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Recon - PM
-CJA-PTK-13 · File · 1992-1997
Part of Charles Jencks Archive
Contents of a folder labelled 'Recon P-M'. Includes:
-typescript titled 'Jencks Interview: post-modernism: a whole full of holes', with a covering letter from Charles to Alison Lee, University of Western Ontario, enclosing the edited transcript of the interview and a floppy disc [not included], 1996
-manuscript note, address for Victor Anderson
-fax from Hans Bertens to Charles, making arrangements to meet, 1997
-typescript letter on Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek headed paper to participants of the symposium 'Postmodernity and Postmodernism' of the Academia Europea including arrangements for slides and audio cassettes and the potential of publication, 1997
-typescript faxes from Linda Hutcheon to Charles, annotated with Charles' manuscript reply; making arrangements to meet, 1997
-typescript fax from Richard Falk on Princeton University headed paper to Charles, David Griffin and Charlene Spretnak, following up from the seminar; typescript fax reply from Charlene discussing the potential of a publication; manuscript fax from Charlene to Charles discussing the publication; manuscript fax from Charles to Charlene and Richard discussing the publications, 1996
-manuscript letter from [Ihab Hassan] on Ritz Paris headed paper thanking Charles for the hospitality at 19 Lansdowne Walk and sending a cutting, 1997
-published article 'Is modern literature post-Christian' by Michael Alexander from The Tablet, 8 June 1996
-manuscript letter on University of Durham from Pat Waugh to Charles, withdrawing from the symposium for personal reasons
-typescript titled 'Post-modern Science and Post-Christianity' by Charles, annotated
-cutting from the International Herald Tribune titled 'A Fight to the Finish in European Pay-TV', 22 Mar 1996, annotated
-manuscript note relating to Alan Read's hotel booking
-typescript [copy letter or fax?] on Universiteit Utrecht headed paper from Hans Bertrens to Charles, discussing ideas for reconsidering postmodernism, with a focus on democratization, 1996, attached manuscript note relating to Bertens' expenses
-manuscript notes of potential titles, guests and menu
-typescript titled 'reconsidering Post-modernism: Three day seminar, London, ICA, May 17-19', heavily annotated on reverse
-copy typescript titled 'Reconsidering the Postmodern at the ICA Bookshop' wth a list of titles, authors and prices, annotated with availability
-manuscript notes headed 'Margaret Rose - Value of PM culture'
-typescript titled 'Reconsidering the Post-Modern: convened by Charles Jencks and the Portrack Seminars' with programme of speakers annotated 'Urgent - Fax to Helen [illegible] for book cover', heavily annotated on reverse
-printed flyer for 'reconsidering the Postmodern' as part of the ICA Talks programme, annotated 'Fax to Mrs Charlene Spretnak', heavily annotated on reverse
-typescript fax [faded] from 'secretary' to Dionne King, ICA, sending faxes from Ihab Hassan, Anthony Giddens and Patricia Waugh for the booklet, 1996
-cutting titled 'Listed to Zyuganov sing the old song of Russian nationalism'
-manuscript notes headed 'PM Science + P-Christianity'.
-typescript titled 'reconsidering Post-modernism: Three day seminar, London, ICA, May 17-19',
-typescript letter on personal headed paper from Ihab Hassan to Charles, thanking him for sending The Post-Modern reader, for his invitation, and his comments on postmodernism [postmodernism as a multi-lectic of polylogue with other traditions], as well as confirming his travel dates, 1992
-typescript fax (faded) from Ihab Hassan, confirming his schedule and discussing postmodernism, 1996
-manuscript letter on personal headed paper from [Fred Halliday], thanking Charles for the evening at his home and mentioning meeting Richard Falk, 1996; encloses a copy review of his book; also attached are a cutting with a review of Halliday's book
-manuscript notes on the reverse of a ICA Talks printe dflyer for 'Reconsidering the Postmodern', annotated
-typescript fax [faded] from Alison, UWO English Dept, sending Linda's contact details and discussing an edited interview, 1996
-typescript titled 'Postmodern Life: A Critical Anthology' with table of contents and a brief of summary of each chapter
-empty card folder labelled 'Post-Mod Science & Post-Christianity'; labelled on reverse 'to Richard Weinstein from C Jencks'
-manuscript fax from Ihab Hassan, sending consolations, detaling his schedule and discussing 'the forms that the spirit takes im postmodern life', 1994
-copy hand-drawn map of directions to Portrack House on yellow paper
-typescript fax (faded) from Matthew Fox via Marie Devlin, to Charles, confirming Matt's travel arrangements, 1994
-typescript letter from Rob Burns on University of Warwick Department of German Studies headed paper, seeking permission to reproduce a photograph by Charles in a forthcoming book, 1994
-typescript fax from Dr Patrick Curry requesting a copy of a letter that Charles wrote to the TLS on postmodernism, 1994
-typescript fax (faded) from the Journalof Contemporary Religion, thanking Charles for agreeing to speak at their conference on 'Dissent and Change' to be held at King's College London, 1994
-typescript fax from Ian Mackinlay on Ian Mackinlay Architecture headed paper requesting Charles to write a letter in support of his nomination of Shin Takamatsu as an Honorary Fellow of the AIA, 1994
-manuscript letter from Margaret [Rose] to Charles, enclosing photocopies of a letter and publications [in Chinese] by Zhang Boying, Tianjin Aacdemy of Social Sciences. The publications include [titles translated by the author] 'Three problems about Chinese aesthetics' (1991); 'Study on Chinese painting aesthetics' (1987); 'The Encyclopedia of Aesthetics (part entries)' (1990)
-manuscript notes on phone message slip
-photocopy from an unknown publication 'The Blind Men and the Elephant' by John Godfrey Saxe
-typescript letter from Alison [Lee] on The University of Western Ontario headed paper discussing Jurassic Park, a 'DG interview' [David Griffin] and relaying anecdotes about a trip to France to see Le Tholonet [with a letter of introduction from Maggie] and attend a conference; [attached are several pages of notes on the interview but without the interview itself], 1993
-manuscript letter from Margaret Rose to Charles, enclosing a letter and business card in Chinese
-typescript titled 'Post-modern architecture and time fusion' by Charles
-copy typescript letter on personal headed paper fro Charles to Mr Zimmerman, Hochschule for Architektur and Bauwesen, apologising for leaving the conference early and offering to publish some of the papers in Architectural Design, 2992
-typescript letter from Robert Jay Lifton on The Graduate School and University Center of The City University of New York headed paper sending a draft outline of the forthcoming Wellfleet meeting, with a postscript relating to Charles' travel plans, 1996
-proofs for correction of Charles' essay 'Postmodern Architecture and Time Fusion'
-brochure for Insight Media's Religion & Philosophy on Video' address to Charlene Spretnak and annotated 'clippings for Charles', with inserted cuttings and photocopies
-typescript fax from Charles to Professor Alison Lee, University of Western Ontario, requesting next steps on the interview, 1996
-typescript letter from [Alison Lee] to Charles on The University of Western Ontario headed paper, giving personal news alongside information about the publication of Charles' interview, 1994
-typescript letter from Prof. Dr. Bertalan Pethö on Platon Press, Hungary headed paper, requesting an update to Charles' contribution for the second edition of 'The Postmodern' to be published in Hungarian, 1996
-brochure for 'Reconsidering the Postmodern' conference at the ICA, 18 & 19 May 1996
-typescript titled 'Postmodern Life: table of contents' including 'Some Preliminary afterthoughts on Postmodernism - Charles Jencks (UCLA) with Alison Lee'
-typescript letter from [Alison Lee] to Charles on The University of Western Ontario headed paper, making arrangements for an interview, 1992
-typescript letter from A.M. Lee and Thomas Carmichael to Charles on The University of Western Ontario headed paper, inviting a contribution to a forthcoming volume titled 'Postmodern Life' [published as Postmodern times : a critical guide to the contemporary, 2000], 1992
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
3: Metaphor and Grounding
CJA-PTK-5 · File · 1992-1995
Part of Charles Jencks Archive

Contents of a folder labelled '#3 Metaphor + Grounding'. The file consists mostly of correspondence from Charlene Spretnak, including:
-typescript letter on personal headed paper thanking Charles and Maggie for the hospitality and sending gifts, 1992
-manuscript letter on Grand Hôtel Jeanne-d'arc headed paper discussing plans to meet with Jonathon Porritt, 1992
-typescript letter discussing Matt [Matthew Fox], Petra [Kelly] and Gert [Bastian]; proposal for Charlene to speak to Charles' students at UCLA; proposal for future conferences [seminars] and suggestions of participants; suggests of interviewees for Charles' books on cosmology; request to delete material from their interview together on her spritual background, 1992
-typescript letter to Charles and Maggie sending cuttings and giving personal news, 1992
-manuscript letter on personal headed paper, confirms meeting with Wm. Irwin Thompson (Bill) and making other arrangements to meet, 1993
-manuscript letter on personal headed paper, sending a draft of an article 'Radical nonduality in ecofeminist philosophy', 1993
-manuscript letter on personal headed paper, sending cuttings and referring to their visit to SF, 1993
-manuscript letter on personal headed paper, sending cuttings and making suggestions for future conferences [seminars], 1993
-manuscript letter to Charles and Maggie on personal headed paper, sending a clipping for Charles and discussing a Vipassana retreat with Maggie, 1994
-typescript fax on personal headed paper, suggesting participants for the 'Reconsidering the Post-Modern' conference [seminar], 1995
-typescript fax on personal headed paper, sent to participants of the Symposium, discussing the relevant pages of her books in relation to postmodernism, 1992

Folder also includes:
-typescript form letter from Charles, on UCLA headed paper, to particpants of the 'Portrack Seminar' in Santa Monica March 1993, giving arrival instructions, 1993
-typescript fax proposal for Santa Monica seminar titled 'How is Meaning Grounded?: implications of the embodied mind' on California Institute of Integral Studies headed paper, 1993
-photocopied newspaper articles on Petra Kelly and Gern Bastian
-programme for the Bay Area Memorial Service for Petra Kelly and Gert Bastian, 1992
-manuscript notes, post-it notes and 'while you were out' messages
-handwritten list of contract details
-blank form for Charles' AUP 289-7 The Post-Modern Breakthrough course with a table headed 'Chaos Theory - Complexity theories - Los Angeles - Religion - Feminism'
-flyer for Charlene Spretnak's 'States of Grace' book
-flyer for William Irwin Thompson's classes at California Institute of Integral Studies, 1993