We are excited to announce that Douglas Mao, Russ Family Professor in the Humanities at Johns Hopkins University, will join us in Michaelmas Term as Astor Visiting Lecturer. In Week 3, he will deliver seminars for undergraduate and postgraduate students, as well as a lecture on the topic of Utopia. We will also host a conversation between Professor Mao and Professor Duncan Bell (Philosophy, Cambridge). Details about each of these events are listed below.

We encourage students to sign up for the seminars as soon as possible, as spaces are limited! 

 

“Disappointments of the Human”: seminar for undergraduates only

Monday, Week 3, 12.00-13.30

Teaching Room 5, Levine Building, Trinity College

Limited spaces available; email Prof. María P. Blanco

(maria.blanco@trinity.ox.ac.uk) for a place and for readings

 

“The Place and Value of Human Beings”: seminar for MSt, MPhil, DPhil students

Wednesday, Week 3, 12.00-13.30

Teaching Room 5, Levine Building, Trinity College

Limited spaces available;  email Prof. María P. Blanco (maria.blanco@trinity.ox.ac.uk) for a place and for readings

 

“Utopia across Disciplines”: a conversation between Douglas Mao and Duncan Bell

Wednesday, Week 3, 16.00-18.00 (refreshments will be served)

Garden Room, Levine Building, Trinity College

All welcome 

 

“Utopia and the End of the World”: a lecture

Thursday, Week 3, 17.00-18.30

Auditorium, Levine Building, Trinity College

All welcome