IJŽS Vol 4.0 - Žižek on Wagner

Paul A. Taylor, IJŽS General Editor

Background

On Tuesday March 10th, 2009 Slavoj Žižek presented the following talk at the Howard Assembly Room, in Leeds, United Kingdom: "Brunhilde's Act, or, why was it so difficult for Wagner to find a proper ending for his Twilight of the Gods?" The talk was followed by a question and answer session chaired by Prof. Derek B. Scott, Professor of Critical Musicology at the University of Leeds.

This event was organised by Dominic Gray on behalf of Opera North with the co-operation of the University of Leeds and the IJŽS General Editor Paul Taylor who acted as the liaison person for Slavoj Žižek. A detailed paper by Slavoj Žižek upon which this public talk was based, "Brunhilde’s Act," is also provided on the main contents page of this Issue.

An open invitation is extended to those interested parties who would like to contribute short articles/opinion pieces in response to either the public talk and/or the supporting paper.

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Acknowledgements

The video of this event was prepared by a number of past and present staff and students from the Institute of Communications Studies (ICS) at the University of Leeds. It was shot by a group of undergraduate students, directed by Patrick Titley, and edited by Diane Myers and Trevor Pugh - all formerly of ICS. Peter North kindly formatted the final version and Jennifer Howard of Northern Illinois University prepared the final edit for inclusion in the IJŽS site.

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