Life in Pixels hosts an ongoing series of transdisciplinary conversations thinking about how we can make sense of, and live with, our computational social condition today. Considering sociocultural, aesthetic, politicoeconomic, environmental, racial, and historical registers of technology together, the series will bring together people who think and do technology beyond disciplinary boundaries. The events are all designed as an ongoing series of conversations between scholars and practitioners in Media Studies, Science and Technology Studies, History and Philosophy of Science and Technology, Critical Digital Studies, and Literary Cultural Studies.
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Myla Leguro will discuss the increasing recognition of women who suffer from the impact of armed conflict and violence and their significant contribution to peacebuilding efforts, even while they are excluded from formal peace processes.
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In the second half of the semester, The Classics department has the pleasure of hosting two lectures about the ancient Greek novels, with a focus on allegory, intertextuality and relationship to Christian literature. The first of these two speakers is Jeffrey Ulrich, from Rutgers School of Arts and Sciences.
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Pamela Ballinger's publication The World Refugees Made: Decolonization and the Foundation of Postwar Italy (Cornell University Press) was a finalist for the 2023 Laura Shannon Prize in Contemporary European Studies hosted by the Nanovic Institute for European Studies.
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Judge Trevor McFadden was appointed to the United States District Court for the District of Columbia in 2017. He received his B.A. from Wheaton College, IL, and his J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law, where he graduated Order of the Coif and served as an editor for the Virginia Law Review.
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Explore the centuries-old tradition at the heart of a Catholic University. John C. Cavadini will discuss, "What is the Catholic Intellectual Tradition?"
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Wunderland is the 2023 Institute "common book," distributed to all Irish Studies faculty and students.
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An introverted high-school girl Masha sees herself as an outsider unless she hangs around with Yana and Senia who share her non-conformist status. While she is trying to navigate through an intense time of the pre-graduation year, Masha falls in love that forces her to leave her comfort zone. From a debutant Ukrainian director Kateryna Gornostai, a deeply personal story about self-discovery and the patience it requires.
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This talk will focus on the work of the Special Jurisdiction for Peace in Colombia, which was created by the 2016 Peace Accord with the FARC rebel group. This tribunal is responsible for prosecuting the most serious crimes committed during the country’s armed conflict.
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Benjamin Storey and Jenna Silber Storey are both senior fellows in the Social, Cultural, and Constitutional Studies department at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), where they concentrate on political philosophy, civil society, classical schools, and higher education, and organize a conference series on the future of the American university.
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Parmenides and Plato thought that substances are just kinds, unified qualitatively. Aristotle, on my understanding, revolutionised ontology by aiming to show that concrete substances, too, are just kinds, unified qualitatively. Anna Marmodoro will identify and examine Aristotle’s brilliant innovations in his effort to achieve this.
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This year marks the 20th anniversary of the United States invasion of Iraq, which led to more than 100,000 individuals dead, the destabilization of the Middle East, and long-term consequences for the U.S. Join a panel of experts for a conversation about the aftermaths of these events for war and peace.
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A colloquium on the "Affirmative" interpretation of Kant's philosophy of religion, inspired by the question as to what extent Kant's moral vision affirms religion without rendering it irrelevant.
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Twenty years ago the United States invaded the sovereign nation of Iraq. By the time U.S. forces left in 2011, more than 100,000 people had been killed, thousands more had fled, and fundamentalist militias ruled the streets. How does such a calamity reverberate through time? How does war live within us, even when we are at peace?
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Sarah Allen Gershon's research focuses primarily on the incorporation of traditionally underrepresented groups (including women, and racial and ethnic minorities) into the American political system. In seeking to explain the challenges faced by these groups, her work emphasizes the role of communication, campaigns and political attitudes.
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Decolonizing Scholarship in French and Francophone Studies
Laurent Dubois is the John L. Nau III Bicentennial Professor in the History & Principles of Democracy and Director for Academic Affairs of the Democracy Initiative in the Department of French at the University of Virginia.…
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First year DMA student Joe Balistreri will perform “Two by Two”, a recital of historic German, Italian, and Dutch organ music.
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A colloquium on the "Affirmative" interpretation of Kant's philosophy of religion, inspired by the question as to what extent Kant's moral vision affirms religion without rendering it irrelevant.
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Mary Pattillo’s areas of interest include race and ethnicity, urban sociology, inequality, housing, education, criminal legal studies, Black communities, and qualitative methods. The city of Chicago offers an abundance of opportunities for research and activism and Pattillo strives to be an expert in Chicago history, politics, and social life.
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