Seminars Around D. N. Rodowick

21.03.2010

I am coordinating a series of research seminars on D.N. Rodowick’s work at the Philosophy of Language Institute of the Nova University of Lisbon, where I am now a researcher in film and philosophy. This series is part of the research project “Film and Philosophy: Mapping an Encounter” and serves as preparation for Rodowick’s visit to the Faculty of Social and Human Sciences of the University and to the Institute from 12 to 14 May 2010.

23 Mar., 10 a.m. - 12 p.m.: “A Máquina do Tempo de Deleuze”, org. Susana Viegas

13 Apr. , 10 a.m. - 12 p.m.: “Ler o Figural”, org. Susana Nascimento

27 Apr., 10 a.m. - 12 p.m.: “A Vida Virtual do Cinema”, org. Sérgio Dias Branco

4 May, 10 a.m. - 12 p.m.: “Uma Elegia pela Teoria”, org. Dina Mendonça

11 May, 10 a.m. - 12 p.m.: “Imagens Residuais da Filosofia de Cinema de Gilles Deleuze”, org. Joana Pimenta

Stanley Cavell Meets the King of Pop

19.03.2010

Amir Khan takes Stanley Cavell’s comments on Fred Astaire as a starting point to approach Michael Jackson in an illuminating essay. Khan grapples with questions like these:

Then why dance? Is a Fred Astaire or Michael Jackson proto-walk a search for the ordinary? If so, then what need have we for extraordinary dance (or language) in the first place?