Past Events

Dr. Vijayalakshmy Rangarajan is Associate Professor Emeritus at the International Institute of Tamil Studies in Chennai, India. She obtained her Ph.D. from the University of Oxford in 1972 for a study on “the interaction between Tamil and Indo Aryan in the Civakacintamani.” Dr. Rangarajan specializes in Comparative Indian Literature, Women’s Studies and Jaina and Buddhist studies.

The second in a series of three lectures by renowned art historian, author, and professor T. J. Clark, extracted from a series of six lectures he delivered as the Mellon Lectures in Fine Art last spring at the National Gallery in Washington, D.C.

The Friends of the Bancroft Library and the Townsend Center present a special panel presentation in conjunction with Bancroft Library's Darwin and the Evolution of a Theory (on display August 13 - December 22, 2009 in the Bancroft Library Gallery, Room 278).

The second in a series of three lectures by renowned art historian, author, and professor T. J. Clark, extracted from a series of six lectures he delivered as the Mellon Lectures in Fine Art last spring at the National Gallery in Washington, D.C.

The first in a series of three lectures by renowned art historian, author, and professor T. J. Clark, extracted from a series of six lectures he delivered as the Mellon Lectures in Fine Art last spring at the National Gallery in Washington, D.C.

In this participatory dialogue, Thomas Keenan, Trevor Paglen, and Edwin Okong’o will trace the impact of imagery and media on public events and pose questions for small group discussions among those in attendance.

The second Lunch Forum on Digital Technology in Humanities Scholarship will feature two short talks and a general discussion on "Academic Publishing 2.0." Our speakers will be Nathan MacBrien, Publications Director for International and Area Studies at UC Berkeley, and Joshua Clover, Professor of English at UC Davis.

Despite the recent economic meltdown of real estate development, Laura Dunn’s film reminds us that the true cost of unchecked land development has yet to be paid, at least in environmental terms. Chronicling a land use dispute in Austin, Texas, the film quickly spins a local concern into a global issue.

Panel Discussants: Bill Viola, Greg Niemeyer (Art Practice), Charles Altieri (English) and Alva Noë (Philosophy).
Moderator: Linda Williams (Rhetoric and Film Studies)

For over 35 years Bill Viola has been instrumental in the establishment of video as a form of contemporary art. Rooted in modern life yet often evoking age-old religious philosophies and visual iconography, Viola’s work addresses universal human experiences such as birth, death, and the unfolding of consciousness.