April 2009

Date April 8, 2009

NCGS

Cosponsored by the UNC Chapel Hill
European Union Center of Excellence

Time various
Location FedEx Global Education Center
Type of Event Conference
Title Conversations on the Future of the Adversarial System
Contact Info europe@unc.edu
Notes This conference will focus on changes in traditional features of the adversarial justice system, and the adoption by inquisitorial systems of adversarial features.

Participants include:
Giulio Illuminati, University of Bologna
Jackie Hodgson, University of Warwick
Kent Roach, University of Toronto
Richard Myers, UNC
Ron Wright, Wake Forest University
Theresa Newman, Duke University

Academics, judges, prosecutors and defense attorneys from the region will be invited, and will be offered professional credit. Several events for students will be scheduled in the law school, the day before and the day after the conference.

Please contact Michael Corrado in order to attend. Sponsored by the UNC Chapel Hill School of Law and European Union Center of Excellence.

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Date Monday April 13, 2009

Roberto Esposito

Roberto Esposito

Time 5:00pm
Location Hyde Hall, University Room
Type of Event Keynote Lecture
Title Biopolitics and Philosophy
Contact Info europe@unc.edu
Notes This is the keynote address of the Carolina Lectures in Critical Thought 2009 series. Italian political philosopher Roberto Esposito (Italian Institute for the Human Sciences, Naples) will be discussing issues relevant to his recently translated book Bios: Biopolitics and Philosophy (2008).

Cosponsored by the Center for European Studies.

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Date Tuesday, April 14, 2009

Roberto Esposito


Time 4:00pm
Location Hyde Hall, University Room
Type of Event Roundtable Discussion
Title Biopolitics and Biopower
Contact Info europe@unc.edu
Notes

Roberto Esposito (IIHS, Naples), Timothy Campbell (Associate Professor of Italian Studies, Cornell U), Michael Hardt (Professor of Literature and Italian, Duke U), Sofia Näsström (Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Stockholm).

Part of the Carolina Lectures in Critical Thought 2009 series, cosponsored by the Center for European Studies.

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Date Wednesday April 15, 2009

Roberto Esposito

Roberto Esposito

Time 12:00pm
Location Nelson Music Room, East Duke Building
East Campus, Duke University
Type of Event Public Lecture
Title Community and Violence
Contact Info europe@unc.edu
Notes A lecture by Italian political philosopher Roberto Esposito (Italian Institute for the Human Sciences, Naples).

Part of the Carolina Lectures in Critical Thought 2009 series, cosponsored by the Center for European Studies.

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Date Wednesday April 15, 2009

Roberto Esposito

Sofia Näsström

Time 5:00pm
Location FedEx Global Education Center, rm 1005
Type of Event Public Lecture
Title Defending the People: Reason and Self-Preservation in Communicative Action
Contact Info europe@unc.edu
Notes A lecture by Sofia Näsström (Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Stockholm).

Part of the Carolina Lectures in Critical Thought 2009 series, cosponsored by the Center for European Studies.

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Date Thursday April 16, 2009

CES Logo

Time 11:00am - 12:30pm
Location FedEx Global Education Center, 4th Floor
Type of Event Conference
Title LAC and the Job Market Workshop
Contact Info europe@unc.edu
Notes UNC's Languages Across the Curriculum (LAC) Program cordially invites graduate students and faculty from any department to attend this workshop. To register, email the following information to lac@unc.edu:

Name, home department, stage of graduate/professional career, foreign language(s) in which you are fluent, & field(s) of research or professional interest

This discussion panel provides general advice for graduate students seeking to highlight their interdisciplinary and/or international teaching experience, as well as tips specifically intended for UNC LAC TAs preparing for the academic job search. Information will also be provided on UNC's Graduate Certificate in LAC Instruction, an opportunity to formally demonstrate expertise in interdisciplinary multilingual teaching.

An open Q&A session will follow short presentations by:

D. Seth Murray
Teaching Assistant Professor, Program in International Studies & Department of Sociology and Anthropology, NC State Univ
Ph.D. in Anthropology (UNC-Chapel Hill 2008)
UNC French LAC TA (2005-2008)

Ellen Welch
Assistant Professor of French, Department of Romance Languages, UNC-Chapel Hill
Ph.D in French Studies (University of Pennsylvania, 2008)

Stefanie Murray
Masters Degree Candidate, Department of Maternal and Child Health, Gillings School of Global Public Health, UNC-Chapel Hill
UNC Swahili LAC TA (2009)

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Date Wednesday, April 29, 2009


Time 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Location n/a
Type of Event Radio Broadcast
Title TBA
Contact Info skidd@email.unc.edu
Notes More information TBA on the next broadcast of the Global Music Show.

Listen locally at 89.3 FM or on the web at www.wxyc.org. Listen to past shows online at the Global Music website. The Global Music Show is sponsored by WXYC FM and the UNC Area Studies Centers.

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