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Occasional Papers

The Occasional Papers record the conversations of eminent scholars, writers, and artists who have been public speakers at UC Berkeley as guests of the Center.

Selected Titles

  Occasional Paper 17

J.M. Coetzee
The Novel in Africa

Abstract || PDF download

  Occasional Paper 18

Kenzaburô Ôe
On Politics and Literature

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  Occasional Paper 27

Michael Pollan
Cannabis, Forgetting, and the Botany of Desire

Abstract || PDF download

Free copies of the papers are available at the Center’s offices. They are also available by mail for $5.00 each to cover postage and handling. Send a check or money order (payable to “UC Regents”) to The Doreen B. Townsend Center for the Humanities, University of California, 220 Stephens Hall #2340, Berkeley, CA 94720.

 

Authors

Robert Alter
Kwame A. Appiah
T. J. Clark
J.M. Coetzee
Arthur Danto
Mike Davis
Natalie Zemon Davis
Wendy Doniger
Gerald Early
Christina Gillis, ed.
Anthony Grafton
Seamus Heaney
Eva Hoffman
Michael Ignatieff
Stephen Katz
Bert Keizer
Ivan Klima
Maya Lin
Alan Liu
Margaret Lock
Kenzaburô Ôe
Robert Pinsky
Michael Pollan
Sebastião Salgado
Peter Sellars
Maurice Sendak
Kathleen Woodward

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