Tag: literature
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Looking Back at the Great War with Mystery Writers
Looking Back at the Great War: A Talk by Mystery Writers Charles and Caroline Todd Thursday, November 8th at 4:30 p.m. McCabe Library atrium We wish to extend an invitation to you, and your network, to attend a talk by writers Caroline Todd and Charles Todd. This mother and son team have written over 30…
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Migration Stories: A Reading and Conversation – Mikhail Shishkin
Peace and Conflict Studies is proud to cosponsor: Migration Stories: A Reading and Conversation with Mikhail Shishkin Wednesday, April 25, 2018, 4:30-6 p.m. McCabe Library Atrium Refreshments provided Free copies of Maidenhair will be available for students! After working as an interpreter for Russian-speaking refugees seeking asylum at the Swiss border, emigre-dissident Mikhail Shishkin incorporated this experience…
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Writing from the Wound: Literature and Disenchantment in Postwar Central America
“Writing from the Wound: Literature and Disenchantment in Postwar Central America” Nanci Buiza, Assistant Professor of Spanish Tuesday, December 12th, 4:15 PM McCabe Library Atrium Open to the Public Professor Buiza will examine how contemporary Central American writers have made literary art out of a heritage of violence, trauma, and social disaffection. Torn by decades…
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Emeritus Professor Harold Pagliaro Reflects on Combat Experience
Emeritus Professor Harold Pagliaro Reflects on Combat Experience from Swarthmore News and Events by Mark Anskis November 11, 2015 Seventy-two years removed from his military service, the fear of combat still lingers with Harold Pagliaro, Alexander Griswold Cummins Professor Emeritus of English Literature and Provost Emeritus. “I still have nightmares about being sent to the…
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Sonia Sanchez on Social Movements such as #BlackLivesMatter
From our friends at the Black Cultural Center Fall 2015 Special Lecture An Evening with Poet and Activist Sonia Sanchez Discussing Social Movements such as #BlackLivesMatter Award-Winning Poet, Playwright, and Activist. One of the most prominent writers of the Black Arts movement, Dr. Sonia Sanchez speaks internationally on black culture and literature, women’s liberation, peace, and…
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Trauma and Violence in Postwar Central American Literature
The Spanish Program Department of Modern Languages and Literatures presents SHE-DEVIL IN THE MIRROR: TRAUMA AND VIOLENCE IN POSTWAR CENTRAL AMERICAN LITERATURE A Lecture by Nanci Buiza Ph.D. Candidate in Spanish, Emory University Monday, January 28, 2013 4:30 – 5:30 p.m. Kohlberg 116 All lectures will be given in English, by a candidate for the…
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Graphic novels, memory, and war in Lebanon
“Remembering a past that has hardly passed” Carla Calargé November 5th, 4:30-5:30pm Keith Room (Lang Center) While the war that ravaged Lebanon between 1975 and 1990 can be described as a microcosm of the conflicts plaguing the Middle East, persistent socio-historical factors have, until recently, suppressed its discussion and effectively silenced its memory. Recent emerging…
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Michael Doyle to speak on Pacifist Bookseller Roy Kepler
“Radical Chapters: How Pacifist Roy Kepler Changed the World” Popular Reading Room, McCabe Library, 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m., Thursday, October 25, 2012 Maps and directions to campus Kepler’s Bookstore in Menlo Park, CA was long the hub of literary bohemians, counterculture musicians, and those in search of a good read. It was one of…