow

The End of Aesthetic History? Or, Provincializing the Twentieth Century” - For the Humanities, IHGC Lecture Series

October 26, 2023

Wilson 142 | 4:00-6:00 (EST). Reception to follow

Eric Hayot is Distinguished Professor of Comparative Literature and Asian Studies at the Pennsylvania State University. He is the author of five books, including The Hypothetical Mandarin (2009), On Literary Worlds (2012), The Elements of Academic Style (2014), and Humanist Reason (2021). He has co-edited three volumes, most recently, Information: A Reader (2022), and is the co-translator, with Lea Pao, of Peter Janich’s What is Information? He's also the Director of Penn State’s Center for Humanities and Information.

This event is a part of the IHGC's For the Humanities lecture series. 

Seminar with Eric Hayot on "Humanist Reason: A History. An Argument. A Plan."

October 27, 2023

Wilson 142 | 12:00-2:00 pm (EST). Lunch with registration

Seminar with Eric Hayot on "Humanist Reason: A History. An Argument. A Plan."

October 27, 2023

Wilson 142 | 12:00-2:00 pm (EST). Lunch with registration

This event requires prior registration. Copies of Dr. Hayot's book will be provided to the first twelve to register for this event. Register here:

Eric Hayot is Distinguished Professor of Comparative Literature and Asian Studies at the Pennsylvania State University. He is the author of five books, including The Hypothetical Mandarin (2009), On Literary Worlds (2012), The Elements of Academic Style (2014), and Humanist Reason (2021). He has co-edited three volumes, most recently, Information: A Reader (2022), and is the co-translator, with Lea Pao, of Peter Janich’s What is Information? He's also the Director of Penn State’s Center for Humanities and Information.

“Dreaming Sufism in the Sokoto Caliphate: Dreams and Knowledge in the Works of Shaykh Dan Tafa” - IHGC Fellows Lecture Series

November 2, 2023

Wilson 142 | 4–6 pm. Reception to follow

“Dreaming Sufism in the Sokoto Caliphate: Dreams and Knowledge in the Works of Shaykh Dan Tafa” - IHGC Fellows Lecture Series

November 2, 2023

Wilson 142 | 4–6 pm. Reception to follow

Dr. Oludamini Ogunnaike is Associate Professor of African Religious Thought and Democracy, Department of Religious Studies, University of Virginia.

“Video Games and the Pornography of Death" with Amanda Phillips, Georgetown University

November 16, 2023

Wilson 142 | 4:00-6:00 (EST). Reception to follow

“Video Games and the Pornography of Death" with Amanda Phillips, Georgetown University

November 16, 2023

Wilson 142 | 4:00-6:00 (EST). Reception to follow

Amanda Phillips (they/he/she) is Associate Professor of EnglishFilm and Media StudiesWomen’s and Gender Studies, and American Studies at Georgetown University. They are the author of Gamer Trouble: Feminist Confrontations in Digital Culture, as well as co-editor of the Queer/Trans/Digital book series with NYU Press. Amanda writes about sex, death, identity, and politics in video games, with a particular emphasis on centering the insights of queer women of color feminism in the study of technology. His interests more broadly are in issues of racial and gender justice in and around technoculture, popular media, and the digital humanities.

This talk explores the so-called "pornography of death" in video games. Once infamously called "murder simulators" by anti-obscenity activist Jack Thompson, the simulation and animation technologies of video games are indeed often used to depict elaborate, explicit, and exploitative fantasies about dying and killing. From exploding heads and blood fountains to flailing bodies and x-ray vision, the mechanics of death in video games are polymorphously perverse, and understanding the ways that digital technologies stimulate our curiosity of how bodies respond to violence or how individuals behave under threat is crucial in this moment of increased gun violence, racial injustice, and trans- and queerphobia.

"Gamer Trouble: Feminist Confrontations in Digital Culture" - Seminar with Amanda D. Phillips, IHGC Game Lab

November 17, 2023

Wilson 142 | 12–2 pm. Lunch with registration.

"Gamer Trouble: Feminist Confrontations in Digital Culture" - Seminar with Amanda D. Phillips, IHGC Game Lab

November 17, 2023

Wilson 142 | 12–2 pm. Lunch with registration.

This talk requires prior registration. Copies of Dr. Phillips' book will be provided to the first twelve to register for this event. Register here: 

Amanda Phillips (they/he/she) is Associate Professor of EnglishFilm and Media StudiesWomen’s and Gender Studies, and American Studies at Georgetown University. They are the author of Gamer Trouble: Feminist Confrontations in Digital Culture, as well as co-editor of the Queer/Trans/Digital book series with NYU Press. Amanda writes about sex, death, identity, and politics in video games, with a particular emphasis on centering the insights of queer women of color feminism in the study of technology. His interests more broadly are in issues of racial and gender justice in and around technoculture, popular media, and the digital humanities.