We are pleased to announce a one-day seminar on the concept of marginality broadly defined and its impact on humanities and social sciences
THE ANATOMY OF MARGINALITY
A One-Day Seminar at the Indiana University Bloomington
Friday October 15, 2010
218 Woodburn Hall, Department of Political Science
9.30-10.00: Aurelian Craiutu (Indiana University) and Costica Bradatan (Texas Tech University): “The Paradox of Marginality” (Introduction to the Marginality Project)
Morning Session (Moderator: Costica Bradatan)
10.00-10.30: Giuseppe Mazzotta (Yale University), “The Margins of Thought”
10.30-10.45: Response: Hall Bjornstad (Indiana University)
10.45-11.00: Coffee Break
11.00-12.15: Discussion of Giuseppe Mazzotta’s paper
After-noon session (Moderator: Hall Bjornstad)
2.00-2.30: John A. Hall (McGill University), “Marginality Imposed and Embraced, Understood and Interpreted: The Case of Ernest Gellner”
2.30-2.45: Response: William Scheuerman (Indiana University)
2.45-4.00: Discussion of John A. Hall’s paper
4.00-4.15: Coffee Break
4.15-5.30: Round-Table Session (Moderators: Aurelian Craiutu, Costica Bradatan and Hall Bjornstad): “The Proper Study of Marginality”: Theoretical Framework, Conceptual Apparatus and Methodologies
The event is jointly sponsored by Indiana University’s Institute for Advanced Studies, Department of French and Italian, Department of Political Science, the Tocqueville Program, and the Horizon of Knowledge Lecture Series.
Participation is open to the public.