Our Speakers
Wendy Chun
Wed. March 25, 2020 CANCELED: WE HOPE TO RESCHEDULE FOR FALL 2020
Dr. Wendy Hui Kyong Chun is the Canada 150 Research Chair in New Media at Simon Fraser University in British Columbia where she also leads the Digital Democracies Group. Her scholarly work focuses on three key areas of investigation (1) cultural formations and technological artifacts, (2) theoretical concepts in the humanistic and technological disciplines, and (3) popular perceptions of technology and technological protocols.
Stephen Greenblatt
Wed. Oct. 16, 2019
Stephen Greenblatt is the John Cogan University Professor of the Humanities at Harvard University. A Shakespeare scholar, Professor Greenblatt teaches a wide range of courses in early modern literature and culture. He is credited with originating the literary theory known as the “new historicism,” which portends that literature must be analyzed by understanding the cultural context from which it sprang.
Kenneth A. Taylor
Wed. Sept. 18, 2019
Kenneth A. Taylor is the Henry Waldgrave Stuart Professor of Philosophy at Stanford University and the director of Stanford’s Symbolic Systems Program. Specializing in the Philosophy of Mind and the Philosophy of Language, Dr. Taylor is the author of three books and dozens of articles.