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THE HEYMAN CENTER FOR THE HUMANITIES
Schedule of Events, Fall 2009

Admission to all Heyman Center events is free and open to the public.
No registration or tickets necessary.
Seating is on a first come, first served basis.
For more information, please visit www.heymancenter.org.

ROBERT DARNTON
“Google, Libraries, and the Digital Future”
Thursday, 17 September 6:15pm-8:15pm
Davis Auditorium, the Schapiro Center

MARSHALL SAHLINS
“The Western Illusion of Human Nature”
Monday, 21 September 6:15pm-8:15pm
Heyman Center for the Humanities, Second Floor Common Room

RITA DOVE
A Poetry Reading by Rita Dove Followed by an Interview with Marcello
Blount
Wednesday, 23 September 6:15pm-8:15pm
Davis Auditorium, the Schapiro Center

CHARLES TAYLOR, ALAN MONTEFIORE, & EMMANUEL PICAVET
“Cultural Identity and Politics”
Monday, 28 September 7:00pm-9:30pm
501 International Affairs Building
Co-sponsored by the Institute for Religion, Culture, and Public Life,
the Committee on Global Thought, & the Alliance Program

ROBERT PIPPIN
Discussants: James Schamus & Geoffrey O’Brien
The Lionel Trilling Seminar:
“Who Cares Who Shot Liberty Valance?: The Prosaic and the Heroic in John
Ford’s Film”
Tuesday, 6 October 6:15pm-8:15pm
Davis Auditorium, the Schapiro Center
(Note: Advance viewing of the film is highly recommended.)

DANIEL KAHNEMAN
Discussants: Jon Elster, George Ainslie, & Walter Mischel
Title to Be Announced
Tuesday, 13 October 6:15pm-8:15pm
Davis Auditorium, the Schapiro Center

JUDITH BUTLER, DAVID BROMWICH, ROBERT ZIMMER, & RICHARD SHWEDER
“What is Academic Freedom for?”
Wednesday, 21 October 3:00pm-8:30pm
Presidential Rooms 2 & 3, Third Floor, Faculty House

QUENTIN SKINNER
“Is the State a Fictional Person?”
Thursday, 22 October 6:15pm-8:15pm
Davis Auditorium, the Schapiro Center

CAROL GILLIGAN & NANCY CHODOROW
“Transforming Psychology”
Thursday, 5 November 6:15pm-8:15pm
Davis Auditorium, the Schapiro Center

CHARLES TAYLOR
“Can Human Action Be Explained?”
Tuesday, 10 November 6:15pm-8:15pm
Davis Auditorium, the Schapiro Center
Co-sponsored by the Institute for Religion, Culture, and Public Life
& the Committee on Global Thought

JONATHAN ISRAEL
“Dutch Cities, Radical Enlightenment, and the ‘General
Revolution’(1776-1790)”
Friday, 13 November 4:00pm-5:30pm
Deutsches Haus, 420 West 116th Street
Co-sponsored by the Department of History

ROBERT HASS
A Poetry Reading by Robert Hass Followed by an Interview with Saskia
Hamilton
Monday, 16 November 6:15pm-8:15pm
Heyman Center for the Humanities, Second Floor Common Room

CAROLINE BYNUM
Discussants: Alan Brinkley, Victoria de Grazia, Eric Foner, & Pamela
Smith
“What is Happening in History Now?”
Thursday, 19 November 6:15pm-8:15pm
Davis Auditorium, the Schapiro Center

STANLEY FISH, CATHARINE STIMPSON, & AKEEL BILGRAMI
Discussants: Vince Blasi, Katherine Franke, & Bruce Robbins
“Freedom, Law, and Academic Inquiry”
Friday, 20 November 10:00am-5:00pm
Heyman Center for the Humanities, Second Floor Common Room
Co-sponsored by the Columbia University Law School
& the Department of English and Comparative Literature

NOAM CHOMSKY
The Annual Edward Said Memorial Lecture
Thursday, 3 December 6:30pm-8:30pm
Altschul Auditorium (417 International Affairs Building)

EZRA TAWIL
Discussants: Andrew Delbanco & Ross Posnock
“American Exceptionalism and the Question of Style”
Tuesday, 8 December 6:15pm-8:15pm
Heyman Center for the Humanities, Second Floor Common Room

AMARTYA SEN
Discussants: Kenneth Arrow & Eric Maskin
Chair: Joseph Stiglitz
“Social Choice and Individual Values”
Friday, 11 December 4:00pm-6:00pm
Altschul Auditorium (417 International Affairs Building)