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 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, lower level Stevenson Hall, 701 South Morgan.
Sessions for 2009-2010:
I. Thursday, October 1, 2009
Book Discussion:
Specters of the Atlantic: Finance Capital, Slavery, and the Philosophy of History
by Ian Baucom (Duke
University Press, 2005)
Text will be available at the UIC Bookstore, lower level
II. Wednesday, October 21, 2009
UIC/Chicago-Kent Law and Society Symposium:
Scholars from across the disciplines at UIC and at Chicago-Kent College of Law meet in this symposium to discuss some central issues in political economy and the law.
For schedule and speakers, click here.
III. Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Timothy Mitchell, Columbia University
Public Lecture:
TBA
IV. Wednesday, April 14, 2010
Nicholas Brown, Department of English, UIC
Work in Progress: Reading Resistance: Three Options and a Choice of Numbers
Paper to be distributed in advance. Contact huminst@uic.edu
