Thursday, February 15, 2007

Exeter Deleuzians / Deleuze Summer Camp

The University of Exeter's bid to inaugurate 'A Deleuze Society' continues to require your support. In order to register with the student's guild we require an inaugural 25. Whilst we have received a fantastic amount of interest since suggesting the society last autumn, we nonetheless remain two or three individuals short of our 'becoming-official'. Please contact Tim Matts in the Department of English or Laura Cull in Drama for details (timmatts494@hotmail.com, or lkc202@exeter.ac.uk).

Exeter students and staff who have thus far expressed interest are:

Joanie Willett (PhD Political Theory)
Taihei Hanada (PhD English)
Laura Cull (PhD Drama)
Luke Kennard (PhD English)
Michelle Lisa Parslow (PhD English)
Steve Harris (PhD English)
Robin Dunford (BA Philosophy and Politics)
James King (MA English)
Simon Townsend (MA Political Theory)
Nauelle Lecheualier-Bekadar (MA English)
Tim Matts (PhD English)
Matt Hayler (MA Creative Writing)
Anne-Flore Laloe (PhD Geography)
Katie-Jane Hext (PhD English)
Andrew Patch (PhD Film)
Caroline A. Greene (PhD English)
Gregg Redner (PhD Film)
Natasha ? (PhD English)
Mike ? (PhD English)
Komkrit Chooruang (PhD Engineering)
Chun Mai-Tsai (MA Finance and Accounting)

Dr. Robin Durie (Politics)
Anthony Fothergill (English)
Dr. Mark Whalan (English)

Again, please contact either Tim Matts or Laura Cull if your details are in any way incorrect or incomplete, and please encourage any friends or colleagues who may harbour curiosity about Deleuze's work to pass on their details.

In the meantime, any of you who might be available this coming summer for an extended introduction to Deleuze should approach The School of English, Communication and Philosophy at Cardiff University, where Prof Ian Buchanan will be convening a Deleuze summer camp in August of this year. Ian is one of the world's leading Deleuzians and has published extensively on the implications of Deleuze for literature and popular culture. Please see below for details.



Deleuze Summer Camp 2007
(@ Cardiff University)

A Summer School for postgraduate students interested in the work of Gilles Deleuze.

Who? Ian Buchanan, Claire Colebrook, Gregg Lambert, Paul Patton and Daniel W. Smith.

What? A hectic combination of lectures, seminars, and workshops on the work of Gilles Deleuze led by some of the most important Deleuze scholars writing today. The full schedule will be uploaded soon.

Where? The Centre for Critical and Cultural Theory, Cardiff University (Cardiff, Wales UK).

When? August 20 to August 24 2007. (Cut-off date for enrolment is June 29, 2007)

How much? £100 all inclusive for all lectures, seminars and workshops. Does not include meals or accommodation.

Contact? Professor Ian Buchanan buchanani@cardiff.ac.uk or +44 (0)29 2087 5619

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