[ecrea] Jacques Ranciere: Politics and Media Aesthetics Summer Institute at Northwestern University, July 18-22, 2011

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From: Center for Global Culture and Communication<(cgcc /at/ u.northwestern.edu)>
Date: Tue, May 31, 2011 at 4:17 PM
Subject: Jacques Ranciere: Politics and Media Aesthetics Summer Institute at
Northwestern University, July 18-22, 2011


Jacques Ranciere: Politics and Media Aesthetics

Summer Institute at Northwestern University, July 18-22, 2011


A one-week interdisciplinary seminar for graduate students will be offered
at Northwestern University, July 18-22, 2008.  The University will provide
partial travel support, lodging, and most meals for student participants.
The seminar, directed by Professors Dilip Gaonkar and Scott Durham, will
consist of five days of presentations and discussions led by leading
scholars on the work of Jacques Ranciere.  In this year’s seminar, we will
pay particular attention to Ranciere’s work on Politics and media
aesthetics.   The faculty will include Tom Conley (Romance Languages and
Literature and Film, Harvard), Jason Frank (Political Theory, Cornell) and
others.  Sessions consist of morning seminar discussions of selected
readings assigned in advance, afternoon lectures by the faculty, and group
lunches and dinners throughout the week.  There also may be some
opportunities for student presentations.  The format enables participants to
develop extended scholarly conversations that can continue well beyond the
formal conclusion of the institute.


Jacques Rancière is one of the most important thinkers writing today on
philosophy, politics, art, media and the relationships between them. Among
his major publications are The Nights of Labor, On the Shores of Politics,
The Philosopher and His Poor, Disagreement, The Politics of Aesthetic: The
Distribution of the Sensible, Hatred of Democracy,The Politics of
Literature, The Future of the Image, The Emancipated Spectator and Film
Fables as well as many other works. While Ranciere’s contributions to
philosophy, politics and literary studies are fully recognized and widely
discussed, his writings on media and media aesthetics have not received
adequate attention.  This summer institute is committed to exploring the
conceptual implications and critical potential of his work on media and its
relation to philosophy, politics and literary studies.

Selection for funded participation is selective.  Students from all
disciplines are welcome to apply by Friday, June 17, 2011.  The decision
will be announced no later than Monday June 20, 2011.


*Applicants should send a letter of nomination from their academic advisor,
along with a one page rationale for their participation, to Caitlin Bruce
at **(bruce.caitlin /at/ gmail.com)*<(bruce.caitlin /at/ gmail.com)>* by June 17th.*

The seminar is sponsored by the Center for Global Culture and Communication
and the program in Rhetoric and Public Culture in the Department of
Communication Studies.  *The center will subsidize transportation (up to
$250), provide lodging, and cover some meals for admitted students.*


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