University of California, Irvine, International Center for Humanistic Discourses records, 1992-2000

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Summary

Creators:

International Center for Humanistic Discourses

Abstract:

This collection includes records for the operation of the International Center for Humanistic Discourses at the University of California, Irvine in the 1990s. Forms of materials include published papers, conference summaries, conference transcripts, correspondence, conference planning papers, the Humboldt grant proposal, member rosters, audio cassette recordings, photographs, and one VHS.

Extent:

3.2 Linear Feet (5 boxes)

Language:

English .

Preferred citation:

University of California, Irvine, International Center for Humanistic Discourses records. MS-C021. Special Collections and Archives, The UC Irvine Libraries, Irvine, California. Date accessed.

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Background

Scope and content:

Biographical / historical:

The International Center for Humanistic Discourses at the University of California, Irvine, was created to study "the cultural function of the humanistic discourses and, more particularly, the constitutive contribution of the arts to the formation of culture." ICHD was established by a grant from the Alexander Von Humboldt Foundation with matching support from UC Irvine. Principal investigators were Murray Krieger and Wolfgang Iser, but members of the center included Hazard Adams, Ernst Behler, Hendrik Birus, Jacques Derrida, J. Hillis Miller, K. Ludwig Pfeiffer, Bill Readings, Pauline Yu, and Wang Ching-hsien.

ICHD organized the The International Conference on Humanistic Discourses, held in 1994 (April 3-8) at UC Irvine, 1995 at UC Irvine, 1996 (September 16-20) in Munich, 1997 (October 5-11) in Seattle, and 1999 (April 7-9) at UC Irvine. Papers from the 1994, 1995, and 1996 conferences were published in the online journal Surfaces (University of Montreal).

Acquisition information:

Gift of J. Hillis Miller, 2010.

Processing information:

Minimally processed by Kimberly Gallon, 2015.

Arrangement:

This collection is arranged in the following three series:

Planning and conference material, circa 1990-2005 (bulk circa 1994-1996), 1.5 linear feet
Conference recordings and transcripts,1993-2009, 1 linear foot
Publications, 1993-2009, 0.4 linear foot

Rules or conventions:

Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Indexed terms

Subjects:: Critical theory -- Audio-visual aids.
Critical theory -- Archives.
Names:: International Conference for Humanistic Discourses
Krieger, Murray
Derrida, Jacques
Miller, J. Hillis (Joseph Hillis)

Access and use

Restrictions:

The collection is open for research.

Terms of access:

Property rights reside with the University of California. Copyrights are generally retained by the creators of the records and their heirs, unless transferred to the University of California. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where the UC Regents do not hold the copyright.

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