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Talking Books - Absent Minds: Intellectuals in Britain

Birkbeck Institute for the Humanities

Thursday, May 26, 2011 from 6:30 PM to 9:00 PM (BST)

London, United Kingdom

Talking Books -  Absent Minds: Intellectuals in Britain

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Birkbeck Institute for the Humanities

Talking Books -  Absent Minds: Intellectuals in Britain

Thursday 26th  May  6.30pm   Room B35, Birkbeck Main Building

This is the first in a series of public debates and conversations in 2011 about academic books of major importance. This event will revolve around Stefan Collini's book Absent Minds: Intellectuals in Britain. On its publication in 2006, the book attracted extensive comment for its analysis of the concept of the intellectual and its exploration of the traditional claim that 'real' intellectuals have not existed in Britain (or, more often, England).   For this event, four younger scholars from various disciplines will reflect on the significance of the book and its bearing on their own work.   In conversation with the author they will move beyond the immediate reception of the book and consider its subject-matter in a series of longer perspectives.

Speakers to include:
Stefan Collini (Cambridge)
Matthew Beaumont (English, UCL)
Joel Isaac (History QMUL)
Clarisse Berthezène (Institut Charles V, Université Paris)
Jonathan Derbyshire (New Statesman)

 

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Room B35
Birkbeck, University of London
Malet St
WC1E 7HX London
United Kingdom

Thursday, May 26, 2011 from 6:30 PM to 9:00 PM (BST)


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Birkbeck Institute for the Humanities

The Birkbeck Institute for the Humanities (BIH) is an interdisciplinary institute within Birkbeck, University of London which engages with important public issues of our time through a series of open debates, lectures, seminars and conferences. The Institute attempts to promote new ideas and forms of understanding in the humanities, hosting many events with the highly rated Birkbeck Humanities research departments in cross-disciplinary work. It also provides short-term fellowships for a small number of scholars from Britain and overseas, chosen in open competition and invites prominent writers, broadcasters and public figures to spend short periods at the Institute.

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