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PUBLIC LECTURE: Terror, Catastrophe, and the Role of Theory

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Today's date is Thursday, March 28, 2024
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A public lecture by David Simpson, Distinguished Professor of English, UC Davis.

Terror and catastrophe are commonly distinguished as (respectively) man-made and natural phenomena, but there is increasing evidence for seeing them as historically related. There is also a strong case for attempting to devise a theoretical model that takes account of the history of both terms in political and aesthetic discourses. Without such theoretical efforts, we risk remaining the passive consumers of a rhetoric deployed in the service of vested interests.

Cost: Free, but RSVP essential. To register a place http://www.ias.uwa.edu.au/lectures/simpson
Location Webb Lecture Theatre,Geography Building, UWA
Contact Institute of Advanced Studies <[email protected]> : 6488 1340
URL http://www.ias.uwa.edu.au/lectures/simpson
Start Wed, 05 Jun 2013 18:00
End Wed, 05 Jun 2013 19:00
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Last Updated Thu, 09 May 2013 16:30
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