Gauss Seminars in Criticism

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Named in honor of Dean Christian Gauss, The Gauss Seminars in Criticism were instituted in 1949 to provide a focus for discussion, study, and the exchange of ideas in the humanities.

Several seminars are held annually. The seminars may take different forms, but traditionally they have been conducted by guests invited to present material upon which they are working. Past seminar leaders have included Erich Auerbach, Hannah Arendt, W. H. Auden, Noam Chomsky, Roman Jakobson, Elaine Scarry, Joan Scott, and Raymond Bellour. Faculty and graduate students from Princeton University, the Institute for Advanced Study, and the community at large participate in each seminar.

Director:
Daniel Heller-Roazen, Comparative Literature

Committee Members:
Hal Foster, Art and Archeology
P. Adams Sitney, Program in Visual Studies
Susan Stewart, English
Michael Wood, English and Comparative Literature

Gauss Lecture Series 2012-2013

“The Don Quixote Effect”
Professor Victor I. Stoichita
Université de Fribourg
October 15, 16 and 18, 2012
010 East Pyne Hall
4:30pm

Wednesday, October 5, 2011 (Cancelled from October 4th)
Lecture Topic: “What is Ineffable?”
105 Chancellor Green
4:30pm
Reception to follow

Thursday, October 6, 2011
Lecture Topic: “Imagination and the Good Life” 
127 East Pyne
4:30pm
Reception to follow

Monday, October 10, 2011
Lecture Topic: “Auden as Philosopher: How Poets Think”
127 East Pyne
4:30pm
Reception to follow