The two distinguished philosophers Cora Diamond (University of Virginia) and James Conant (University of Chicago) will come to Duke’s Center for Philosophy, Arts, and Literature some time in the academic year 2011/12. This is great news for PAL, and for the Duke community interested in the intersection between philosophy and literature and other arts. More information will be forthcoming on the PAL website in due time.
Latest column uploaded
I have uploaded my latest column in Dagens Næringsliv, about Amy Chua and the American dream (in Norwegian).
Emperor and Galilean at the National Theatre in London
I am thrilled to see that Jonathan Kent will be directing Ibsen’s Emperor and Galilean at the National Theatre in London. The production is scheduled to open in the Olivier Theatre on June 15, with Andrew Scott as Julian. This will be the UK premiere of this massive double play, originally written as a closet drama (a play intended to be read) in 1873. Here’s a link to a short article I wrote about Emperor and Galilean in 2006. The play is crucial to my understanding of Ibsen’s transformation of modern drama.  I devote a whole chapter to it  (chapter 6) in Henrik Ibsen and the Birth of Modernism.