Posts

Showing posts with the label History

Dec 17th: 'Afterword to The Temptation of Saint Anthony'

Image
Our final meeting of 2014 is on December the 17th. We will be reading Foucault's 'Afterword to The Temptation of Saint Anthony '. Introducing the text will be Ryan Topper, PhD student in the School of English and co-director of Quilting Points. A link to the text can be found here:   'Afterword to The Temptation of Saint Anthony ' . As per usual we will meet in the LHRI (29-31 Clarendon Place), from 3-5pm. Ben Chwistek and Ryan Topper Directors, Quilting Points 2014/2015

Reading Benjamin: 'On the Theory of Knowledge, Theory of Progress'

You are warmly invited to join us for the next meeting of Quilting Points: Reading Benjamin on the 23rd of October at 3.30 pm. This week we will meet in Seminar Room 6 (School of English, House 9). We will be reading Benjamin's 'On  the Theory of Knowledge, Theory of Progress' . For an accompanying reading, following Layla's advice, we suggest Rolf Tiedmann's 'Dialectics at Standstill.' If you would like a copy of the text, please contact the organisers at quiltingpoints@gmail.com . The reading group is generously supported by the LHRI. If you are interested in introducing one of the texts in the future, please contact the organisers.