Past Event Category: Presentation
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Oct 5Jane Bennett – The Efficacy of the Slight: Zhuangzi and Lucretius in Times of Ecological Crisis
800 University Avenue, Conrad A. Elvehjem Building - Room L150, Madison, WI 53706 Location Map
Jane Bennett’s talk explores a trans-temporal resemblance between the Zhuangzi (a source-text for Daoism, China, 5th-3rd century, BCE) and the materialism of Lucretius’s De Rerum Natura (Rome, 1st century, BCE). The two orientations affirm what she calls the efficacy of the slight — the salience of the most spare of shifts in the flavor of the real. The operative presumption …
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Sep 20Les Conférences de la Maison Française Series
French House, 633 N Frances Street, Madison, WI 53703 FRENCH HOUSE
The French House will welcome Jean-François Di Meglio, a specialist on Franco-Chinese relations, on Wednesday, Sept. 20, from 4-5:30 pm. He will present in French on “Citoyennetés mondialisées et tensions identitaires: perspectives, défis et opportunités des relations franco-américano-chinoises”. Discussion and reception to follow the talk. Open to the Public. More information and registration (free) at …