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Colonial Flâneur and Fugitive Archives: A Talk by Jooyeon Rhee

Colonial Flâneur and Fugitive Archives: A Talk by Jooyeon Rhee Date: Friday, April 18, 2025Time: 2:00 PM ESTLocation: Online (via Zoom)Register and Join via Zoom  https://shorturl.at/ykyc5 The University of Georgia welcomes Dr. Jooyeon Rhee, Associate Professor of Asian Studies and Comparative Literature at Penn State University, for a virtual talk titled: “Colonial Flâneur and Fugitive Archives: Yŏm Sangsŏp’s On the Eve of the Uprising”…


COMPASS Lecture Series Presents: Dr. Neelofer Qadir

COMPASS Lecture Series Presents: Dr. Neelofer QadirTitle: ‘Kifa Urongo’ Temporalities of Racial Capitalism in Abdulrazak Gurnah’s ParadiseDate & Time: April 8, 2025 | 3:00 PM – 5:00 PMLocation: Journalism 502Contact: complitgrads@uga.edu Join us for an engaging and critical lecture by Dr. Neelofer Qadir, who will be discussing Abdulrazak Gurnah’s 1994 historical novel, Paradise. In this talk, Dr. Qadir explores the complex entanglements of…


Upcoming Talk: What is Korean Literature?

📢 Upcoming Talk: What is Korean Literature? 📚 The Center for Asian Studies and the Department of Comparative Literature and Intercultural Studies at the University of Georgia invite you to an engaging lecture by Dr. Bruce Fulton from the University of British Columbia! 🔹 Topic: What is Korean Literature? 🔹 Speaker: Dr. Bruce Fulton, Department of Asian Studies, University of British Columbia 🔹 Date: April…


“Fiction Without Mimesis: A Comparative Philosophy of Fiction”--Hannah Kim (University of Arizona)

“Fiction without Mimesis: a Comparative Philosophy of Fiction”--Hannah Kim (University of Arizona) Is 'fiction' a transhistorical and transcultural concept? Gregory Currie (2014) says 'yes'. In this talk, I argue that we ought to be skeptical of such a universal notion of fiction because 'fiction' is a concept that responds to a philosophical culture's given metaphysical framework. Observing how ancient Greek metaphysics affects analytic…


Betty Jean Craige Leture: Charles Johnson


COMPASS Tea Time Lecture Series


Humani-ties: A Student Spoken Word Event

Calling all students:  Please join attendees for the sharing of creative works by UGA students, centered on the theme of "Comparison".  Students are invited to create their own idiosyncratic expressions of identity in relation to their experiences with literature - whether through writing, reading, or listening.  Whether a performer or audience member, there is something for everyone at this event, including refreshments and a…


Noa Yedlin -- "Crafting Unconventional Narratives : A Journey in Literature (and Television)"

Noa Yedlin is a bestselling Israeli author, recipient of the Sapir Prize (the Israeli Man Booker) and the Prime Minister's Literature Awarded, and author of the novels Track Changes, House Arrest, People Like Us, The Wrong Book, and Stockholm, which was published in English by Harper Collins in 2023.  Yedlin is also the creator of a prize-winning television series based on Stockholm -- which in turn has been re-made for television in…


Writing for the Page and the Screen: A Masterclass with Novelist and Screen writer Noa Yedlin


Alex Chee Lecture

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