NEW-NEW-OLD-NEW-NEW
Out of Joint #1
Proposition: entering history ≈ rupturing history ≈ creating history
[Reading I]
Walter Benjamin, ‘On the Concept of History’.
Giorgio Agamben, The Man Without Content, Chapter 10 ‘The Melancholy Angel’.
Michel Foucault, ‘Nietzsche, Genealogy, History’.
Saidiya Hartman, ‘Venus in Two Acts’.
Kōjin Karatani, Origins of Modern Japanese Literature, Chapter 1 ‘The Discovery of Landscape’.
*Actual order and selection of readings depend on the group.
Schedule:
5 October, 3:00 PM- 5:00 PM (BST/GMT+1) : Introduction + Walter Benjamin, ‘On the Concept of History’.
19 October, 3:00 PM- 5:00 PM (BST/GMT+1)
2 November, 3:00 PM- 5:00 PM (GMT)
16 November, 3:00 PM- 5:00 PM (GMT)
30 November, 3:00 PM- 5:00 PM (GMT)
14 December, 3:00 PM- 5:00 PM (GMT)
online via Zoom, with an in-person option (London, location tbc) for certain sessions
*There will be a public session in London on Wednesday 15 October, details tba.
[Writing I]
open to participants of [Reading I]
details tba
Registration
If you'd like to take part in [Reading I], please fill out the [application form] by 12 September, 2025.
As the group will be limited to 15 participants, we may have to be selective if applications exceed capacity. Selection will be based primarily on commitment to attendance and fit with the programme’s focus.
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