Birkbeck Institute for the Humanities- London

Birkbeck Institute for the Humanities

The State We're In - Health and Obesity - an Individual or a
Collective Responsibility? A panel discussion chaired by Professor Sander Gilman
Speakers: Susie Orbach, William Leith, Dr Brian Hurwitz, Dr Mervat Nasser
24th January 3pm Room B36 Birkbeck Main Building Free - all welcome


S21: the Khmer Rouge Killing Machine - Film screening and discussion with the film's director, Rithy Panh
7th February 2pm Birkbeck Cinema, 43 Gordon Square Free but registration essential


İştar Gözaydın (BIH Research Fellow) 'Politics of Religion in Turkey : The Republican Times'
17th February 6.30pm Council Room Birkbeck Main Building Free - all welcome


Sonia Kruks (BIH Research Fellow) 'Simone de Beauvoir and the Anatomy of Revenge'
26th February 6.30 Council Room, Birkbeck Main Building Free - all welcome


'The State We're In' - Cosmopolitanism
Speakers: Robert Fine, Warwick, Paul Gilroy, LSE, Martti Koskenniemi, Helsinki and Cambridge,
Walter Mignolo, Duke University, Costas Douzinas, Birkbeck
7th March 2pm - 5pm Room B33 Birkbeck Main Building Free - all welcome


On the Idea of Communism - Conference
Speakers: Judith Balso, Alain Badiou, Bruno Boostels, Terry Eagleton, Peter Hallward, Michael Hardt,
Jean-Luc Nancy, Jacques Ranciere, Alessandro Russo, Alberto Toscano, Gianni Vattimo, Wang Hui, Slavoj Zizek
13th March, 14th March & 15th March Registration essential
For more information about all these events, please visit http://www.bbk.ac.uk/bih/

or email Julia Eisner j.eisner@bbk.ac.uk