Žižek: THE LECTURE!
http://ics.leeds.ac.uk/icstalks/index.cfm
Slavoj Žižek - "The (Mis)uses of Violence"
Tuesday 18 March
5:30pm - 8:00pm
University of Leeds
Conference Auditorium 1
Slavoj Žižek is an (in)famous cultural theorist, philosopher,
psychoanalytical tour de force. Referred to as the "Elvis of Cultural
Theory" and "The Marx Brother" he charismatically and provocatively
examines popular culture using the unlikely pairing of German idealist
philosophy and French psychoanalysis.
Author of numerous books, and the star of his own movie, Žižek! (Dir. Astra
Taylor 2005) and the Channel 4 TV Series The Pervert's Guide To Cinema,
Žižek combines great intellect with a passionate delivery style and
regularly draws huge audiences at prestigious venues across the world.
On Tuesday March 18th, he is talking at the University of Leeds about his
latest book Violence (Profile Books 2008)
Admission to the event is free - all staff, students and alumni are
welcome!
Schedule
5:30pm - Žižek on Screen, A compilation of Zizek's TV appearances.
6:00 pm - Welcome, Prof. Margaret Atack
University of Leeds Pro-Vice Chancellor for Research.
6:05 pm - "Why Žižek? Why Now?", Dr. Paul A. Taylor
ICS, University of Leeds & Editor of the International Journal of Žižek
Studies.
6:15pm - "The (Mis)uses of Violence", Prof. Slavoj Žižek
7:15pm - Question and Answer session
Links:
Details of his Channel 4 TV Series The Pervert's Guide To Cinema
http://www.thepervertsguide.com/
Žižek! (the movie)
http://www.zeitgeistfilms.com/film.php?directoryname=zizek
The International Journal of Žižek Studies
http://zizekstudies.org/
Map of the Conference Auditorium - it is building no. 33 at the bottom of
the map.
http://www.leeds.ac.uk/timetable/assets/map/index.htm
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