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 […]
The Italian program at Johns Hopkins and the Department of Italian Studies at Yale are pleased to present the third edition of the Mutamenti graduate symposium to be held in person on October 25-26, 2024 at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. The word “alien” conjures images of little green bipeds, flying saucers, and lunar hoaxes; […]
Un quart de tour: écritures contemporaines aux confins des genres Writing at the Limit from France, 2000-2024 Regional scholars of contemporary French poetry, novel, genre fiction, and intermedial writing discuss the last 25 years of literary production from France. Working papers, each based on a notion or concept, will be presented in French and in […]
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Gilman 479 Ich seh, Ich seh (2014) (released under the English title Goodnight Mommy) depicts the uncanny relationship between twin boys and their mother, recovering from plastic surgery. The situation escalates as the boys begin to doubt their mother’s identity.
Come and join the German Club for coffee, games, and conversation.
Come and join the German Club for coffee, games, and conversation.
Come and join the German Club for coffee, games, and conversation.
Gilman 479 Funny Games (1997) is an Austrian psychological thriller about two young men who hold a family hostage in their vacation home and torture them with sadistic, “funny,” games.
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Come and join the German Club for coffee, games, and conversation.
Gilman 479 The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum (1975) portrays an anxious era in West Germany amid a crumbling postwar political consensus. A young woman, an alleged terrorist, a life falling into ruins. A powerful adaptation of Heinrich Böll’s novel, a stinging commentary on state power, individual freedom, and media manipulation that is as relevant […]