12th Annual Sedgwick Lecture: “Who is a Queer Ancestor?” (4/25)
Please join us for “Who is A Queer Ancestor?,” the Twelfth Annual Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick Lecture in Gender & Sexuality Studies with… More
The Dmitriev Affair with Filmmaker Jessica Gorter (4/5)
Literature and Thought in Transwar Japan(04/18)
How do we read an idea when it appears in the literary form of a novel, poem, or translation, rather than in… More
6th Annual Big Fat Books Symposium: The Thousand and One Nights (4/5)
Join us for the 6th Annual Big Fat Books Symposium, showcasing "The Thousand and One Nights." It will take place on Friday,… More
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