Generative Anthropology Thinking Event
Vancouver, British Columbia
26-29 July 2007
News Update as of 15 April 2007
Those of us involved in making GATE 2007 happen are glad to announce that all plans, signs and suggestions are pointing toward what we expect to be an enjoyable, stimulating conference. Meeting spaces on the UBC campus have been booked, institutional support has been secured, ideas are already being exchanged. Here is a current list of participants and topics.
Douglas Collins (University of Washington) “From Isostasy to Isosmosis: GA and the Mystery of Israel”
Ian Dennis (University of Ottawa) “GA and the History of Desire”
Peter Goldman (Westminster College) “James Joyce and the Problem of the Artist”
Chris Jones (Simon Fraser University) “GA and Original Sin”
Adam Katz (Quinnipiac College) “The Esthetic, the Sacred, and Originary Modernity”
Amir Khan (B.A., University of British Columbia) “GA and Stanley Cavell”
Peter Koper (Central Michigan University) “GA and Classical Rhetoric”
Christopher Morrissey (Simon Fraser University) “GA and Heidegger’s Event (Vom Ereignis)”
Greg Nixon (University of Northern British Columbia) “GA and Mircea Eliade”
Matthew Schneider (Chapman University) “GA and Kierkegaard”
Richard Van Oort (University of Victoria) “Imitation and Human Ontogeny”
Eugene Webb (University of Washington) “Stepping Back: Religious Faith and the Differentiation of Consciousness”
GATE is endorsed by the Office of the Dean of Humanities at Kwantlen University College, the Office of Research and Scholarship at Kwantlen University College, and the Office of the Provost and Vice President, Academic, at Kwantlen University College.
