The Global Knowledge seminar series at Carleton College, an initiative of the Humanities Center, will present “Against Globalization: Superstudio's Critique of International Style Architecture” on Tuesday, Feb. 21 at 5 p.m. in the Gould Library Athenaeum. Part of a series of faculty presentations in the humanities, the lecture will be presented by Ross Elfine, an assistant professor of art and art history. This event is free and open to the public.
Elfine’s courses at Carleton focus on the history of art and architecture since the Second World War, and his current research focuses on radical architecture. Much of his research has centered on the radical architecture firm Superstudio, active in Italy in the 1960s and 1970s. The lecture will also feature a response by Shana Sippy, a visiting instructor in religion.
The Carleton College Humanities Center sponsors a series of seminars each year with the goal of allowing faculty members to debate “new ideas that infuse both their teaching and their research.” Participants work on their own research projects, which are connected to a common theme. This year’s series, “Knowledge of the Global/Global Knowledge,” is co-directed by anthropology professor Van Dusenbery and German and cross-cultural studies professor Sigi Leonhard. Other professors presenting in the series include Arnab Chakladar (English), Dev Gupta (political science), Jay Levi (anthropology) and Gudrun Willett (director of the College’s Writing Program).
For more information about this event, including disability accommodations, contact Susannah Ottaway, Director of the Humanities Center, at (507) 222-5446. The Gould Library Athenaneum is located off College Street on the Carleton campus and is also accessible via Highway 19 in Northfield.