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Visit of Professor Lydie Moudileno, University of Pennsylvania

‘Postcolonial Writers and the Anxiety of Authorship’.

The School is FREE and also includes a student’s allowance to cover the costs of travelling and accommodation.

In order to participate, please send your application and an outline (max 100 words) on how your project fits into the sustainable development agenda to Dr Maria Sotenko: m.sotenko@warwick.ac.uk

The Incomplete Works of William Shakespeare: Handling the Apocrypha

Dr Peter Kirwan, University of Nottingham

Birthday Cake and wine to follow

Dr Kirwan’s paper will open up the key questions surrounding the so-called ‘Shakespeare Apocrypha’ in light of the most current developments in Shakespeare editorial practice. As new major ‘Complete Works’ projects seek to consolidate the constitution of the canon while other multi-volume series add ever more plays, what is at stake in editing and author-ising those plays whose authorship may never be resolved beyond doubt?

IAS Visiting Fellow Joshua Clover (Professor of English, University of California, Davis)

Public talk: “Riot Now: What We Look at When We Look at Riots.”

The riot has returned as a central feature of social antagonism. Why now? What does it want? In considering these questions, the talk will look at images of riots that circulate online, so common and compelling they have become a genre unto themselves: “riot porn.” But what are we seeing in these images, beyond chaos, violence, desperation? Alongside these clips, the talk will consider some classic cinematic representations, including scenes from Do The Right Thing, Children of Men and The Hunger Games. The talk will broach the question of whether the riot’s intense visuality is constitutive of its appeal and political potential, how we might understand the new Age of Riots and what the return of the riot portends for the future. The talk is free and open to the public; reception to follow.

Event sponsored by the IAS, the ÌÇÐÄTV Department of English and Comparative LiteErary Studies, and ÌÇÐÄTV Thursdays (ÌÇÐÄTV Writing Programme).

With IAS Visiting Fellow, Prof. Joshua Clover