Think clearly. Act well. Appreciate life.
Dale J. Pratt is Professor of Spanish and Comparative Literature at Brigham Young University, where he teaches courses ranging from Introduction to Spanish Literature to graduate seminars on Unamuno, Don Quijote, the Don Juan Theme, and Protohumans and Posthumans. His research focuses on Spanish novels of prehistory, Realism, and the Generation of 1898. His presentation …
This symposium has been co-organized by Nick Mason and Paul Westover (BYU) and by Andy Franta and Scott Black (University of Utah). Other presenters will include Matthew Wickman, Billy Hall, Jonathan Sachs, Evan Gottlieb, Matthew Wickman, and Padma Rangarajan. Held at Aspen Grove, above Sundance, this symposium convenes scholars of eighteenth-century studies and Romanticism from around the …
K. David Harrison is a linguist, author and activist for the documentation and preservation of endangered languages teaching atSwarthmore College and affiliated with the National Geographic Society. His research focuses on the Turkic languages of central Siberia and western Mongolia. He co-starred in Ironbound Films’ Emmy-nominated 2008 documentary film The Linguists. He serves as director of research …
Levander will also be meeting with the American Modernity Research Group. They will be discussing and workshopping the introduction to Levander’s forthcoming co-edited book, Hotel Life: The Story of a Place Where Anything Can Happen. They will spend the last 30-40 minutes discussing her recent article in American Literary History on the state of the field of transnational American studies.
Six students will present on their completed ORCA research projects. There will be light refreshments following the event. The presenters and the titles of their presentations are as follows: Lauren Fine, “More than a Feeling”: The Transmission of Affect and Group Identity Taylor Madsen, World-wide “Womenomics”: Translation of Senegalese Socioeconomic Research Megan Armknecht, Jo Marries …
Caroline Levander is the Vice President for Strategic Initiatives and Digital Education, Carlson Professor in the Humanities, and Professor of English at Rice University. Her presentation is titled, “Literature, Geography, and the Geopolitics of Knowledge Design in the University.” Please note that this colloquium will be held at a different day and time than usual.
On October 2, Jennifer Haraguchi of the BYU French and Italian department will discuss her book project, a critical edition and translation of Montalvo’s works, for the series The Other Voice in Early Modern Europe, to be published by the Centre for Reformation and Renaissance Studies in Toronto. Her presentation will be entitled, “Educating Rich and Poor Girls …
Rowan is a member of BYU’s English faculty. He has been doing exciting work in urban studies on subjects ranging from urban ecologies to urban planning. His presentation on Thursday will be entitled, “Cities in the Humanities: Developing a New Urban Imaginary.”
Rigney is professor of Comp. Lit. at Utrecht and a fellow of the Royal Dutch Academy of Sciences. She works on the intersections of literature, cultural memory, and history. Most recently, she’s the author of The Afterlives of Walter Scott (Oxford, 2012). Her talk is a footnote of sorts to that study—a meditation on literary afterlives as …
The Humanities Center is pleased to present the next event in the colloquium series: Thursday, September 18th at 3:00 in 4010 JFSB will feature Dirk Elzinga of the Department of Linguistics and English Language. His presentation title is “How do you say —– in Hopi? How the Deseret Alphabet was used to document an indigenous language of the …