[On September 26, 2012, the Unit for Criticism hosted "The United States as an Honest Broker in the Mideast?" a lecture by Rashid Khalidi, Nicholson Distinguished Visiting Scholar at UIUC and Edward Said Professor of Modern Arab Studies at Columbia University.] Written by Chase Dimock (Comparative & World Literature) Considering...
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- Erick Nava'a self portrait at the opening reception. [UIUC's Education Justice Project, which provides educational programs at Danville Correctional Center, is hosting in collaboration with the University YMCA an exhibit, entitled Beyond Lines: Limited Expressions from the Men Within Danville Prison. This...
- Lecture, Karuna Mantena: “Action and Criticism in Gandhian Satyagraha” Guest Writer: Debleena Biswas[On September 10, 2012, the Unit for Criticism hosted "Action and Criticism in Gandhian Satyagraha," a lecture by Karuna Mantena of Yale University]The truth-force of an inter/actionWritten by Debleena Biswas (English)In her lecture on Gandhian satyagraha this Monday,...
- "Lesbian Life in France" Screening and Conversation with Julien and ChaplinGuest Writer: Derek Attig[On August 27, 2012, The Unit for Criticism in collaboration with French, Gender & Women's Studies and History hosted "Lesbian Life in France," a screening and conversation with filmmaker Jacqueline Julien and Tamara Chaplin (History)]Lesbopolis: On Lesbian Activism in ToulouseWritten by Derek Attig (History)In 2009, the...
- [On April 26 and 27, 2012, the Unit for Criticism partnered with the Illinois Program for Research in the Humanities for a conference, Beyond Utopia? Art, Theory, and the Coming of “Spring.” The last of our three closing roundtable responses...
- A sign from Occupy Oakland, taken from Zizek's essay in The Guardian[On April 26 and 27, 2012, the Unit for Criticism partnered with the Illinois Program for Research in the Humanities for a conference, Beyond Utopia? Art, Theory...
- (L) Richard Helmer's forensic montage of Mengele onto Mengele's alleged skull. (R) Adam Harvey's demonstration of makeup and hair styles devised to fool facial detection software[On April 26...
- Shown during Weizman's keynote: a “pyramid of Gaza”.[On April 26 and 27, 2012, the Unit for Criticism partnered with the Illinois Program for Research in the Humanities for a conference, Beyond Utopia? Art, Theory, and the Coming of “Spring.”...