Forum for Research on Law, Politics, and the Humanities
Organized by Mark Canuel, English Department,
and Stephen Engelmann, Political Science Department
Research in a range of disciplines has focused on institutional formations, legal structures, political rhetorics and social identities. This forum seeks to bring together scholars who approach these issues from a variety of perspectives. The four meetings each year will be a mix of invited speakers, sessions focusing on UIC faculty work-in-progress, and discussions of agreed-upon texts.
Sessions for 2004-2005:
I. Wednesday, November 10, 2004
Book Discussion: Judith Butler, Precarious Life: The Power of Mourning and Violence.
II. Wednesday, December 1, 2004
Stanley Fish, Dean Emeritus, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences;
Professor of English; Chair, Religious Studies Committee, University of Illinois at Chicago
Workshop: "How Hobbes Works"
III. Friday, February 4, 2005
Austin Sarat, William Nelson Cromwell, Professor of Jurisprudence and Political Science, Amherst College
Public Lecture: "On Lawful Lawlessness: Clemency in the Killing State"
IV. Wednesday, March 30, 2005
Sharon Holland, Associate Professor of English, University of Illinois at Chicago
Workshop: "Death in Black and White: A Reading of Marc Forster's 'Monster's Ball"
For additional information, please contact Mark Canuel (mcanuel@uic.edu) or Stephen Engelmann (sengelma@uic.edu).
