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        Tue, 4/22 · 5:00 pm—7:00 pm         · Betts Auditorium    
    
    
    
        
    
        
            Gauss Seminars in Criticism: Rey Chow        
    
    
    
    
    
    
            
    
            
    

                                
            
            
            
                        
    
                
    
    
    
    
        Wed, 2/5 · 5:00 pm—7:00 pm         · Betts Auditorium    
    
    
    
        
    
        
            Gauss Seminars in Criticism: Elizabeth A. Wilson        
    
    
    
    
    
    
            
    
            
    

                                
            
            
            
                        
    
                
    
    
    
    
        March 6, 2024 · 5:00 pm—7:00 pm         · Betts Auditorium    
    
    
    
        
    
        
            Gauss Seminars in Criticism: Denise Ferreira da Silva        
    
    
    
    
    
    
            
    
            
    

                                
            
            
            
                        
    
                
    
    
    
    
        October 24, 2023 · 5:00 pm—7:00 pm         · Betts Auditorium    
    
    
    
        
    
        
            Gauss Seminars in Criticism: Silvia Federici        
    
    
    
    
    
    
            
    
            
    

                                
            
            
            
                        
    
                
    
    
    
    
        April 4, 2023 · 5:00 pm—7:00 pm         · Betts Auditorium    
    
    
    
        
    
        
            Gauss Seminars in Criticism: Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak        
    
    
    
    
    
    
            
    
            
    

                                
            
            
            
                        
    
                
    
    
    
    
        October 25, 2022 · 5:00 pm—7:00 pm         · Betts Auditorium    
    
    
    
        
    
        
            Gauss Seminars in Criticism: Hortense J. Spillers        
    
    
    
    
    
    
            
    
            
    

                                
            
            
            
                        
    
                
    
    
    
    
        April 19, 2022 · 5:00 pm—7:00 pm         · Betts Auditorium    
    
    
    
        
    
        
            Gauss Seminars in Criticism: “Back to the Future of the End”        
    
    
    
    
    
    
            
    
            
    

                                
            
            
            
                        
    
                
    
    
    
    
        October 15, 2019 · 5:00 pm         · Betts Auditorium    
    
    
    
        
    
        
            Gauss Seminars in Criticism: Michael Hardt        
    
    
    
    
    
    
            
    
            
    

                                
            
            
            
                        
    
                
    
    
    
    
        October 1, 2019 · 7:00 pm         · Richardson Auditorium    
    
    
    
        
    
        
            Gauss Seminars in Criticism: A Call to Action: The (Burning) Case for a Green New Deal        
    
    
    
    
    
    
            
    
            
    

                                
            
            
            
                        
    
                
    
    
    
    
        February 27, 2019—February 28, 2019         · Betts Auditorium    
    
    
    
        
    
        
            Fred Moten:  Gauss Seminars in Criticism        
    
    
    
    
    
    
            
    
            
    

                                
            
            
            
                        
    
                
    
    
    
    
        November 28, 2018 · 4:30 pm—5:45 pm         · Betts Auditorium    
    
    
    
        
    
        
            Profiles in Distinguished Teaching with Eduardo Cadava        
    
    
    
    
    
    
            
    
            
    

                                
            
            
            
                        
    
                
    
    
    
    
        November 13, 2018 · 4:30 pm—5:45 pm         · Betts Auditorium    
    
    
    
        
    
        
            Profiles in Distinguished Teaching with Eduardo Cadava – RESCHEDULED        
    
    
    
    
    
    
            
    
            
    

                                
            
            
            
                        
    
                
    
    
    
    
        October 2, 2018         · Betts Auditorium    
    
    
    
        
    
        
            Gauss Seminar in Criticism: Neoliberalism’s Frankenstein        
    
    
    
    
    
    
            
    
            
    

                                
            
            
            
                        
    
                
    
    
    
    
        October 1, 2018 · 4:30 pm—6:00 pm         · 205 East Pyne    
    
    
    
        
    
        
            CANCELLED: Speaking With Arendt: TV and the Theatricality of Interviewing on “Zur Person”        
    
    
    
    
    
    
            
    
            
    

                                
            
            
            
                        
    
                
    
    
    
    
        February 13, 2018—February 14, 2018         · 101 McCormick    
    
    
    
        
    
        
            Gauss Seminars in Criticism: Catherine Malabou        
    
    
    
    
    
    
            
    
            
    

                                
            
            
            
                        
    
                
    
    
    
    
        September 29, 2017 · 11:00 am—6:00 pm         · 219 Aaron Burr    
    
    
    
        
    
        
            Hegel and the Humanities: A Symposium        
    
    
    
    
    
    
            
    
            
    

                                
            
            
            
                        
    
                
    
    
    
    
        March 28, 2017 · 5:00 pm—6:30 pm         · 101 McCormick    
    
    
    
        
    
        
            Misanthropology: Varieties and Variations        
    
    
    
    
    
    
            
    
            
    

                                
            
            
            
                        
    
                
    
    
    
    
        October 12, 2015—October 13, 2015         · 010 East Pyne    
    
    
    
        
    
        
            Gauss Seminar in Criticism: The Photography of History        
    
    
    
    
    
    
            
    
            
    

                            
    

                    
    
            
    
        
    
    
    

    


    
    
    
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