Latest Past Events

Stolen Song: How the Troubadours Became French

To sign up for this virtual conversation, RSVP here. Stolen Song (Cornell University Press, 2020) documents the act of cultural appropriation that created a founding moment for French literary history: the rescripting and domestication of troubadour song, a prestige corpus in the European sphere, as French. This book also documents the simultaneous creation of an alternative point of origin for French…

Radical Diversity: Houston

A discussion series with Max Czollek and Mohamed Amjahid Radical Diversity is presented by several Goethe-Institut locations in North America in collaboration with its pop-up branches, the Thomas Mann House, and the Institute for Social Justice & Radical Diversity under the sponsorship of the Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung North America. This event takes place September 16, at 2.00 PM CDT via Zoom. ZOOM…

Cambridge University Press Irish Literature in Transition (2020) American Launch

Join this online event to celebrate the American launch of the Cambridge University Press six-volume essay series Irish Literature in Transition (2020), a new and dynamic account of Ireland’s literary history over 300 years. Speakers will include Prof. Claire Connolly (NUI Cork/UCC), editor of Vol. 2, 1780 – 1830 and Prof. Marjorie Howes (Boston College), editor of Vol. 4, 1880 -…