Past Lectures

POGGIOLI FACULTY/STUDENT COLLOQUIUM

Lectures

6:00 pm

- 8:00 am

Apr

28

Subodh Sarkar: “Allen Ginsberg’s India Connection”

Lectures

1:30 pm

- 3:00 pm

Apr

24

Translating from the Arabic: Iman Humaydan (author) and Michelle Hartman (translator), in conversation with Luke Leafgren

Lectures

3:00 pm

Apr

23

The Sound of Korean Poetry Now: Shin Hae-uk and Oh Eun

Lectures

4:30 pm

- 6:00 pm

Apr

22

SVETLANA BOYM MEMORIAL LECTURE: David Damrosch

Lectures

5:00 pm

- 6:30 pm

Apr

21

Forms of Intelligence: Literary Knowledge in the Age of AI with Rita Raley

Lectures

5:15 pm

Apr

15

Forms of Intelligence: Literary Knowledge in the Age of AI with Patrick Jagoda

Lectures

5:15 pm

Apr

01

2026 RENATO POGGIOLI LECTURE: Michael Roth

Lectures

6:00 pm

Mar

26

Lecture by Professor John T. Hamilton

Lectures

4:00 pm

- 5:30 pm

Mar

26

Georgian Studies Seminar: Zaal Andronikashvili moderated by David Damrosch

Lectures

4:30 pm

- 6:00 pm

Mar

26

Forms of Intelligence: Literary Knowledge in the Age of AI with Markus Krajewski

Lectures

5:00 pm

- 7:00 pm

Mar

11

The Cultural Politics of Imagination: From ‘Paganism’ to Christianity with Panagiotis Roilos

Lectures

5:00 pm

Mar

10

Veronika Tuckerová, “Reading Kafka in Prague”

Lectures

5:30 pm

Mar

03

Sandro Zanetti: Close Reading — Peter Szondi

Lectures

5:00 pm

- 6:30 pm

Mar

02

RETHINKING TRANSLATION: Susannah Wright, Scott McGill Translation Workshop

Lectures

12:00 pm

Feb

19

Forms of Intelligence: Literary Knowledge in the Age of AI with Caroline Levine

Lectures

5:00 pm

Feb

11

The Cultural Politics: Interdisciplinary Perspectives Seminar with Matylda Figlerowicz

Lectures

5:00 pm

- 6:30 pm

Nov

12

MHC Seminar: Wickerwork: On Poetic Translation

Lectures

4:00 pm

- 6:00 pm

Oct

30

RETHINKING TRANSLATION: Author Marek Torčík with Jonathan Bolton and Veronika Tuckerova

Lectures

5:30 pm

- 7:30 pm

Oct

20

MHC Seminars in History of the Book and Rethinking Translation: Nathaniel Hess

Lectures

5:15 pm

- 6:45 pm

Oct

15

Rethinking Translation Seminar: Yassin Adnan and translator Alexander Elinson

Lectures

1:00 pm

- 2:15 pm

Oct

10

Forms of Intelligence Lecture Series: Dennis Yi Tenen

Lectures

4:30 pm

- 6:00 pm

Sep

23

Greek Jews, survivors of the Shoah: Difficult Return and Starting Anew

Lectures

2:00 pm

- 3:30 pm

Apr

30

Talk by Alum: Professor Miriam Udel

Lectures

6:00 pm

- 7:30 pm

Apr

24

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