Press ReleasesFreud Conference, April 4th, 2009 Stony Brook Manhattan
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Freud Conference At Stony Brook Manhattan Presented By Humanities Institute
Saturday, April 4, 2009, 9:30 a.m.-6:00 p.m.
Mar 16, 2009 - 10:13:20 AM
STONY BROOK, N.Y., March 16, 2009 On Saturday, April 4, 2009 from 9:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., the Humanities Institute at Stony Brook will present a one day conference "Remembering Freud: Psychoanalysis Today" at Stony Brook Manhattan, 401 Park Avenue South, New York. The conference aims to honor Freud's ongoing presence in contemporary life and thought and will juxtapose the contributions of literary and film scholars to the thoughts of contemporary clinicians. The event is free and open to the public, but registration is required.
The Conference Director is Professor E. Ann Kaplan, Distinguished Professor of English and Comparative Literary and Cultural Studies and the Director of the Humanities Institute at Stony Brook. "Freud?s legacies are evident in today's thinking and practices of psychoanalysis, but we also aim to analyze what has changed in those theories and practices, said Kaplan. "To this end, we have invited a group of eminent interdisciplinary scholars and analysts to engage in productive dialogue about psychoanalysis in the present while also considering its future," she added.
World-renowned philosopher, literary critic and novelist Julia Kristeva will deliver the keynote address at the conference, and her remarks will be followed by talks by Alan Bass, Gabriele Schwab and Ranjana Khanna. Kristeva is a Distinguished Professor at the University of Paris and the author of Desire in Language, Black Sun: Depression and Melancholia, Female Genius and many other books, both of philosophy and of fiction. Her keynote lecture on Adolescence: A Syndrome of Ideality will be at 10:00 a.m.
Alan Bass, a psychologist in New York and a translator of Jacques Derrida will talk on "Psychoanalytic Process, the Paradoxes of Self Reference, and Intermediacy"; Ranjana Khanna, Associate Professor in Comparative Literature at Duke University will address "Psychoanalysis Today: the Belated, the Perpetual, and Futurity" and Gabriele Schwab, Professor of English and Comparative Literature at the University of California at Irvine, will discuss "Cannibalism and its Discontents: On Memory, Mourning, and Incorporation after Freud." Their individual talks will be followed by a roundtable discussion.
The event is made possible by the generosity of Dr. Barry Coller and the Departments of Comparative Literary and Cultural Studies, Philosophy and English at Stony Brook University.
Founded in 1987, the Humanities Institute at Stony Brook promotes interdisciplinary research at the cutting edge of intellectual life, through international conferences, distinguished lecturer series, seminars, exhibitions, film series and performances.
For registration and the full schedule of events please visit our website at: www.stonybrook.edu/humanities or call (631) 632 9957.
Point of View Cinema Spring 2009
Stony Brook University Humanities Institute Presents "Point of View Cinema"
Film and Discussion Series
Feb 18, 2009 2:00:14 PM
STONY BROOK, N.Y., February 17, 2009 The Humanities Institute at Stony Brook, now in its twenty-first year, has inaugurated the "Point of View Cinema" project, a film and discussion series. The showings will be held at Theatre Three, 412 Main Street, Port Jefferson, NY on the following Tuesday evenings at 7:00 pm: February 17, March 10, April 14. All showings are free and open to the public.
The series is co curated by John Lutterbie, Associate Director of the Humanities Institute and a member of the Stony Brook theater faculty, and Kelly DeVine, an independent film consultant based on Long Island. "Long Island faces a myriad of problems that undermine quality of life," says Lutterbie. "These films address different and significant issues and, by showing them, we will give members in the audience the opportunity to reflect on how they affect their lives." "Film hits people emotionally, viscerally, as well as intellectually,? adds DeVine. "Audience members identify with the characters and engage with the issues with a sympathy that might not otherwise be aroused in a traditional lecture format."
The first film will be The Visitor (2007). From the makers of Sideways and The Station Agent, this acclaimed film concerns a college professor who comes home one day to find a young couple, illegal aliens, living in his apartment. This film, which addresses issues of class, race and immigration will be followed by a discussion hosted by Adrian Perez Melgosa, Assistant Professor of Hispanic Languages and Literature at Stony Brook.
The second film, Wonderland (1997), takes place on Long Island and is about the development of Levittown as a modern day Utopia. The discussion will be hosted by Robert Beuka, Professor at the City University of New York, and one of the pioneers of the emerging discipline of ?suburban studies.?
The final film, Half Nelson (2006), concerns an inner city junior high school teacher with a drug habit who forms an unlikely friendship with one of his students after she uncovers his secret. The discussion will be hosted by the writers and directors of the film, Ryan Fleck and Anna Boden.
For more information please visit our website www.stonybrook.edu/humanities or call (631) 632 9957.
Changing Climates, Changing Minds, November, 2008
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"Changing Climates, Changing Minds: Storms, Trust and Public Perception" on Tap for Upcoming Conference at Stony Brook University
Co-Production of Humanities Institute, School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, and Philosophy Department
Oct 28, 2008 - 12:47:51 PM
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STONY BROOK, N.Y., Oct. 27, 2008 Three Stony Brook departments are presenting a conference titled "Changing Climates, Changing Minds: Storms, Trust and Public Perception" on November 12 14, 2008. This interdisciplinary event is predicated upon the belief that changing societal attitudes and practices is key to responding to the urgent issue of climate change, and to other challenges that lie at the interface of science and society. This event will bring leading scientists together with humanists and writers to discuss better ways of resolving controversies such as climate change that involve issues of trust and distrust between government, science, and society.
"I consider it of the utmost importance for humanists to contribute by bringing our unique perspectives to bear on an urgent global problem while working with relevant scientists," said E. Ann Kaplan, Director of the Humanities Institute at Stony Brook. The conference ?will be the first of its type that brings together some of the most authoritative scholars from academia, the government, and leading research laboratories to discuss the theory of hurricanes and winter storms, including their future changes under global warming,? said Minghua Zhang, Professor of Marine Sciences and a co-winner of the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize. "This unique conference touches on frontier areas where the sciences and humanities meet," commented Robert Crease, Chair of the Philosophy Department at Stony Brook. ?Several talks, for instance, address the role of trust and distrust in shaping controversies between scientists, politicians, and the public," he added.
Dr. Spencer Weart, the author of The Discovery of Global Warming, will give a talk entitled "Warm Weather and Heated Debate: A Short History of Beliefs about Global Warming" in which he traces the history of global warming and its surrounding debate. Dr. Kerry Emanuel, a hurricane scientist listed as one of the world?s 100 most influential people in 2006 by Time magazine and the author of What We Know About Climate Change, will give a pair of talks. In one of them, "Recent Advances in Hurricanes," he will examine the physics behind the rare development of tropical cyclones over land, and what we have come to understand about the interaction between hurricanes and climate change. Carl Safina, President of the Blue Ocean Institute, will give a talk titled "Bringing Public Trust to the Sciences: Why Do Scientists Cling Stubbornly to Explaining Data Rather than Telling a Story?" In this talk Safina will attempt to bridge the divide between scientific proof and public understanding and acceptance of climate change and related issues. Dr. Heidi Cullen, a climate expert at Princeton University and The Weather Channel, will close the conference with a talk entitled "Seeing the Climate, Believing the Change" in which she will explore the difficulties of communicating the science of climate change and look at the current state of public perception.
A conference banquet, on Thursday, November 13th, will feature a talk by Patti Wood, a Long Island based community activist, author and Executive Director of Grassroots Environmental Education. She will introduce her new initiative, "How Green is My Town?"
Other conference speakers will include Peter Adler, Paul Kocin, Burrell Montz, Richard Rotunno, Gary Sanders, Glenn Sandiford, Chris Thorncroft and Louis Uccellini. A panel on climate change and public policy will include the participation of Alan Belensz, Malcolm Bowman, Brian Colle, Kerry Emanuel, Stephen Leatherman, Carl Safina and Jeff Waldstreicher.
For the full program of events and biographies of all participants please visit www.stonybrook.edu/humanities.
Registration is required. All events are free and open to the public, with the exception of the banquet on Thursday evening with dinner speaker Patti Wood. The fee for the banquet is $25, payable by cash or check. The conference will be held in the School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences and the Humanities Building. The banquet will be in the J Club in the Wang Center.
To register or for more information please contact Olivia Mattis, Humanities Institute at Stony Brook, olivia.mattis@stonybrook.edu or (631) 632 9957.
This event is being sponsored by SUNY Conversations in the Disciplines, the John Templeton Foundation, the Office of the Provost, the Office of the Vice-President for Research, the Office of the Dean and the Humanities Institute at Stony Brook.
