Join Public Books for a two-day symposium celebrating the life of John Berger.
Schedule of Events
THURSDAY MARCH 30th
Location: Brown Institute, Pulitzer Hall, Journalism School, ground floor
6:15PM Keynote Lecture: Teju Cole
Introduction: Sharon Marcus, Dean of the Humanities, Columbia University, and Co-Editor, Public Books
FRIDAY MARCH 31st
Location: Pupin 428 (one floor down from campus level)
9:15 Opening Remarks
Bruce Robbins, English and Comparative Literature, Columbia University
9:30 Panel: A Thinker of Our Time
Moderator: Anne Higonnet, Art History and Public Books
Jonathan Crary, Art History
Jane Gaines, School of the Arts
Siddhartha Deb, The New School
11:00 Coffee Break
11:30 Roundtable: New Ways of Seeing
Moderator: Bruce Robbins
Johanna Gosse, post-doc, Art History
Ratik Asokan, MA student, English, and The Baffler
Annie Wyman, Writer
Barnaby Raine, PhD student, History
12:30 Lunch
2:00 Film Screening
Screening of The Seasons at Quincy: Four Portraits of John Berger, dir. Tilda Swinton, Colin MacCabe, Bartek Dziadosz, and Christopher Roth (2016)
Discussant: Laura Kipnis
4:00 Coffee Break
4:30 Final Keynote: Geoff Dyer
Introduction: Matthew Hart, English and Comparative Literature, Columbia University
6:00 Public House
Join us for drinks and conversation at Arts and Crafts Beer Parlor SoHa (1135 Amsterdam Ave)!
Sponsored by Public Books and Columbia University’s Office of the President; Office of the Dean of Humanities, Arts & Sciences; School of the Arts; Department of Art History and Archaeology; and the 20/21 Colloquium in the Department of English and Comparative Literature.