Non-Literary Fiction: Lecture by Esther Gabara

The Department of Modern Languages and Literatures and the Program in Latin American, Caribbean, and Latinx Studies are pleased to present Esther Gabara (Duke University) for a talk and conversation about her new book Non-literary Fiction: Art of the Americas under Neoliberalism (University of Chicago Press, 2022). With Non-literary Fiction, Gabara examines how contemporary art produced across […]

Talk by Prof. Hélène Merlin-Kajman

The Centre Louis Marin and the program in French are pleased to host Prof. Hélène Merlin-Kajman of Université Sorbonne Nouvelle Paris 3/Institut universitaire de France for a talk in French entitled "Pour un partage transitionnel de la littérature" on Thursday, Sept. 19, at 5:00 p.m. in Gilman Hall 479.

German Film Series: Berlin Alexanderplatz (2020)

Gilman 479 Berlin Alexanderplatz (2020) is the third adaptation of Alfred Döblin's influential 1929 novel of the same name. This iteration transposes the story to modern day Berlin with an undocumented immigrant from West Africa in the central role. It was selected to compete for the Golden Bear in the main competition section at the […]

AGHI New Faculty Lecture: Gisela Heffes

Nutritive Aesthetics: Knitting Gardens of Hope in Contemporary Latin America A tissue, in Spanish tejido, is defined as a set of cells that form a structural part of a living thing. A tejido is also a material fabric that involves careful and artisanal work. Blankets are woven objects that warm us up in the cold in […]