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READING MATTERS WORKSHOP UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY SEPTEMBER 14 - 15, 2018 Articulating and performing a mode of reading that responds to the challenges of the present has been a constant endeavor not only in literary studies, but in all academic disciplines. Technological and scientific developments require us to constantly reflect on what it means to read and make sense of texts and events as conveyed through various mediatic forms, and across disparate and various global, historical, political, and cultural contexts and specificities. In focusing on the matter (i.e. DNA, architecture, landscapes, bodies, international waters, codes, satellite images, networks, urban infrastructure) of reading, Reading Matters aims to test generative forms of reading that can be thought of as not only a methodology, but a skill that supports us in addressing the challenges of our time. As the first event in the Reading Matters series, this two-day workshop at UC Berkeley will provide participants with the unique opportunity to work closely with professors and graduate students to explore alternative modes of reading through intensive seminars with the four faculty instructors. FORMAT SCHEDULE LOCATION CONTACT Four seminars and a lecture. Seminar participation requires completing preselected readings beforehand. Course reader is available for download at : readingmatters.princeton.edu/s/course-reader.pdf [ + FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2018 ] 9:00 - 11:30 AM • “MARX’S INORGANIC BODY” JUDITH BUTLER • UC Berkeley 1:00 - 3:30 PM • “READING PHENOMENOLOGICALLY” GAYLE SALAMON • Princeton University 4:00 - 6:00 PM • Lecture • Art of Writing Series PATRICIA J WILLIAMS • Columbia Law School [ + SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2018 ] 9:00 - 11:30 AM • “ALPHABETOGRAPHIES; OR, READING MATTER” EDUARDO CADAVA • Princeton University 12:30 - 3:00 pm • “GOVERNING BODIES” PATRICIA J WILLIAMS • Columbia Law School All events will occur in the Townsend Center. For questions and/or comments, please email : [email protected] or [email protected] For more information on the Reading Matters project, please visit : READINGMATTERS.PRINCETON.EDU Center for Race & Gender Thelton E. Henderson Center for Social Justice Class of 1936 First Chair, Department of Political Science Department of Comparative Literature Department of English Department of French Department of Rhetoric Division of Arts and Humanities Haas Institute for a Fair and Inclusive Society Doreen B. Townsend Center for the Humanities Maxine Elliott Chair, Department of Comparative Literature THIS EVENT IS SPONSORED BY:

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Art iculat ing and performing a mode of reading that responds to the chal lenges of the present has been a constant endeavor not only in l i terary studies, but in al l academic discipl ines. Technological and scient i f ic developments require us to constant ly ref lect on what i t means to read and make sense of texts and events as conveyed through var ious mediat ic forms, and across disparate and var ious global , h istor ical , pol i t ical , and cul tural contexts and speci f ic i t ies. In focusing on the matter ( i .e. DNA, archi tecture, landscapes, bodies, internat ional waters, codes, satel l i te images, networks, urban infrastructure) of reading, Reading Matters aims to test generat ive forms of reading that can be thought of as not only a methodology, but a ski l l that supports us in addressing the chal lenges of our t ime.

As the f i rst event in the Reading Matters ser ies, th is two-day workshop at UC Berkeley wi l l provide part ic ipants wi th the unique opportuni ty to work c losely wi th professors and graduate students to explore al ternat ive modes of reading through intensive seminars wi th the four facul ty instructors.

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Four seminars and a lecture.

Seminar participation requires completing preselected readings beforehand.

Course reader is available for download at : readingmatters.princeton.edu/s/course-reader.pdf

[ + FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2018 ]

9:00 - 11:30 AM • “MARX’S INORGANIC BODY”JUDITH BUTLER • UC Berkeley

1:00 - 3:30 PM • “READING PHENOMENOLOGICALLY”GAYLE SALAMON • Princeton University

4:00 - 6:00 PM • Lecture • Art of Writing SeriesPATRICIA J WILLIAMS • Columbia Law School

[ + SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2018 ]