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<p class="" style="text-align:center" align="center"><b style><span style="font-size:14pt;line-height:125%;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-GB">Call
for Expressions of Interest <br></span></b></p>
<p class="" style="margin-bottom:5pt;text-align:center;line-height:normal" align="center"><b style><span style="font-size:16pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-GB">Masterclass with Visiting Research Fellow <br>
Professor Marcus Boon (York University)</span></b></p>
<p class="" style="text-align:center;line-height:normal" align="center"><b style><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-GB">Walter Benjamin’s “On the Mimetic
Faculty”</span></b><b style><span style="font-size:16pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-GB"><br>
</span></b><b style><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-GB">August
11, 2015 </span></b></p>
<p class=""><span style lang="EN-GB">At the origin of much of contemporary
theorizations of imitation, copying, mimesis and the like is a short text,
written in 1933 by Walter <span class="">Benjamin</span> entitled “On the
Mimetic Faculty”. In under four pages, <span class="">Benjamin</span>
offers a concise but expansive account of imitation that is anthropological,
philosophical and poetic all at once. In this masterclass, we will explore this
remarkable text in detail, and Professor Marcus Boon will show the way that <span class="">Benjamin</span>’s ideas open up in the direction of contemporary
debates concerning intellectual property, the commons and “luxury communism”,
ideas of gift economy and the society of the spectacle. We will also examine <span class="">Benjamin</span>’s writing practice, and the challenges of producing a
popular and/or populist theoretical analysis.</span></p>
<p class="" style><span style="font-family:Symbol" lang="EN-GB"><span style>·<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><b style><span style lang="EN-GB">Date for Masterclass:</span></b><span style lang="EN-GB"> August 11,
2015, 10am-2pm</span></p>
<p class="" style><span style="font-family:Symbol" lang="EN-GB"><span style>·<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><b style><span style lang="EN-GB">Venue:</span></b><span style lang="EN-GB"> Macquarie
University C8A 310 Senate Room</span></p>
<p class="" style><span style="font-family:Symbol" lang="EN-GB"><span style>·<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><b style><span style lang="EN-GB">Closing Date
for EOI:<span style> </span></span></b><span style lang="EN-GB">July 6, 2015. </span></p>
<p class="" style><span style="font-family:Symbol" lang="EN-GB"><span style>·<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><b style><span style lang="EN-GB">Inquiries:</span></b><span style lang="EN-GB"> Dr. Margie
Borschke, Senior Lecturer Journalism and Media <br>
</span><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="mailto:margie.borschke@mq.edu.au"><span style>margie.borschke@mq.edu.au</span></a></span><span style lang="EN-GB"> (02) 9850 2159
</span></p>
<p class="" style="margin-left:0cm;text-indent:0cm"><span style lang="EN-GB"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt"><b style><span style="font-size:9.5pt" lang="EN-US">Marcus Boon</span></b><span style="font-size:9.5pt" lang="EN-US">
is Professor of English at York University and a Faculty of Arts Visiting
Research Fellow in the Department of Media Music Communication and Cultural
Studies at Macquarie University in August 2015. He is the author of </span><i><span style="font-size:9.5pt" lang="EN-US">In Praise of Copying</span></i><span style="font-size:9.5pt" lang="EN-US"> </span><span style="font-size:9.5pt" lang="EN-US">(Harvard University Press,
2010) and </span><i><span style="font-size:9.5pt" lang="EN-US">The Road of Excess</span></i><span style="font-size:9.5pt" lang="EN-US"> </span><span style="font-size:9.5pt" lang="EN-US">(Harvard
University Press, 2002) and is currently working on a new book, </span><i><span style="font-size:9.5pt" lang="EN-US">The Politics of Vibration</span></i><span style="font-size:9.5pt" lang="EN-US">.<span style> </span>For more on his writing and research
interests see </span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://marcusboon.com/"><span style="font-size:9.5pt">http://marcusboon.com/</span></a></span><span style="font-size:9.5pt" lang="EN-US"> </span><span style="font-size:9.5pt" lang="EN-US"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style><span style="font-size:9.5pt" lang="EN-US">Expressions of interest:</span></b><span style="font-size:9.5pt" lang="EN-US"> We invite prospective participants for this free half-day <span class="">Masterclass</span> to send a brief (300-500 word) expression of
interest to </span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="mailto:margie.borschke@mq.edu.au"><span style="font-size:9.5pt">margie.borschke@mq.edu.au</span></a></span><span style="font-size:9.5pt" lang="EN-US"> that includes: </span><span lang="EN-US"></span></p>
<p class="" style><span style="font-family:Symbol" lang="EN-GB"><span style>·<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span style lang="EN-GB">Full contact details</span></p>
<p class="" style><span style="font-family:Symbol" lang="EN-GB"><span style>·<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span style lang="EN-GB">A short biography</span></p>
<p class="" style><span style="font-family:Symbol" lang="EN-GB"><span style>·<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span style lang="EN-GB">A statement outlining the relevance of the
masterclass or Boon’s work to your current research</span></p>
<p class="" style><span style="font-family:Symbol" lang="EN-GB"><span style>·<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span style lang="EN-GB">Please include “EOI Boon Masterclass” in your
subject heading</span></p>
<p class=""><span lang="EN-GB">We welcome and encourage the
participation of postgraduate research students and early career researchers as
well as members of faculty. Participants from outside Macquarie are welcome.</span></p>
<div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:15px"><b>Dr. Margie Borschke</b></span><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:15px"><br>Senior Lecturer, Journalism and Media<br></span>
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