Hi Denise,
your work sounds very interesting. I did some work on women in the Irish nationalist movement (war of independence and civil war) and I published a paper on sexual violence against women which might interest you. It is called 'Drunken Tans': representations of sex and violence in the Anglo-Irish war, 1919-21. In Feminist Review, 2000, no. 66 pp.73-94.
best wishes,
Louise Ryan
Dr. Louise Ryan, Social Policy Research Centre, Roberts Building,
Middlesex University, Enfield Campus, EN3 4SA, [log in to unmask]
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Subject: gender, violence, war, relationships
Mary (and anyone else who may be able to assist),
I am in the beginning stages of a project on the intersection of morality, love and war, which will culminate in an Honors undergraduate course at the University of South Florida this summer. I would be very interested in any published, or soon-to-be-published work you have done in this area that my students may use as texts or resource materials for the course. I'm looking for a cross section of international writings, as well as those pertaining to Irish history.
The seminar on Kristeva is very attractive, unfortunately my teaching schedule won't permit me to spend that much time overseas this coming semester. Best of luck on your endeavor!
Best,
Denise Kleinrichert
Philosophy Department - FAO 230
University of South Florida
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Subject: Seminar on the work of Julia Kristeva Advance Notice
Dear Friends:
Please be so kind as to alert colleagues and/or students who might be interested in this forthcoming seminar. Many thanks.
Julia Kristeva: Ethics, Politics, and Psyche
Dominated by myths of reason, Western cultures now struggle to understand the rise of religious fundamentalisms, the political threats of terrorism, and the proliferation of pornographic images that mirror the demise of Western Christianity. The promise held out by the Enlightenment is radically undermined: logic alone cannot do justice to the forces now unleashed on the social order.
Whereas Freud and Klein largely rejected mythic and religious consciousness, Julia Kristeva argues that the social unconscious, once given expression in religious form, must now be theorised anew. Aesthetic practices, and analytical listening are Kristeva’s preferred means of mediating individual and social trauma.
In this ten-session seminar we will begin by focussing on Kristeva’s relationship to the work of Sigmund Freud, Melanie Klein and contemporary theorists. We will then analyse the usefulness of her distinct approach to nationalisms, the value of her work for feminist theory, and the implications of her approach for socio-symbolic practices such as religion. All readings will be from English translations.
Who should come?
Kristeva’s interdisciplinary approach is relevant to students of cultural theory, socio- symbolic practice, feminism, politics, psychoanalysis, philosophy, theology and religion. Some background in one or other of these disciplines would be helpful.
Participants will be expected to keep up with the suggested readings, some of which will be supplied (for the price of photocopying).
Venue: Catherine McAuley Centre, 23 Lr. Herbert Street, Dublin 2.
Dates: 10 weeks: January 19th to Feb. 23rd (March free) April 6th to April 27th
Time: Wednesdays, 7:30 * 9:30
Cost: ˆ140 Euro
Registration: IFR, 121 Barton Road East, Dundrum, Dublin 11. Cheques made out to IFR.
Course Co-ordinator: Dr. Mary Condren is a Research Associate at the Centre for Gender and Women’s Studies, Trinity College Dublin, and director of the Institute for Feminism and Religion. She is the author of The Serpent and the Goddess: Women, Religion and Power in Celtic Ireland (Harper Collins and New Island Books, 2002) and she is currently writing on the interplay of gender, violence, war, relationships, and religion.
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