Spring 2021 Schedule

Monday, April 5th @ 4:30-6pm CT  |  Leif Turner

Master’s Student, MAPH, University of Chicago

“‘Us’ in theory: Starvation, Reciprocity, and the Subjunctive in Meville’s ‘Bartelby, The Scrivener’ and Gide’s La Porte Étroite”

 

Monday, April 12th @ 4:30-6pm CT  |  Sunwoo Lee

PhD Candidate, Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, University of Chicago

“Pain in Middle Egyptian Literary Narratives”

 

Monday, April 26th  @ 4:30-6pm CT  |  Michelle Chow

Master’s Student, MAPH, University of Chicago

“Asian Contagion: Labor, Illness, and Affect in Ling Ma’s Severance”

 

Monday, May 3rd @ 4:30-6pm CT  | Maïté Marciano 

PhD Candidate, Comparative Literature & Department of French and Italian, Northwestern University

“The Politics of Disaffection in The Stranger: a Modern Flat Voice”

 

Monday, May 10th, 4:30-6pm CT  | Paul Cato

PhD Candidate, Social Thought, University of Chicago

“Love as a ‘Quest and Daring and Growth’: Bearing Witness to Active Love in James Baldwin’s The Fire Next Time.”

 

Monday, May 17th, 4:30-6pm CT  | To Be Announced

 

Monday, May 24th, 4:30-6pm CT  | To Be Announced

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