26 Nov 2019 19 30 Discussion ScreeningSvetlana Boym Exile and Imaginationby Judith WechslerThis one-hour documentary film by Judith Wechlser from 2017 engages with the life and work of Svetlana Boym (1959-2015), literary and cultural critic, media artist, novelist, and playwright. 4 Dec 2019 19 30 LectureEva HornThe Aesthetics of the AnthropoceneWhile the world is subject to a radical transformation by human interference, traditional categories of knowledge and experience are being called into question. How can aesthetic representation reflect this deformation of the human relation to the world? 10 Dec 2019 19 30 ICI Library EventA TentationThe tent represents an experimental and existential form of life and habitat, oscillating between an always-possible departure and an often uncertain arrival. It is being associated with adventure and independence, but also with non-belonging, displacement, and being exposed. 11 Dec 2019 18 30 Discussion LectureBetween Realism and UtopiaReflections on Adorno and 'The Authoritarian Personality'Between Realism and Utopia: Reflections on Adorno and 'The Authoritarian Personality' 14 Jan 2020 20 00 LectureIlka QuindeauNachträglichkeit: Freuds brisante ErinnerungstheorieIlka Quindeau greift das Konzept der Deckerinnerung auf und entfaltet anhand der Metaphern von Spur und Umschrift eine psychoanalytische Gedächtniskonzeption, bei der dem Konzept der Nachträglichkeit zentrale Bedeutung zukommt. 20 Jan 2020 19 30 Discussion LectureArt of EncounterOn Non-Human Art ProductionThis event stems from the research project and exhibition ‘Reading by Osmosis’ (Amsterdam, Het Glazen Huis, 16 February – 28 April 2019, curated by Semâ Bekirović), focusing on artworks made by non-human artists — by animals, trees, the wind, and other entities and processes. 27 Jan 2020 19 30 LectureChristina WesselyMilieus, Environments, Life Forms: Biology and Critical Theory in the Gulf of Naples 11 Feb 2020 20 00 LectureChristina von BraunPsychoanalyse trifft auf Geschichte: Antisemitismus 24 Mar 2020 19 30 LectureAvery GordonHaunted Futures: The Utopian Margins Focussing on items held by the Hawthorn Archive, the talk invites consideration of the utopian margins where running away, marronage, vagrancy, rebellion, soldier desertion and other often illegible forms of escape, resistance, and alternative ways of life predominate.
