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REMEMBERING JACQUES DERRIDA

ABOUT THIS SITE
Jacques Derrida died in Paris on Friday, October 8, 2004. The first occasion for this site was an obituary published by the New York Times on October 10, 2004, deemed by many of Jacques' colleagues, friends, and supporters to be unjust, disrespectful, and unbalanced. A letter written by Samuel Weber and Kenneth Reinhard to the New York Times quickly gathered so many signatures that we realized a web site was needed to record the names of those who wished to be heard.

The list includes professors and students, architects and designers, poets, novelists and playwrights, musicians and artists. The length and diversity of the list indicates the broad impact that Derrida’s work has had on so many corners of intellectual and artistic life. The School of Humanities at the University of California, Irvine is proud to host this site in honor of its esteemed Distinguished Professor, who served our graduate programs for so many years.


 

LETTERS TO THE NEW YORK TIMES IN RESPONSE TO OBITUARY FOR JACQUES DERRIDA

The following letter was published by the NY Times and signed by Samuel Weber and Kenneth Reinhard on behalf of the collective signatories:

WEBER REINHARD LETTER

Since establishing the site, we have received numerous other letters that people had sent to the New York Times. Below is a selection of these documents.


ON BEHALF OF MEMBERS OF THE UCI COMMUNITY:
Letter to the New York Times

YVE-ALAIN BOIS
Letter to the New York Times

JUDITH BUTLER
Letter to the New York Times and Additional Statement on Legacy of JD

LARS ENGLE
Letter to the New York Times

ALEX GELLEY
Letter to the New York Times

DENIS HOLLIER
Letter to the New York Times

STEPHEN MELVILLE
Letter to the New York Times

JOAN SCOTT
Letter to the New York Times

GAYATRI SPIVAK
Letter to the New York Times

ELIZABETH WEED
Letter to the New York Times

SUZANNE GUERLAC
Letter to the New York Times

 

ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS AND DOCUMENTS
(selected)

MARK TAYLOR
New York Times Op-Ed Piece

ETIENNE BALIBAR
A demain, Jacques Derrida

ARTICLE IN THE NATION BY ROSS BENJAMIN

UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO TRIBUTE