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Post-Mod
-CJA-PTK-8 · File · 1995-1997
Part of Charles Jencks Archive
Folder for the Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg annotated 'Post-Mod' and 'Invitation 23 Nov'. Includes:
-typescript document titlerd 'Reconsidering Post-Modernism: Portrack Seminar [crossed out] or May 17-19 or June 28-30 with a list of potential participants, annotated
-typescript letter from Douwe Fokkema on Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek headed paper, sending condolences to Charles after Maggie's death and inviting him to read a paper at a forthcoming symposium titled "Postmodernity and Postmodernism', 1996
-typescript letter from Hans Bertens on Universiteit Utrecht headed paper, discussing his contribution to the Portrack seminar and his religious viewpoint, 1997, annotated with Charles' draft reply
-typescript letter from Douwe Fokkema on Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek headed paper, co-ordinating the publication of papers from the symposium in the European Review, 1997, annotated with draft reply; attached letter from Arnold Burgen on European Review headed paper requesting the articles, 1997
-manuscript letter from Douwe Fokkema discussing the European Review, 1997
-manuscript notes, some on the reverse of a timetable for the Academia Europaea 1997 Annual general Meeting, headings include 'Hans', 'Mihály Szegedy-Maszák' and 'Flotzinger'
-photocopy from a publication titled 'Lost Goddesses of Early Greece', annotated 'Research into the myth of Hera: re Olympic Games'
-typescript letter from Hans Bertens to Charles, on Universiteit Utrecht headed paper, making arrangements to meet, 1997
-manuscript letter from Ihan Hassan to Charles on personal headed paper enclosing typescript titled 'The Expense of Spirit in Postmodern Times: Between Nihilism and Belief', 1997
-manuscript fax from Ihab Hassan to Charles agreeing to Charles' topics 'for our little transcontinental chat', 1997
-typescript fax from Umberto Eco's secretary to Charles informing him that Eco is out of the country, 1997
-manuscript fax from Charles to Ihab Hassan with a list of topics he'd like to discuss during a telephone interview, 1997
-manuscript letter from Ihab Hassan to Charles on personal headed paper, enclosing the text of the talk he gave at the ICA which is to be published in Hungarian; enclosed typescript titled 'Postmodern Revisited: a personal account'
-brochure for 'Reconsidering the Postmodern' conference at the ICA, 18 & 19 May 1996; inserted typescript document titled 'Reconstructive Post-Modernism', two copies, one annotated
-postcard advertising a lecture by the architects of RMIT titled 'Re-inventing Storey Hall'
-typescript letter from Hans Bertens to Charles on Universiteit Utrecht headed paper inquiring about the Ghent symposium, 1997, annotated with draft reply
-typescript letter from Academia Europaea inviting Charles to present a lecture during the Postmodernity and Postmodernism seminar with details of lecture length and travel arrangements, 1997
-typescript fax from Charlene Spretnak to Charles, David and Richard discussing a new Library of Congress subject headings for postmodernism, 1997
-fax copy from 'The Culture of Denial' by Chet Bowers discussing David Ray Griffin, Charles Jencks and Charlene Spretnak as a separate tendency in postmodernism, 1996
-typescript letter from Margaret Rose to Charles giving a detail response to What is Post-Modernism 4th edition, 1997
-manuscript fax from Charles to Charlene Spretnak, responding to her fax on the Library of Congress, 1997
-business card from Indra K. Ramanathan, Design Nexus Architect, Malaysia
-fax typescript list of participants in the Portrack Seminar 'Confrontations and Synergies: the Culture Interplay of the Indigenous, the Traditional, the Modern and the Post-Modern' with biographies
-manuscript letter from [Charlene Spretnak] enclosing a copy of her published 'Embodied, Embedded Philosophy' to be circulated to participants at the next seminar
-review of Anthony Giddens' 'Modernity and Self-Identity' by Alan Ryan from the TLS 10 Jan 1992, annotated
-review of Anthony Giddens' The Consequences of Modernity' by Richard Sennett from the TLS 8 Feb 1991, annotated
-typescript fax from Richard Falk to Charles confirming participants for the next seminar [Portrack Seminar 8]
-manuscript fax from Charles to Charlene making arrangements for the seminar
-typescript letter from David Griffin on School of Theology at Claremont headed paper to Charles, Charlene and Richard discussing the proposals for a conference on Reconsidering Postmodernism, 1995
-typescript fax from Charles to Richard Falk, David Ray Griffin and Charlene Spretnak updating them on plans for The Post-Modern Reconsidered at the ICA, 1995
-typescript fax from Richard Falk to Charles, mentioning his recent travels and particularly the influence of post-modernism on Tokyo, 1995, annotated with draft reply
-handout from Siobhán Hapaska's exhibition 'Saint Christopher's Legless' [at the ICA]
-manuscript [fax] from Charles to Richard Falk, discussing the Portrack seminars and his recent work and reading, 1995
-typescript fax from Richard Falk to Charles thanking him for the Portrack semimnar, 1995
-manuscript fax list of names, annotated
-typescript fax from Charlene Spretnak to Richard Falk, cc Charles discussing themes, participants, dates and logistics for the forthcoming seminar [Portrack Seminar 8], 1995
-typescript fax from Richard Falk to Charles, cc Charlene Spretnak, suggesting title, dates and participants for the next seminar [Portrack Seminar 8], 1995, annotated
-fax typescript and annotated list of Portrack seminar [8] participants and the rooms they've been assigned, annotated
CJA-PTK-2 · File · 1994-1995
Part of Charles Jencks Archive

Contents of a folder labelled '7: P-M Ecology: Portrack Sem. March 10-12 1995'.

Includes:
-fax from R to Charles, typescript titled 'How is meaning grounded: implications of the embodied mind', proposal for the Portrack conference in Santa Monica by George Lakoff and Mark Johnson, 1993
-manuscript notes on yellow lined paper, headings include: Mark Johnson; Children; Transformation; Just war; Consciousness raising
-manuscript notes on plain white paper, headings include [illegible] war; Paul Davies; Danah Zohar; list of names and addresses for Portrack seminar 7-10 Sep 1992 [Charlene Spretnak; Peter Saunders; Catherine Keller; Richard Falk; Charles and Maggie; Mae-Wan Ho; Danah Zohar + Ian Marshall; David Giffin/Ann Jaqua; Paul Davies; Evolution/Physics; Potential Coherence; History of Patriarchy/history of Feminism; Katherine Keller [sic]; Ecological/Quantum/Cosmological Post-Modernism; next summer.
-fax from Billy Grassie to Charles, suggesting a structure for a book on Post-Modern Ecology, 1995
-photocopy book review by Erik Davis titled 'It ain't easy being green: eco meets pomo', Voice Literary Supplement, 1995
-typescript titled 'Portrack Seminars' with a list of seminars, dates and participants
-typescript memo from Michael Zimmerman to colleagues at the Tulane University Department of Philosophy with details of the forthcoming Portrack seminar including a schedule, overview of topics and how the seminar will be structured.Includes a list of participants with biographies [annotated]
-fax from Billy Grassie to Charles requesting feedback on the introduction typescript titled 'Towards a Postmodern Ecology: a report on the March 1995 Seminar' attached, annotated, 1995
-manuscript letter on Michael E. Zimmerman headed paper to Charles and Maggie thanking them for the seminar, 1995
-manuscript notes on yellow lined paper headed 'Portrack March 10-12, 1995'
-photocopies from 'Educating for an Ecologically Sustainable Culture: Rethinking Moral Education, Creativity, Intelligence, and other Modern Orthodoxies', 1995, and 'Critical Essays on Education, Modernity, and the Recovery of the Ecological Imperative',1993, with covering typescript letter from Chet Bowers to the other seminar participants on Portland State University headed paper, 1995
-typescript letter on William Grassie headed paper to the other seminar participants introducing his work, 1995
-manuscript [fax] from Charles to Michael Zimmerman on UCLA headed paper suggesting reading, 1995
-typescript titled 'Reinventing Nature: the problem of the literal and the figurative' by Billy Grassie with presentation outline, annotated, 1995
-typescript titled 'Michael Soulé - comments for Jencks meeting in Los Angeles', annotated
-typescript [fax] from Charles to colleagues, on UCLA headed paper, with practical arrangements for the Portrack seminar
-typescript and manuscript faxes [some badly faded] between Charles and Michael Zimmerman discussing the difficulties of arranging the seminar and suggesting participants, 1994
-typescript letter from Richard Falk to Charles listing expenses and making suggestions on future meetings, 1995