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29th ANNUAL IAPL CONFERENCE

THE UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI

FINLAND

CONFERENCE TOPIC:

CHIASMATIC

x

ENCOUNTERS

ORGANIZED SESSIONS

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ONLY (for details see below):

KIASMA INVITED SPEAKER

 

STEVEN HOLL

 

ARCHITECT OF

KIASMA

THE HELSINKI MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART

 

chiasma noun, pl -mata [X-shaped configuration, fr. Gk crosspiece, fr. chiazein to mark with a chi, fr. chi (letter X)] 1: an anatomical intersection or decussation ? compare optic chiasma 2: a cross-shaped configuration of paired chromatids visible in the diplotene of meiotic prophase and considered the cytological equivalent of genetic crossing-over.

chiasmus, noun (fr. Gk chiasmos, fr. chiazein to mark with a chi (X)): an inverted relationship between the syntactic elements of parallel phrases (as in Goldsmith's to stop too fearful, and too faint to go).

optic chiasma: the X-shaped partial decussation on the undersurface of the hypothalamus through which the optic nerves are continuous with the brain.

(Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 10th edition)

IAPL INVITED SPEAKER

GIANNI VATTIMO

MEMBER OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND PROFESSOR OF THEORETICAL PHILOSOPHY, UNIVERSITY OF TURIN, ITALY


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THE IAPL 2005 FINALE DINNER, MUSIC, AND FESTIVITIES

WILL TAKE PLACE TUESDAY NIGHT - JUNE 7th, 2005

on a delightful Finnish island at the

NJK RESTAURANT

(see image of the NJK below)

THE FINNISH LITERATURE SOCIETY

has kindly offered their Festive Hall for the

OPENING ROUND TABLE


CHIASMATIC ENCOUNTERS IN PHILOSOPHY AND ART

Organized, Chaired, and Introduced by Kuisma Korhonen (Comparative Literature, Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies, Helsinki, FINLAND)

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Continuum Books (London and New York) Textures Series:

  • BETWEEN PHILOSOPHY AND POETRY: Writing, Rhythm, History
    •  Massimo Verdicchio and Robert Burch (eds.)
  • PANORAMA: Philosophies of the Visibile
    • Wilhelm S. Wurzer (ed.)
  • THRESHOLDS OF WESTERN CULTURE: Identity, Postcoloniality, Transnationalism
    • John Burt Foster, Jr. and Wayne J.  Froman  (eds.)
  • EXTREME BEAUTY: Aesthetics, Politics, Death
    • James Swearingen and Joanne Cutting-Gray (eds.)
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