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Latin America, Africa, and the Global Dimension of Literature

Download Flyer   Latin America, Africa, and the Global Dimension of Literature A roundtable discussion with: Jorge Volpi,  Pedro Ángel Palou, and Sami Tchak In this panel Jorge Volpi, Pedro Ángel Palou, and Sami Tchak, three distinguished writers from Latin America and Africa will discuss the current interest in World literature and debate the tensions […]

CAS Linguistics Program presents Lisa Matthewson

Lisa Matthewson, University of British Columbia,”Cross-linguistic semantics: Methods and results”Thursday, March 7, 2013 at 5:30 pmBU – KCB room 106Abstract:With the majority of the world’s languages in danger of extinction, it is important to gather information about cross-linguistic diversity, while there is still time. In this talk I present a ‘how-to’ guide to conducting cross-linguistic […]

Voice and Voicelessness in Medieval Europe and Beyond

Voice and Voicelessness in Medieval Europe and BeyondAn interdisciplinary conference in medieval studies28 February & 1 March 2013Boston University, 725 Commonwealth Avenue, Room 200This 2-day international conference brings together scholars in literature, theology, law, art history, history, and musicology, to examine the practices and values attached to the human voice in medieval cultures. The topic […]

Mehlman on Braque

Jeffrey Mehlman will be giving a lecture on Georges Braque and the Cubist Still Life at the Kemper Art Gallery, Washington University in Saint Louis.  His lecture considers “how Georges Braque’s status as beautiful loser in his ongoing competition with Picasso meshed with France’s stunning defeat in World War II to elevate France’s premier Cubist […]