“Playing the Fool”: The Essay as Dialectical Performance

Name: “Playing the Fool”: The Essay as Dialectical Performance
Start: 2025-04-28T13:00:00+03:00
End: 2025-04-28T14:30:00+03:00
Location: ECLT Conference Room 1104, Alwaleed Hall

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Mon, Apr 28, 2025

1 PM – 2:30 PM (GMT+3)

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ECLT Conference Room 1104, Alwaleed Hall

AUC Avenue, P.O. Box 74, New Cairo, 11835, Egypt

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Join us for a special lecture by Paul Keen from Carleton University titled “Playing the Fool”: The Essay as Dialectical Performance, exploring the essay as a performative and self-reflective genre.

In this talk, Keen will explore the essay as a genre that blends performance with critical inquiry. He will discuss how its self-reflective and performative nature has historically challenged distinctions between public and private knowledge. Situating his analysis within a broader critical tradition, Keen’s lecture offers insights into how the essay functions as a dialectical tool for questioning and reshaping intellectual discourse.

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