Humanities Research Institute
Faculty of Humanities
The function of The Humanities Research Institute at Brock University is to encourage the development of research programs and initiatives in the Humanities...
...and to generate greater public awareness of our scholarly expertise, as well as the breadth of our research and creative productivity.
The HRI disburses funds so as to support the development of individual and collaborative research programs...
...and to promote the activities of the Faculty of Humanities through various colloquia, symposia and related public events.
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Whither Orientalism?
HRI Spring Term Symposium
Tuesday, Apr. 24th, 2012
Dr. Charles A. Sankey Chamber 8:45 am - 1:00 pm
Panel I
Mohamad Tavakoli-Targhi (Near and Middle Eastern Studies, University of Toronto), "Reframing Orientalism"
David Schimmelpenninck (History, Brock University), "Russian Orientalism: Further Reflections"
John Sainsbury (History, Brock University), "Orientalism, Ornamentalism, and Cricket"
Comment: Virginia Aksan (History, McMaster University)
Panel II
Elizabeth Sauer (English Language and Literature, Brock University), "John Milton's Orientalism Reconsidered"
Leah Bradshaw (Political Science, Brock University), "Orientalism and Tyranny"
Thomas Glasbergen (History, Brock University), "Orient and Empire: Edmund Burke and the Trial of Warren Hastings, 1786-95"
Comment: Jennifer Jenkins (History, University of Toronto)
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