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.
All interested faculty and graduate students are welcome. Advance registration is encouraged. To register, please contact huminst@uic.edu, 312/996-6354.
Meetings take place from 3:00-5:00 at The Institute for the Humanities.
Sessions for 2006-2007:
I. Tuesday, October 10, 2006
Book Discussion: "The Philosopher and His Poor, by Jacques Rancière",
Duke University Press, 2004.
Text available at UIC Bookstore, lower level.
II. Wednesday, November 29, 2006
Ellen McClure, Spanish, French, Italian and Portuguese,
University of Illinois at Chicago
Workshop: "What's Wrong With 'Absolutism' (And Why We Should Care)"
Paper to be distributed in advance. Contact huminst@uic.edu
III. Tuesday, February 27, 2007
Wendy Brown, Political Science, University of California at Berkeley
Lecture: "Porous Sovereignty / Walled Democracy"
IV. Wednesday, March 21, 2007
Philip Schofield, Director, Bentham Project
History of Legal and Political Thought, University College, London
Workshop: "Jeremy Bentham and the British Intellectual Response to the French Revolution"
To register and to receive the paper, please contact huminst@uic.edu
Paper to be distributed in advance.
