2 December 2009 – Beckett’s relationship to what we might understand by ‘the Humanities’ is a vexed one. Beckett’s references are often classical (Dante, the Bible, Descartes), and yet he is heralded as the great forerunner of certain kinds of poststructuralist concerns regarding the death of the author, the opacity of meaning, and so on.
Jagtar Singh – Islam, Young Muslims and Identity – the stratification of discrimination in the UK
2 December 2009 – The paper will focus on Islam in the context of the rise of religious affiliation globally, highlight the demographic significance of ‘Muslim youth’ or young people of Muslim heritage and discuss the distinctive as well as common experience of Muslim and minority communities in the UK.
William Cohen – Queer Universality and the French Oscar Wilde
2 December 2009 – William A. Cohen is professor of English at the University of Maryland and will speak on: “Queer Universality and the French Oscar Wilde”
Islam, Muslim Youth and Identity – History and Social Sciences Faculty Seminar Series – schedule
2009-2010 – series schedule