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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Kafka’s
Cages<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Sydney Seminar for the
Arts and Philosophy</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>This event will bring
together a number of experts who will discuss aspects of Kafka’s life and
work. Speakers will include the distinguished Prof. Kiarina Kordela from the <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">US</st1:place></st1:country-region>, and the
Australians <st1:PersonName w:st="on">Chris Fleming</st1:PersonName>, John
O’Connor, and <st1:PersonName w:st="on">Dimitris Vardoulakis</st1:PersonName>,
as well as the </span></font>editor of <i><span style='font-style:italic'>Heat </span></i>and<i><span
style='font-style:italic'> </span></i>Giramondo<i><span style='font-style:italic'>
</span></i>Press Ivor Indyk as a panellist.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Friday, 3
July 2009<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>5.30–8:30pm<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Metcalfe Auditorium<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>State Library of NSW<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><st1:address w:st="on"><st1:Street
w:st="on"><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Macquarie
Street</span></font></st1:Street>, <st1:City w:st="on">Sydney</st1:City></st1:address><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Cost: </span></font></b>$15
/ $10 (concessions)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Bookings Essential: Tel.
(02) 9273 1770 </span></font><font color=black><span style='color:black'>or <a
href="mailto:bookings@sl.nsw.gov.au">bookings@sl.nsw.gov.au</a> </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Programme<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>5:30 pm Finger-food and
refreshments<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>5:50 pm Welcome: </span><strong><b><font
face="Times New Roman">Christiane Gruber<o:p></o:p></font></b></strong></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>(Cultural Attachée,
German</span></font><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'> </span></font>Consulate General)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>5:55 pm Introduction: <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>Prof Nancy Wright<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>(<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType> of <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Western
Sydney</st1:PlaceName></st1:place>)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>6:00pm </span><b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>A. Kiarina Kordela</span></b></font> (<st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Macalester</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">College</st1:PlaceType>,
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">St. Paul</st1:City>, <st1:country-region
w:st="on">USA</st1:country-region></st1:place>)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><i><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-style:italic'>Kafkaesque
Arrogance, or, The Kabbalah of Secular Capitalism</span></font></i><i><span
style='font-style:italic'><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>6:30 pm </span><b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>Chris Fleming and John O’Carroll </span></b>(<st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType> of <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Western Sydney</st1:PlaceName>
and <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Charles</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Sturt</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>)</font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-style:italic'>Delusion of Agency: Kafka,
Imprisonment, and Modern Victimhood<u><o:p></o:p></u></span></font></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>7:00 pm <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>Dimitris Vardoulakis</span></b> (<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType> of <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Western
Sydney</st1:PlaceName></st1:place>)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><i><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-style:italic'>“</span><a
name="OLE_LINK1">The Fall is the proof of our freedom</a>”: Kafka’s
Hope</font></i><i><span style='font-style:italic'><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>7:30 pm Break</span>
–</font> Refreshments<b><span style='font-weight:bold'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>7:45 pm <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>Ivor Indyk</span></b> (<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType> of <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Western
Sydney</st1:PlaceName></st1:place>)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Panel discussion with the
speakers, and Questions from the Audience<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>For further information
on this event please see the attached flyer or visit our website:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>www.sydneyseminar.org<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Or contact <st1:PersonName
w:st="on">Dimitris Vardoulakis</st1:PersonName> d.vardoulakis[at]uws.edu.au<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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