Global Humanities in Theory and Practice: The Bologna Summer School

Date: September 7, 2016
Time: 2:00pm - 3:30pm
Location: Ahmadieh Family Lecture Hall - C105, Bay 4, Smith Warehouse

Please join us for this Academic Futurology presentation and discussion on the Summer School in Global Studies and Critical Theory with Profs. Raffaele Laudani (University of Bologna) and Roberto Dainotto (Duke University).

The Summer School a joint project of Duke University, the Department of History and Cultures at the University of Bologna, and University of Virginia. Held at the University of Bologna, the program is founded on the principle that the so-called global age requires a radical rethinking of the theoretical tools of the humanities along with critical exchanges among different research fields. Each year the Summer School invites outstanding scholars to offer lectures, intensive courses and seminars on a specific annual topic related to the contemporary global turn. In this lively, stimulating intellectual and cultural environment, faculty, postgraduate, and graduate students are encouraged to engage in the collective production of knowledge and critical thought. Beginning with its 2016 edition, the Summer School becomes a critical component of the Academy of Global Humanities and Critical Theory, a year-round collaboration among Duke, UNIBO, and UVA.

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