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New Imitatio CalendarSend us your events! This calendar is for everyone, not just our own Imitatio-sponsored happenings, but all meetings and publications that build on René Girard's anthropological understanding. View the... |
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Colloquium: Girard and Lévi-StraussOn Friday January 27, 2012 at the École normale supérieure in Paris, scholars will gather for a colloquium on "Le sacrifice aujourd'hui." Organized with the collaboration of the Centre International d'Etude de la... |
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Girard on Dostoevsky now in PaperbackRené Girard’s classic study of Feodor Dostoevsky is finally in paperback. An essential companion to Notes from Underground, Girard’s book also deftly traces “underground psychology” through Dostoevsky’s greatest novels.... |
The Civil War & Sacred GroundMarch 15-17 at Wheaton College, Illinois, scholars of René Girard's mimetic theory will gather before and after a conference of leading Civil War historians to think through the role of religion in the conflict and the role of... |
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European Summer School 2012: Apply Now!The location is Leusden, the Netherlands; the dates are July 15-29, 2012; the language of instruction is English. |
René Girard archives go to the Bibliothèque nationaleRené Girard has agreed to house his papers at the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF) in Paris. With the collaboration of Stanford University, the support of Imitatio, a nonprofit project of the Thiel Foundation, and... |
New York Times go-to thinker: René GirardAndy Martin (Cambridge University), writing for the New York Times web site, turns to René Girard to help analyze the massacre in Norway and the mind of suspect Anders Behring Breivik: "Probably the best analysis... |