The Department of Comparative Literature at the University of California, Berkeley

Job Talk
Wednesday, February 15
Noon, Comparative Literature Library, 4337 Dwinelle Hall

Munia Bhaumik

PhD Candidate, Department of Comparative Literature
UC Berkeley

• “Lyrical Last Words: Citizenship and the Ties of Translation”

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• Wednesday  February 15
• 5:00pm-7:00pm, 201 Moses
• Seminar with Margreta De Grazia
• Sheli Z. and Burton X. Rosenberg Professor of the Humanities and Professor of English, University of Pennsylvania
• “King Lear in BC Albion.”
• The paper will be pre-circulated and is now available for download.
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• Thursday, February 16
• 5 pm, 300 Wheeler Hall
  
• Margreta De Grazia
• Sheli Z. and Burton X. Rosenberg Professor of the Humanities and Professor of English, University of Pennsylvania
• “Re-enchanting the English Reformation (and Shakespeare)”
• The event is co-sponsored by the Katharine Bixby Hotchkis Chair in English and the Center for British Studies

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Colloquia on Arabic Literatures and Cultures

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Monday, February 6
5 pm, 160 Dwinelle Hall

• Mona El-Sherif
• Assistant Professor of Arabic, Dept of Francophone and Mediterranean Studies
• Colorado College

“The Figure of the Shaykh in Nineteenth-Century Paris and the Culture of Flânerie: Rethinking the Eurocentricity of the Canon of Urban Literature”

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Monday, February 13
5 pm, 370 Dwinelle

• Khalid Hadeed
• Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Comparative Literature
• Cornell University

” Seducing Kawabata: Sectarianism and Secularism via Male Homosocial Desire”

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Monday, February 27
4 pm, 160 Dwinelle Hall

• Elliott Colla
• Associate Professor of Arabic and Islamic Studies
• Georgetown University

“The People Want? The Poetics of Revolution in Egypt”

It’s never too early to look forward to summer. Whether you want to re-live the 90’s, explore the line between madness and creativity, conjure up  ghosts in Gothic fiction or learn the art of a really good pun, you’ll find that and more this summer in Comparative Literature. The Summer 2012 Schedule of Classes is now available for review.  Summer Telebears for continuing Berkeley students will start on February 6th.

The Department of Comparative Literature is pleased to host many exciting lectures and seminars throughout the year. Information about upcoming events can be found here