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Max Kade Professor Caroline Torra-Mattenklott delivers lecture on Döblin and Futurist Painting
“‘Mut zur kinetischen Phantasie’: Studies of Body and Motion in Alfred Döblin’s Wadzeks Kampf mit der Dampfturbine“. In early twentieth-century literature—in the works of Marcel Proust or Franz Kafka, among others—the […]
“In Between” with Ibrahim Miari
“In Between”, The One man show by Ibrahim Miari took place March 8th at The Bloomberg Student Center Theater. “In Between”. A semi-autobiographical one-man show that portrays the complexities and […]
Teresa Kovacs (Indiana) presents on the theater of Florentina Holzinger
In Pulcinella’s Wake: Clitoridian Pleasure and Joyful Caprice in the Theater of Florentina Holzinger Visiting speaker: Teresa Kovacs (Indiana University, Bloomington) April 9th6 PMGilman 479 In recent years, Austrian choreographer, director, and […]
MLL Graduate Student Film Selected by Maryland Film Festival, Screenings April 9th & 12th
THE SHED, a short film directed by Center for Advanced Media Studies liaison and Modern Languages & Literatures graduate student Cla Calabresi, has been officially selected by the Maryland Film […]
Writer Martin Prinz visits JHU
Join us for an open classroom with Martin Prinz, author Die letzten Tage (The Last Days) in conversation with professors Katrin Pahl and Bernadette Wegenstein. Registered attendees will receive an […]
Interview with Prof. Gisela Heffes published in El Nacional, World Literature Today
An interview of MLL’s Prof. Gisela Heffes has been featured in both El Nacional and World Literature Today. Conducted by Claudia Cavallin, the interview discusses Prof. Heffes’ body of work, […]
Visiting Speaker Sarah Pourciau (Duke) speaks on AI, Semiotics, and the Subsymbolic
What are the hidden philosophical assumptions behind modern machine learning? Sarah Pourciau (Duke University) traces contemporary AI back to its 1986 foundations, arguing that the “subsymbolic” approach is best understood […]
Kirk Wetters (Yale) presents on Hans Blumenberg
On February 18, Kirk Wetters presented the annual Graduate Students lecture on the topic of “Hans Blumenberg’s Claims: Toward the Reconstruction of a ‘Secularization Debate’” At the VII. congress of […]
Spring 2026 Film series
***All films will be shown in Gilman 479, starting at 6pm. Pizza and beverages will be provided!***