Sounds Matters in Brazilian Concrete Poetry

Popcretos, 1964-1966: Sound Matters in Brazilian Concrete Poetry Marcelo Nogueira (The Johns Hopkins University) March 27, 5:00 pm Gilman Hall 479 The lecture investigates the dynamic relationship between sound and visual elements in Brazilian concrete poetry, drawing on sonic and literary theory. Emerging in the mid-1950s, concrete poetry marks a pivotal moment in the constructivist […]

Environmental Humanities Research Initiative

Join Environmental Humanities Research Initiative for a Graduate Panel on April 9, 2024 from 5:30pm to 7:30pm in Gilman 108. The panel will be followed by a reception.

Against Joy

The Leonard and Helen R. Stulman Program in Jewish Studies and the Department of Modern Languages & Literatures presents Dr. Sunny Yudkoff, Associate Professor of German and Jewish Studies at University of Wisconsin-Madison. Dr. Yudkoff will be presenting "Against Joy: Yankev Glatshteyn and the threat of Yiddish FREYD" on April 10, 4-5:30pm, in Gilman 479.

A Roudtable Discussion of Voidopolis

A roundtable discussion of Voidopolis with Charlotte Kent (Art History, Montclair State University), Alexey Yurenuv (International Center of Photography, NYC), and Arielle Saiber (Italian Studies, JHU) on April 10th at 6pm in Maryland Hall 110.

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 […]