Jasper Johns, Map, 1961
Spring 2025 schedule
April 16: Benjamin Seigle, PhD Student in English, University of Illinois–Chicago
“Thomas Pynchon’s Jewish Question (Is Gravity Jewish?)”
Rosenwald 432, 5:00–6:30 PM
April 23: Sean Weidman, Visiting Assistant Professor of English, University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire
“Robert Frost: A Liberalist Poet in an Era of High Neoliberalism”
Rosenwald 432, 5:00–6:30 PM
May 7: Dana Glaser, Teaching Fellow in English, University of Chicago
“Nonfiction: Toward a positive concept of a negative term”
Rosenwald 432, 5:00–6:30 PM
May 14: R. John Williams, Associate Professor of English and of Film Studies, Yale University
“Garden Pathology”
Rosenwald 432, 5:00–6:30 PM
May 21: Lee Jasperse, Teaching Fellow in English, University of Chicago
“Audre Lorde’s Queer Anaesthetic”
Rosenwald 432, 5:00–6:30 PM
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Our meetings are open to the University of Chicago community and visitors who comply with University of Chicago vaccination requirements. We are committed to making our workshop fully accessible for people with disabilities. Please direct any questions or concerns to the workshop coordinators, Bradford Case (bkcase@uchicago.edu) and Tyler Lutz (tyler.lutz@uchicago.edu).