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 […]
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.
Come and join the German Club for coffee, games, and conversation.
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 […]
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.
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 […]
Come and join the German Club for coffee, games, and conversation.
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.