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Comparative Literature's Commencement Reception 2009
Reception for Comparative Literature's graduating students and their families. Read More
Date: 05/01/2009; 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM
Location: Kalamazoo Room 2nd Floor, Michigan League
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SPRING CONFERENCE: COMPARATIVE EARLY MODERNITIES: 1100-1800
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Date: 04/17/2009 to 04/18/2009; 9:00AM to 5:00PM
Location: Hussey Room, Michigan League University of Michigan
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On Translating African Poetry: A Conversation with Sekepe Matjila and Keith Taylor
Sekepe Matjila and Keith Taylor will talk about the translation of Setswana poetry by LD Raditladi, who combines indigenous African and Western influences in his poems. Matjila is Director... Read More
Date: 04/14/2009; 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM
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Lecture with Denise Ferreira da Silva
Rivers of Blood: Raciality, Violence, and the Possibility of Global Justice Read More
Date: 04/01/2009; 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM
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On Translating Romanian Poetry: A Conversation with Liliana Ursu and Sean Cotter
Translation lunch on Romanian Poetry. Read More
Date: 03/31/2009; 12:00 PM to 1:30 PM
Location: 2024 Tisch Hall
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Workshop with Wendy Doniger: Translating Asian Literature
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Date: 03/25/2009; 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM
Location: 2024 Tisch Hall
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The 13th Annual Comparative Literature Intra-Student Faculty Forum
What does "the abnormal" refer to? How is our understanding of the term mediated by cultural, legal or religious practices, and institutions? What are the social, political, and historical implications of thinking in terms of norms? And finally, what is t Read More
Date: 03/13/2009 to 03/14/2009; 1:00PM to 3:00PM
Location: East Conference RoomRackham Building
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Lecture with Lorna Hardwick: The Democratic Turn in Reception Studies
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Date: 03/05/2009; 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM
Location: 2175 Angell Hall
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A Conversation wiith Rachel Tzvia Back: Translating Hebrew Poetry
This conversation will focus on the translation on modern hebrew poetry with Rachel Tzvia Back.This event is sponsored by the Department of Compartative Literature and the Department of Judiac Studies at the University of Michigan. Read More
Date: 03/03/2009; 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM
Location: 2024 Tisch Hall
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Research Seminar with Haiping Yang: Chinese Women Writers and the Feminist Imagination
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Date: 02/18/2009; 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM
Location: 2015 Tisch Hall
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The Fruits of Labor: Abolitionist Rhetoric and the Law of the Free Womb in Nineteenth Century Brazilian Fiction
Jessica CallawayVisiting Lecturer, CAAS, RLL, and LACSComparative Literature Ph.D., Harvard University Read More
Date: 02/04/2009; 4:00PM to 6:00PM
Location: CAAS Conference Room, 4701 Haven Hall
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ON "THEORY" IN THE UNIVERSITY
A Conversation with Professor Stephen Melville, Co-sponsored by German and Comparative Literature Read More
Date: 01/23/2009; 2:00PM to 4:00PM
Location: German Conference Room, 3308 MLB
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Comparative Literature's Holiday Reception 2008
Comp Lit's celebration of the end of the semester and beginning of the holidays. Read More
Date: 12/12/2008; 4:00PM to 6:00PM
Location: TBA
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The Ethics of Translation
Two Roundtable Discussions, co-sponsored by the Department of Comparative Literature, the MFA Program in Creative Writing, the Modern Greek Program, and the Center for Russian and Eastern European Studies. Please check back later for updates. Read More
Date: 12/05/2008; 10:30AM to 3:30PM
Location: 3222 Angell Hall
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Invasion: The Use and Abuse of Comparative History
Discussion of the situation in the United States today and that of empires in the past. Read More
Date: 11/21/2008; 4:00PM to 6:00PM
Location: Aud. D, Angell Hall
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Comparative Literature Concentrator Open House
Comparative Literature invites you for treats on us while you consider the options available to you as a Comp Lit Concentrator. Read More
Date: 10/31/2008; 3:30PM to 5:00PM
Location: 2015 Tisch Hall
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GELS Lecture by Zeynep Celik
Empire, Modernity, and the City: A Comparative Analysis Read More
Date: 10/23/2008; 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM
Location: Koessler Room, Michigan League
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Aamir Mufti: Orientalism and the Institution of World Literatures
Lecture co-sponsored by Comparative Literature. Read More
Date: 09/25/2008; 12:00PM to 1:30PM
Location: 3222 Angell Hall
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Comparative Literature's Fall Reception 2008
Comparative Literature's Fall Reception for new and returning students, faculty and staff. Read More
Date: 09/12/2008; 2:30PM to 4:00PM
Location: 2015 Tisch Hall, Comparative Literature's Library
