Event Details
Date(s): |
Oct 10, 2015 |
Time(s): |
10:30 am - 12:30 pm |
Location: |
UCLA Law School Building, Room 2442 |
Event Description
In addition to this seminar, Paul Cantor will be giving a lecture on October 8 entitled “Robinson Crusoe and the Enlightenment Spirit of Capitalism”. For more information on this seminar, please visit the event page.
Paul Cantor will be leading a seminar on Shakespeare’s famous play The Merchant of Venice.
Registration for the seminar is free and open to the public. However, because capacity is limited, advance enrollment is necessary. This will be done primarily on a first come, first served basis. Readings will be distributed in advance to participants, who will be expected to read them and participate actively in the discussion. A pizza lunch will be delivered at the end of the seminar. To enroll, please e-mail Professor Daniel Lowenstein at lowenstein@law.ucla.edu
Paul Cantor is the Clifton Waller Barrett Professor of English at the University of Virginia. He specializes in Comparative Literature, Renaissance, and Romanticism. He is the author of several books, including The Invisible Hand in Pop Culture, Literature and the Economics of Liberty, Gilligan Unbound: Pop Culture in the Age of Globalization. In the Fall of 2o12, Dr. Cantor was the Visiting Professor of Government at Harvard University. He earned his A.B. in English Literature from Harvard in 1966, and his Ph.D. in English Literature from Harvard in 1971.
Professor Cantor’s appearance is part of CLAFI’s ongoing Commercial Republic Project, which is conducted in partnership with the Jack Miller Center and made possible by the support of a grant from the John Templeton Foundation. For more information on the Commercial Republic Project, click here.
