New at the HRC

February 12, 2010, 4 pm
The State of Exception as a Political and Logical Problem
Humanities 119 
Andrew Norris, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of California, Santa Barbara
Andrew Norris will present a talk on the Italian philosopher Giorgio Agamben. This talk is part of the History of Philosophy Workshop.

February 12, 2010, 4 pm
Poetry is Dead, Long Live Poetry
Maureen McLane, Associate Professor of English, NYU
Inprint House, 1520 West Main
McLane will speak about the state of the art of contemporary poetry and its relationship to Romanticism, drawing from her experience as a poetry reviewer. This talk is part of the Poetry and Poetics Workshop.

February 19, 2010 9:30 am - 4:30 pm
Museums and the Medical Humanities: Our Continuing Conversation
Kyle Morrow Room, 3rd Floor Fondren Library
This symposium includes participants from the academic community, the museum world, and the Texas Medical Center to address themes of embodiment, healing, reflection, creativity, trauma, diagnosis, and transformation. Visit  http://hrc.rice.edu/conferences.aspx for details.

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