This event is presented by The JHU Translation Circle A reading and conversation with Saskia Vogel Moderated by Brad Harmon Saskia Vogel has translated over 15 books from Swedish into English, which have received global acclaim and been nominated for the most prestigious literary translation awards, including the PEN Translation Award and the Dublin Literary Award. […]
Peter J. Schmelz, Professor of Musicology, Arizona State University, TempeEditor, Russian Music Studies, Indiana University Press "Sergey Kuryokhin and Pop-Mekhanika in the Musical Ring: Polystylism, Experimentalism, and Freedom during Perestroika”
Stewart Motha, Professor of Law, Birkbeck, University of London; and John Hinkley Visiting Professor, JHU, in 2023.The paper will discuss the limits of anthropomorphism in juridical and theoretical responses to ecological crises.
Piergiorgio Donatelli Professor of Ethics and Chair, Department of Philosophy University of La Sapienza, Roma
Walter Benn Michaels Professor, English, University of Illinois at Chicago Adolph Reed Professor Emeritus, Ronald O. Perelman Center for Political Science and Economics, University of Pennsylvania "No Politics but Class Politics" Denouncing racism and celebrating diversity have become central to progressive politics. For many on the left, social justice seems to consist of an equitable […]
Julietta Singh Professor of English and Women, Gender, & Sexuality Studies, University of Richmond "Against Home in the Settler Colony" What does “home” mean in the settler colony, and how does that term come to resound differently for and across communities? How might our homes—the places we grew up and the places we now inhabit—become […]
Maia Sigua Associate Professor, V. Sarajishvili Tbilisi State Conservatoire Nana Sharikadze Associate Professor, V. Sarajishvili Tbilisi State Conservatoire "Crossroads and Crisis in Georgian Culture: Decolonization and Resurgent Sovietism" Prof. Sigua will discuss the formation (and deformation) of collective and cultural memory in the Soviet era, using the example of Georgian opera theatre, and how some […]