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Past Events

The 2023 Bowman Lecture with Pierre Bayard

The Department of Francophone, Italian and Germanic Studies presents Pierre Bayard, Universite Paris 8 Vincennes-Saint-Denis, on "Introduction a la
Pierre Bayard

The 2023 Bowman Lecture with Pierre Bayard

The Department of Francophone, Italian and Germanic Studies presents Pierre Bayard, Universite Paris 8 Vincennes-Saint-Denis, on "Introduction a la
Pierre bayard

The 2023 Bowman Lecture with Pierre Bayard

The Department of Francophone, Italian and Germanic Studies presents Pierre Bayard, Universite Paris 8 Vincennes-Saint-Denis, on "Introduction a la
Listening to Literature

Listening to Literature. Interdisciplinary and Intermedial Approaches

THE WORKSHOP TAKES PLACE IN A HYBRID   FORMAT IN ROOM WILL440 (WILLIAMS HALL, (4th floor

News

Verses from “Algarabía” by Roque Raquel Salas Rivera's

September 11, 2023

Emily Wilson New Yorker magazine photo

How Emily Wilson Made Homer Modern

September 11, 2023

PEN winners

English PEN’s flagship grant programme PEN Translates awards 13 titles from 12 countries and 9 languages

August 28, 2023

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