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Friday, April 20 –  Sunday, April 22, 2012
 

Byzantium/Modernism Conference

Opening Speakers: Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, Stratis Papaioannou, Marie-Jose Mondzain, Susan Buck-Morss

Jeffery H. Loria Center for the History of Art, 190 York St., New Haven, CT, 06511 (Opening Night in the Yale University Art Gallery's Auditorium) MAP
Location is wheelchair accessible
Conference will feature scholars from a variety of disciplines that challenge and expand the traditional narratives of both modernity and Byzantium. Topics will include: What does modern art have to gain from Byzantium? How can Byzantine philosophy enrich our understanding of the modern and contemporary image?

Chairs: Roland Betancourt and Maria Taroutina

Website: Conference Website (schedule included)
Open to: General public
Admission: Free but register in advance
Instructions: SPACE IS LIMITED. Please register in advance. See our website for more information and registration.
Sponsor: History of Art Department
Contact Information: Roland Betancourt, roland.betancourt@yale.edu

ARCHITECTURE, VISUAL ART, CULTURAL, FILM, HUMANITIES, MEDIA STUDIES, MUSIC, THEATER, WRITING
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April 2012
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TUESDAY, APRIL 3
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11:35AM

Exploring the Nature of Genius: Connecting Musicians To A Global Audience
Roger McNamee ’80
Off Broadway Theater
 
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 4
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7:30PM

Yale Macintosh User Group
Kline Geology Laboratory
 
TUESDAY, APRIL 10
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4:30PM

JAPAN COLLOQUIUM SERIES: Reclaiming the Orient: Japanese Cinema and the Politics of Transnationality, 1952-1964
Hiroshi Kitamura – Associate Professor of History, William & Mary
Luce Hall
 
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 11
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5PM

“Death Reimagined: Enhancing the Decision-Making of Patients with Video”
Angelo Volandes, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School.
Institution for Social and Policy Studies
 
THURSDAY, APRIL 12
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1:30PM

History Without Memory – Creating a ‘Trauma Narrative’ out of Video Testimonies of Holocaust Survivors
Sonja Knopp, Genocide Studies Fellow, Yale University
Institution for Social and Policy Studies
 
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2:30PM

The Indeterminate Status of the Audiovisual Experience
Professor Gianmario Borio (University of Pavia – Italy)
Linsly-Chittenden Hall
 
FRIDAY, APRIL 13
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7:30PM

“The Fire Next Time”
Celebrate Sustainability film screening Filmmaker Patrice O’Neill
William L Harkness Hall
 
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 18
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3PM

Cubist/Dada/Surrealist, Film as Art, 1921-1928
Standish Lawder
Whitney Humanities Center
 
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6PM

The Film Studies Program presents our Annual Award to Standish Lawder
Standish Lawder
Whitney Humanities Center
Visiting Artist
 
THURSDAY, APRIL 19
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12:10PM

Sister Citizen: Shame, Stereotypes and Black Women in America
Melissa Harris-Perry, Tulane University
African American Studies
 
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4PM

Saybrook College Master’s Tea with Dick Cavett
Saybrook College
 
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5PM

Out of the Blue (ex nihilo)
Akira Mizuta Lippit, Professor of Cinematic Arts, Comparative Literature, and East Asian Languages and Cultures
Linsly-Chittenden Hall
 
FRIDAY, APRIL 20
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ALL DAY
Byzantium/Modernism Conference
Opening Speakers: Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, Stratis Papaioannou, Marie-Jose Mondzain, Susan Buck-Morss
Jeffery H. Loria Center for the History of Art
 
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7PM

Screening of “Me @ The Zoo”
Followed by a Panel Discussion with Chris Crocker, Chris Moukarbel, and Valerie Veatch
Linsly-Chittenden Hall
Visiting Artist
 
SATURDAY, APRIL 21
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ALL DAY
Byzantium/Modernism Conference
Opening Speakers: Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, Stratis Papaioannou, Marie-Jose Mondzain, Susan Buck-Morss
Jeffery H. Loria Center for the History of Art
 
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7PM

The Wasteland (Poetry+Film)
212 York Street
 
SUNDAY, APRIL 22
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ALL DAY
Byzantium/Modernism Conference
Opening Speakers: Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, Stratis Papaioannou, Marie-Jose Mondzain, Susan Buck-Morss
Jeffery H. Loria Center for the History of Art
 
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 25
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Chasing the Ghost of Melesina Trench: A Ten-year Archival Adventure
Katharine Kittredge, current Beinecke visiting fellow
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
 
FRIDAY, APRIL 27
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4PM

“Managing the Blockbuster Star and Film”
A Talk with Hollywood Producer and Talent Agent Producer Paula Wagner and Talent Agent Rick Nicita
Whitney Humanities Center
 
MONDAY, APRIL 30
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2:30PM

Mini Conference: “Nineteenth-Century Life Writing”
Linsly-Chittenden Hall