Colloquium with Cultural Synchronization: Reading and Discussion Session

Date
Mon April 16th 2012, 6:00 - 8:00pm
Location
Pigott Hall (Bldg. 260), Room
216

Colloquium Reading and Discussion Session
Moderated by Caroline Egan (Comparative Literature)
Readings by Josefina Ludmer, Giorgio Agambem (particularly the chapter, “What is the contemporary?”) and Dipesh Chakrabarty

Cultural Synchronization and Disjuncture, a DLCL Research Unit Working Group on cultural theory and Latin Americanism at Stanford, looks forward to seeing you for our Spring events – culminating in an international colloquium in May. A complete calendar of events follows – please save the dates! Unless otherwise noted, meetings will take place in the second-floor lounge of Pigott Hall (260-216). If you cannot make it to every session, please feel free to attend as many as you can.

Details and readings for specific events will be forthcoming prior to each event. To sign up for the mailing list, and for logistical questions, please contact mtw1 [at] stanford.edu (Tom Winterbottom). Faculty coordinator hoyos [at] stanford.edu (Héctor Hoyos) welcomes correspondence.