14 Oct Historical Perspectives on Risk
Wolf Kittler (Germanic, Slavic & Semitic Studies, UCSB)
Colin Milburn (English,UCD)
Friday, October 14, 2011 / 2:00-6:00 pm
Wallis Annenberg conference room, SSMS 4315
Serving as an introduction to programs on Speculative Futures (the Critical Issues in America theme for 2011-2), the talks offer both history and post-mortem: the pasts of contemporary risk discourse and the effects of obsessively thinking futures on present concerns.
Sponsored by the Critical Issues in America Series Speculative Futures and the IHC’s Public Goods series.
For more information please visit: www.criticalissues.ucsb.edu