List, Michael Shapiro and I attended the first of the lectures in the seminar series which Fernando Zalamea is giving at Pratt in New York City. For now I'll only say that this seminar will, I believe, prove to be a substantial gift to practitioners and students of mathematics, philosophy, cultural studies, art, literature, music, etc.
As you saw in the announcement Ben posted, the lectures will be held every Tuesday and Wednesday in October with a concluding Round Table discussion on Saturday, October 24th. Unfortunately, because of schedule conflicts I will be unable to attend all the seminar events but, fortunately, the slides for each lecture will be offered after each lecture at this site: https://zalameaseminarnyc.wordpress.com/ The lectures themselves are expected to be posted at this site http://thenewcentre.org/seminars/ some time in the future. We'll let you know when they become available. The first lecture was, naturally, an overview of the seminar. Suffice it to say that I'm glad I'd done a little self-study in topology a few years ago. While Zalamea promised to say some things directed to non-mathematicians in the course of the series, this first lecture was necessarily mathematics heavy. Other lectures promise to find cultural applications of the mathematical concepts being considered. The specifically Peirce-related lecture will be the third on Wednesday, Oct. 14th. Best, Gary [image: Gary Richmond] *Gary Richmond* *Philosophy and Critical Thinking* *Communication Studies* *LaGuardia College of the City University of New York* *C 745* *718 482-5690* On Tue, Sep 29, 2015 at 3:43 PM, Benjamin Udell <bud...@nyc.rr.com> wrote: > Lists, > > Jeffrey Brian Downard tells us, and suggests that we announce to peirce-l > and the biosemiotics list, that *Fernando Zalamea* is giving a series of > lectures in NYC starting next week, and is applying ideas from Peirce's > mathematical work to logic in questions in contemporary culture theory. > > Below is the information from the final flier (2*.*5MB, & much larger in > email) that Zalamea sent to Downard and which I've posted at > <http://www.iupui.edu/%7Earisbe/menu/library/aboutcsp/zalamea/zalamea-flier.jpg> > http://www.iupui.edu/~arisbe/menu/library/aboutcsp/zalamea/zalamea-flier.jpg > . > > ------------------------------ > Grothendieck > and a Theory of > Contemporary > Transgression A Lecture Series with Philosopher of Mathematics > *Fernando Zalamea* > Professor of Mathematics at > Universidad Nacional de Colombia > > The lectures will introduce the groundbreaking work of 20th Century French > mathematician Alexander Grothendieck in relation to the work of C.S. > Peirce, Novalis, Florensky, Warburg, P. Valery, theories of topoi and > sheaves, networks, art, and music, towards a generalized theory of > transgression for mathematics, philosophy, and contemporary culture in our > transmodern world. > > *Lectures* > 6:30-8:30 pm Wed/Thur > Oct. 7, 8, 14, 15, 21, 22 > > *Final Rountable Event * > 6:00-9:00 pm Sat Oct. 24 > Rountable including > Reza Negarestani, Christopher Vitale, Guerino Mazzola, and other guests. > > *Pratt Manhattan Campus* > 144 West 14th Street, > Room 213 (2nd Floor) > Room 702 (7th Floor) > The Graduate Program in Media Studies > > For more information, including the specific rooms to be used session, as > well as a list of seminar topics by date, > please see the seminar website at > <https://zalameaseminarnyc.wordpress.com> > https://zalameaseminarnyc.wordpress.com > Or contact Christopher Vitale at cvit...@pratt.edu > > *Pratt * > ------------------------------ > > > More information can be found at: > https://zalameaseminarnyc.wordpress.com/ > <http://blog.urbanomic.com/urbanomic/archives/2015/09/zalamea-grothen.html> > http://blog.urbanomic.com/urbanomic/archives/2015/09/zalamea-grothen.html > > <http://thenewcentre.org/seminars/grothendieck-a-theory-of-contemporary-transgression/> > http://thenewcentre.org/seminars/grothendieck-a-theory-of-contemporary-transgression/ > > Some important information from <https://zalameaseminarnyc.wordpress.com/> > https://zalameaseminarnyc.wordpress.com/ > > [....] Due to a large number of RSVPs, we have been able to reserve a > larger room for the majority of the events (on Oct. 7, 15, 21, 22, 24), but > on those days in which we are in the smaller room (Oct. 8, 14), seating > will be limited due to fire safety, and available for those who arrive > first. > > Room Locations: Room 213, 2nd Floor (seats 90): Opening Session on Oct. 7; > Session meetings on Oct. 15, 21, 22; Final Roundtable on Oct. 24. > > Room 702, 7th Floor (seats 22): Session meetings on Oct. 8, 14. > > No registration is required, all the events are free and open to the > public. In order for us to best estimate attendance, however, please send > an email to let us know if you plan to attend one or more sessions. Send > this email, along with any questions, to Christopher Vitale of The > Graduate Program in Media Studies at Pratt at cvit...@pratt.edu . > > Zalamea is the author of such books as: > > Synthetic Philosophy of Contemporary Mathematics (Urbanomic, 2012) > > Peirce's Logic of Continuity: A Conceptual and Mathematical Approach > (Docent, 2012) > http://www.iupui.edu/~arisbe/newbooks.htm#zalamea > > Los gráficos existenciales peirceanos. Sistemas de lógicas diagramáticas > de continuo: horosis, tránsitos, reflejos, fondos. [Peircean > Existential Graphs: Systems of Diagrammatic Logics of the Continuum: > Horosis, Transits, Reflections, Bases.] (Universidad Nacional de Colombia, > 2010). > <http://www.iupui.edu/%7Earisbe/newbooks.htm#zalamea2010> > http://www.iupui.edu/~arisbe/newbooks.htm#zalamea2010 > > Ariadna y Penélope: Redes y Mixturas en el Mundo Contemporáneo [Ariadne > and Penelope: Networks and Mixtures in the Contemporary World ] (Ediciones > Nobel, 2004). > > Best regards, > > Ben Udell, PEIRCE-L co-manager, for myself and Gary Richmond, PEIRCE-L > moderator & co-manager. > > > ----------------------------- > PEIRCE-L subscribers: Click on "Reply List" or "Reply All" to REPLY ON > PEIRCE-L to this message. PEIRCE-L posts should go to > peirce-L@list.iupui.edu . To UNSUBSCRIBE, send a message not to PEIRCE-L > but to l...@list.iupui.edu with the line "UNSubscribe PEIRCE-L" in the > BODY of the message. More at http://www.cspeirce.com/peirce-l/peirce-l.htm > . > > > > > >
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