Fall 2009
Project Directors:
Julie Livingston
and Indrani Chatterjee
All seminars take place from 11 am - 12:30 pm in the RCHA's Seminar Room at 88 College Avenue (unless otherwise noted) and are followed by a catered lunch. Papers for these meetings are available at the RCHA one week prior to the seminar date. Copies of the papers may be obtained by stopping by the Center or contacting the RCHA at 732-932-8701 or rcha@rci.rutgers.edu.
September 29
Bonnie Smith
(Rutgers)
"Sexing the Western Self: Vernacular or Global?"
October 6
Jesse Bucher
(University of Minnesota)
"Nakedness and the Reconstruction of Steve Biko's Death"
October 8 (Thursday at 4:30 pm, 303 Murray Hall)
Jorge Cañizares-Esguerra
(University of Texas, Austin)
Nature, Empire, and Nation
October 13 (301 Van Dyck at 4:30 pm)
Mary E. Fissell
(The Johns Hopkins University)
"Something Borrowed, Something Blue: the Strange History of Aristotle's Masterpiece, 1684-1930"
October 20
Charlotte Furth
(University of Southern California)
"What Do We Think We Are Doing When We Do History of the Body?"
October 27
Ed Cohen
(Rutgers/RCHA)
"The Paradoxical Politics of Viral Containment, Or How Scale Undoes Us One and All"
November 3
Perundevi Srinivasan
(Rutgers/RCHA)
"Eyes, Holes, Pearls: Genealogy of the Identification of the Goddess with Poxes"
November 10
Alastair Bellany
(Rutgers)
"Poison, Politics and Proof: Dr. Eglisham and His Pamphlet, c.1625-1649"
November 17
Phyllis Mack
(Rutgers)
"Agency and the Unconscious: Religion and Dreams in 18th Century England"
November 24
THANKSGIVING WEEK (no seminar)
December 1
Karen Greene
(Rutgers/RCHA)
"Governing through Gratitude: Human Rights as a Debate on Governmental Care in Cambodia"
December 8
Vanessa Holden
(Rutgers/RCHA)
"Geographies of Surveillance and Control: Slave Patrols in Southampton County, Virginia"
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