Spring Symposium on Attachment to Place (3/14-3/15)
Screening of Babushkas of Chernobyl (03/05)
TOMORROW: To mark the two-year anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Professors Corrigan (Russian literature), Peri (history), Litvin (Arabic and comparative… More
Call for Submissions and Editors for Alexandria
Alexandria, WLL's student led journal, is accepting submissions and applications for editors! Submissions are open to all students and faculty and will… More
Dreams of the East, Shadows of the West: Orientalism vs Authenticity in Western Art Music – A Senior Recital (3/23)
Join us for Dreams of the West, Shadows of the West: Orientalism vs Authenticity in Western Art Music - A Senior Recital.… More
Global Asian Literary Studies Lecture Series: Warchives (3/7)
“War” and “archive” are both necropolitical regimes prone to bleeding. What happens when they bleed into each other? Using the conceit of… More
Persian Translation Prize awarded to Sassan Tabatabai
Sassan Tabatabai won the 2023 Persian Translation Prize for his translation of Sadeq Hedayat’s Blind Owl. Tabatabai holds a prominent position as the… More
Lectures in Criticism: The Episodic Reception of Medieval Persian Women Poets (2/22)
The participation of women poets in medieval courtly or Sufi Persian literary cultures was acknowledged but did not result in their inclusion… More
Chinese Cinema Meets Digital Humanities with Christopher Rea (2/28)
How can we use digital platforms—including social media—to enhance research and learning on modern China? How can we make the “obscure” (to… More
Traditional Japanese Games 01/26
Reading with Kim Junghyuk (11/29)
Join the students of CAS LK 460 and the South Korean author Kim Junghyuk for a reading event! This is a culture… More