Posts Tagged ‘2009’

Slavoj Žižek. Confronting Humanity & The Post-Modern. 2009 17/17

Saturday, May 15th, 2010


www.egs.edu Slavoj Žižek discussing Hegel in reference to Charlie Chaplins The Great Dictator, Leni Riefenstahl, fascism, the Nazi propaganda film Kolberg, Alfred Hitchcocks Vertigo, objectivity in film. He also spoke about Peter Sloterdijk and Jürgen Habermas as well as ethics, dignity, military technology, pharmonarcoleptic drugs, scientology and Ron Hubbard. Public open lecture for the students and faculty of the European Graduate School EGS Media and Communication Studies department program Saas-Fee, Switzerland. Slavoj Žižek is one of the most renowned philosophers working today. Taking Marxs injunction that philosophers must not only examine the world, but change it, his work borders on the evangelic. Standing astride critical theory, traditional philosophy, political and film theory and theoretical psychoanalysis, he is, in one sense the sole contemporary inheritor of Lacan, doing to Lacan what Lacan once did for Freud. Though at times accused of inconsistency, Žižek instead uses the philosophical tradition to constantly examine (and undermine) received truths. He has argued that it is not the role of the philosopher to act as the Big Other who tells us about the world, but rather it is the role of the thinker to challenge our own ideological assumptions. Slavoj Žižek is the International Director of the Birkbeck Institute for the Humanities, a professor of philosophy and psychoanalysis at the European Graduate School in Saas-Fee, Switzerland and a visiting

America’s Best Graduate Schools 2009 – Trends

Wednesday, April 14th, 2010


America’s Best Grad Schools 2009 has just been released by US News & World Report. It has college rankings of graduate programs in majors for business, law, education, engineering, medicine, the sciences, library & information science, social sciences & humanities, health, public affairs, and fine arts. However, this is more than just graduate school rankings and reviews, but also includes tips on how to find colleges, how to get accepted, and help on paying for college through scholarships, grants, loans, and other means. Find out more about America’s Best Graduate Schools 2009 at grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com

G20 2009: Police Attack Students at University of Pittsburgh

Sunday, January 3rd, 2010


Police used teargas pepper spray and rubber bullets against University of Pittsburgh students during the Pittsburgh G20 Summit. Many of the students were not part of any demonstration but bystanders, curious to find a mass of armed riot police on their campus. For more information and videos visit indypgh.org

Kaplan University July 2009 Graduation highlights

Saturday, December 5th, 2009


vids.kaplan.edu Congratulations to the July 2009 Kaplan University graduating class! … Kaplan university online degree college school education learning environment classes teachers students graduation

Bethany graduate reception 2009

Friday, December 4th, 2009



Image taken on 2009-05-01 16:55:39 by richardmasoner.

SDPS Womens College Fashion Show 5th July 2009

Friday, December 4th, 2009


Fashion Show In Indore At Abhay Prashal By SDPS Womens College.. 5th july 2009. Indore It Totally Rocked The City With Europian Models And Superb Work By The Designers.. The Quality Not So Good .. .. Its Taken From My Cell Phone

Columbia Southern University 2009 Graduation Ceremony

Monday, November 30th, 2009


On Oct. 16 more than 1200 graduates and guests from around the globe traveled to Pensacola to attend the annual Columbia Southern University graduation ceremony.

Fall 2009 Graduate School Orientation Clip

Sunday, November 22nd, 2009


A clip from the UGA Fall 2009 Graduate School orientation consisting of the Dean of the graduate school and the president of the Graduate and Professional Scholars organization

Lovely Professional University : Admissions 2009

Thursday, November 19th, 2009


- The Largest University in India : In terms of on-campus number of students – 24000 – 550 Acres Campus : A technology driven campus ,spread over 550 acres of lush green area on NH-1 at the entry of Jalandhar city – 150+ Programmes : An innovative integration of inter-disciplinary streams on offer after 10th,12th, Graduation & Post Graduation in Management, Hotel Management, Computer Application, Engineering, Architecture, Design, Commerce, Fashion Technology, Pharmacy, Physiotherapy …

Judge Judy 7/1/ 2009 – Refund of Basketball School tuition

Friday, November 13th, 2009


New Judge Judy 7-1-2009 – Plaintiff sues her son’s former basketball coach for a refund of basketball school tuition


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