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Humanities Research Institute

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Faculty of Humanities

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The Humanities Research Institute Spring Term Symposium will take place on Tuesday, April 23, 2013 from 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon in the Dr. Charles A. Sankey Chamber.

THE PROMISE OF PEACE
Opening remarks
Douglas Kneale, Dean, Faculty of Humanities 

Session 1 - 9:15 a.m.
Chair: James Allard (English Language and Literature, Brock University)
David Clark (English and Cultural Studies, McMaster University), "On the Promise of Peace: Kant's Wartime and the Tremulous Body of Philosophy"

Coffee/Tea Break
10:15 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.

Session 2 - 10:30 a.m.
Chair: James Allard (English Language and Literature, Brock University)
David Fancy (Dramatic Arts, Brock University), "Corporeality, Conflict, and Performance: Some Considerations on Theatre, War and the Post-Kantian Tradition"
Gale Coskan-Johnson (English Language and Literature, Brock University), "The 'Enemy Combatant' in Motion: Naming and Poetry at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba"
Stefan Dolgert (Political Science, Brock University), "Fugitives from the Gods: Empedoclean Reflections on War and Peace"

Upcoming funding deadlines: June 17th, 2013 by 4:00 p.m.
http://www.brocku.ca/humanities/humanities-research/humanities-research-institute/funding

Becoming a member: http://www.brocku.ca/humanities/humanities-research/humanities-research-institute/membership 

image/jpeg icon<font color="white">The function of the <b>Humanities Research Institute</b> at Brock University is to encourage the development of research programs and initiatives in the Humanities...</font color>
image/jpeg icon<font color="white">...and to generate greater public awareness of our scholarly expertise, as well as the breadth of our research and creative productivity.</font color>
image/jpeg icon<font color="white">The HRI disburses funds so as to support the development of individual and collaborative research programs...</font color>
image/jpeg icon<font color="white">...to generate viable applications for external funding of various kinds...</font color>
image/jpeg icon<font color="white">...and to promote the activities of the Faculty of Humanities through various colloquia, symposia and related public events.</font color>
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