Calendar: Events Spring 2004

ACTIVITIES SPONSORED DURING THE
2003-2004 ACADEMIC YEAR

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SPRING 2004

January 26		Seminar Bernard Bailyn (Harvard University), Topic: "Dead Ends: The Dustbins of History", Time: 4:00 p.m., Location: Doheny Memorial Library, Room 240

January 27		Lecture Bernard Bailyn (Harvard University), Topic: "Reflections on the Contours of Atlantic History" Location: Huntington Library in San Marino Time: 7:30 p.m. These events are sponsored by the USC Huntington Early Modern Studies Institute, a Mellon-funded program; the Salvatori Forum of the College of Letters, Arts and Sciences; the Henry E. Huntington Library; the Department of History; and the USC Center for Law, History and Culture.

February 10		Workshop Ruth Gavison (Hebrew University, Fac. of Law), Topic: "Can Israel be both Jewish and Democratic?", Time: 12:00 - 1:30 p.m., Location: Hillel Jewish Center, co-sponsored by USC Hillel, USC Casden Institute for the Study of Jewish Role in American Life, and Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion

February 12		Distinguised Law and Humanities Lecture Judith Butler (University of California, Berkeley, Departments of Rhetoric and Comparative Literature), Topic: "Undoing Gender"

February 13		Discussion Graduate Student Discussion, Judith Butler (University of California, Berkeley, Departments of Rhetoric and Comparative Literature), Topic: "War at Home: the U.S. Patriot Act and the Problem of Sovereignty", Time: 12:00 p.m., Location: USC Law School, Room 103

March 2		Discussion Jonathan Yovel (University of Haifa, Faculty of Law), one week visitor, Topic: "Le droit du plus fort: law as metaphor and morality in Milton's Samson Agonistes", Time: 12:00 Location: Doheny Library, Room: Intellectual Commons

March 4		Discussion Jonathan Yovel (University of Haifa, Faculty of Law), one week visitor, Topic: "The Subversive Privilege of Love", preceded by screening of the film: "The Widow of Saint Pierre", Time: 11:30 a.m.Location: Faculty Center, Room: Banquet Room

March 5		Workshop Jonathan Yovel (University of Haifa, Faculty of Law), Topic: "Language and Power in a Place of Contingencies: The Polyphony of Legal Argumentation", Time: 3:00 p.m., Location: USC Law School, Room 130, PAPER

March 9		Discussion Alexander Welsh (Yale University, English Department),Topic: "Moralities of Obedience and Respect", Time: 3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m., Location: Faculty Center

March 10		Workshop Alexander Welsh (Yale University, English Department),Two-day visitor, Topic: "Adam Smith's Impartial Spectator and What She Was Able to See", Time: 12:00 p.m., Location: Doheny Library, Room: Intellectual Commons

March 24		Workshop Sharon Block (University of California, Irvine, History Department), Topic: "Constructing Rape and Race in Early American Courts", Time: 11:45, Location: USC Law School, Room: 103

April 9		Workshop Peter Brooks (Yale University, Department of Comp. Literature & French), Topic: "Narrativity of the Law", Time: 11:45 a.m., Location: USC Law School, Room 103

April 9		Discussion Graduate Student Discussion, Topic: "Literature, Law and other Inter-disciplinary studies.", Time: 3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m., Location: Faculty Center, Room A