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Special Lecture and Seminar : Guest Lecture on Literatures of the Global South
17/09/2026 – 18/09/2026 @ All Day – Special Lecture and Seminar: Thursday September 17th 4-6 (Guest Lecture on Literatures of the Global South) September 18th 12-2 ( Workshop on Literatures of the Global South). organized by C. James and Z. Mian, TBA
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Northrop Frye Lecture: Marianne Hirsch, EM 001
23/04/2026 @ 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm – The Centre for Comparative Literature is pleased to present a public lecture by our Centre’s 2026 Northrop Frye Professor Marianne Hirsch Professor Emerita of English and Comparative Literature and the Institute for the Study of Sexuality and Gender Columbia University 4:00 pm, Thursday, April 23, 2026 Emmanuel College, Room 001 75 Queen’s Park Crescent East, […]
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Book Launch: Wanderings: An Anthology of Anglophone Nepali Diaspora Poetry
12/03/2026 @ 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm – You are cordially invited to the Book Launch of Wanderings: An Anthology of Anglophone Nepali Diaspora Poetry Published by Mawenzi House, 2026 Co-edited by Asma Sayed and Pushparaj Acharya This groundbreaking collection brings together poets who trace their roots to Nepal while living, writing, and dreaming in the diaspora. The poems evoke cultural memory and […]
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The Ontological Drama of Translation: Félix Guattari and the Ancients
05/03/2026 @ 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm – You are warmly invited to attend: The Ontological Drama of Translation: Félix Guattari and the Ancient Thursday, March 5, 2026 3:00–5:00 PM Centre for Comparative Literature, Seminar Room 3rd Floor, Isabel Bader Theatre 93 Charles Street West This event will feature short presentations followed by a roundtable discussion with researchers who have contributed translations and […]
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Alberto Toscano’s lecture: Tragedy under Siege
28/11/2025 @ 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm – The Department of Philosophy and The Centre for Comparative Literature present Alberto Toscano, Simon Fraser University Tragedy under Siege Friday, November 28, 2025, 1:00-3:00 Centre for Ethics, University of Toronto Larkin Building, room 200, 15 Devonshire Place In his 1937 text, “Nietzschean Chronicle,” published in the wake of the aerial bombing of Guernica and during […]
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Christina Sharpe’s public lecture: “A Lexicon of these Times”
14/11/2025 @ 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm – Christina Sharpe lecture: “A Lexicon of these Times” Friday, November 14th, 2025 from 4pm – 6pm. Emmanuel College EM001 75 Queen’s Park Cres E, Toronto, ON M5S 1K5 This lecture is based on Professor Sharpe’s book, What Could a Vessel Be? which is her ongoing consideration of the vessel—what the word and concept does, what […]
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Christina Sharpe’s workshop for graduate students
14/11/2025 @ 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm – Christina Sharpe’s workshop for graduate students Friday, November 14th, 2025 from 12-2 PM Centre for Comparative Literature Isabel Bader Theatre 93 Charles Street West, 3rd floor Workshop Description: What is the role of composition in the face of fascism? What should our marks signify, hold, or aspire toward? In this workshop, we will explore these […]
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Our Centre’s Open House
20/10/2025 @ 3:00 am – 5:00 am – The Centre for Comparative Literature at the University of Toronto is holding an open house on Monday, October 20, 2025 at 3 PM for prospective students. We are a graduate Centre that offers programs at the M.A. and Ph.D level. We would love to answer any questions students may have and provide further information about studying […]
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Professor Andreas Malm’s Public lecture
10/10/2025 @ 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm – The Centre for Comparative Literature presents a public lecture by our Northrop Fry Professor, Andreas Malm Return of the Repressed Heat: Towards a Freudo-Marxist Theory of Geoengineering Friday, October 10th, 2025, 4pm – 6pm Emmanuel College, EM001 75 Queen’s Park Crescent, Toronto As temperatures and emissions continue to soar in tandem, solar geoengineering is rising […]
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Professor Andreas Malm’s Workshop for Graduate Students
10/10/2025 @ 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm – Professor Andreas Malm’s Workshop for Graduate Students: “How the Cage Closed: Climate Change and the Emergence of Class Society in Egypt, c. 4000–2700 BC.” Friday, October 10th, 2025, 12-2 pm Centre for Comparative Literature Isabel Bader Theatre, 93 Charles St. West, 3rd floor. Reading materials: Please contact Bao Nguyen at baba.nguyen@utoronto.ca The Northrop Frye Professor […]
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