In a Glass Hour
A lecture series devoted to exploring the topic of time from the diverse perspectives of media theorists, scientists, artists, historians, journalists and others. Taking a broadly interdisciplinary approach to this singular subject, the series will point to the elasticity of this pervasive topic.
In a Glass Hour: George Dreyfus
Thursday January 22, 7:00 PM | Theater
George Dreyfus discusses the Buddhist concept of "no-self," and the ways this view is in sync with recent Western scientific ideas about subjectivity and identity evolving over time.
In a Glass Hour: Johannes Goebel
Tuesday February 17, 7:00 PM | Theater
Memories are made of this-Musical time as an escape from being stuck in the past-The absolute relativity of time between now and then-Repetition and the fiction of symmetry in time-The beauty of woven time-Rhythm and meter: how measure and flow communicate-Constructing time: machine vs. man.
In a Glass Hour: Steven Connor
Thursday April 2, 7:00 PM | Theater
Steven Connor, Academic Director of the London Consortium Graduate Programme in Humanities and Cultural Studies, delivers his EMPAC-commissioned text titled, "The Chronopher" a meditation on time and the nature of voice.
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George Dreyfus — Thursday, January 22, 7:00 PM | Theater
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