The series for 2000-01 is looking at the issue of violence from a number of different perspectives featuring major figures in the fields of anthropology, psychology, history, comparative literatures and law. It will include lectures, as well as film screenings.
All events are free of charge and open to the public.
Lectures will take place at 4 p.m. and screenings at 7 p.m. in the Screening Room in the Center for the Arts on the North Campus. In this lecture, which was rescheduled from Nov. 21, Novick will discuss the way the Holocaust is regarded today versus the way it was viewed at the time it took place. Comaroff will explore the connections among seemingly exotic issues and the hard-edged material, cultural and epistemic realities of our times.