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Christina Sharpe’s public lecture: “A Lexicon of these Times”

Posted on November 14, 2025 by bao

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

Posted on November 14, 2025 by bao

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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Professor Andreas Malm’s Public lecture

Posted on October 10, 2025 by bao

10/10/2025 @ 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm – Professor Andreas Malm’s Public Lecture: 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 The Northrop Frye Professor in Literary Theory is selected annually, to bring innovative comparative scholars to deliver one or two public lectures to the University […]

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Professor Andreas Malm’s Workshop for Graduate Students

Posted on October 10, 2025 by bao

10/10/2025 @ 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm – Professor Andreas Malm’s Workshop for Graduate Students Friday, October 10th, 2025,  12-2 pm Centre for Comparative Literature, Isabel Bader Theatre, 93 Charles St. West, 3rd floor The Northrop Frye Professor in Literary Theory is selected annually, to bring innovative comparative scholars to deliver one or two public lectures to the University of Toronto community, offer […]

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Christina Sharpe Workshop cancelled

Posted on April 4, 2025 by bao

04/04/2025 @ 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm – Due to unforeseen circumstances, the Northrop Frye lecture that was to be delivered this week, Thursday April 3rd by Professor Christina Sharpe is cancelled and will be rescheduled for next year. We are sorry for any inconvenience. Bao Nguyen Graduate Administrator Centre for Comparative Literature   Professor Christina Sharpe York University workshop for Complit graduate […]

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Christina Sharpe’s lecture – CANCELLED

Posted on April 3, 2025 by bao

03/04/2025 @ 4:00 am – 6:00 am – Due to unforeseen circumstances, the Northrop Frye lecture that was to be delivered this week, Thursday April 3rd by Professor Christina Sharpe is cancelled and will be rescheduled for next year. We are sorry for any inconvenience. Bao Nguyen Graduate Administrator Centre for Comparative Literature Tel: 416 813 4041 (voice only)   The Centre for […]

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 Seminar in Ottoman & Turkish Studies: Book Presentation: Displacing Fictions of Orhan Pamuk by Hande Gürses

Posted on March 28, 2025 by bao

28/03/2025 @ 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm – Seminar in Ottoman & Turkish Studies Book Presentation: Displacing Fictions of Orhan Pamuk by Hande Gürses  FRIDAY | March 28, 2025 | 3:00-5:00 pm Near & Middle Eastern Civilizations | Bancroft Building 200B| 4 Bancroft Ave., 2nd fl. Reception to follow  Displacing Fictions of Orhan Pamuk: Beyond the Bridge studies the prevalence of the bridge […]

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A public lecture by Bárbara Simoes and Tania Aguila-Way

Posted on March 27, 2025 by bao

27/03/2025 @ 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm – Nosotros in Canada: Situating LatinX /a /o Writing in Canada Bárbara Simoes, PhD Tania Aguila-Way, PhD “Exile and Memory in Latino-Canadian Writing” Bárbara Inês Ribeiro Simões Daibert (Bárbara Simões Daibert) Associate Professor, Federal University of Juiz de Fora (UFJF – Brazil). Visiting Scholar, Centre of Comparative Literatures, University of Toronto. Thursday, March 27, 4-6 Centre […]

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Lisa Siraganian’s talk

Posted on March 19, 2025 by bao

19/03/2025 @ 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm – Lisa Siraganian’s talk March 19 at 4 to 6 pm Location: JBH 100 This event is organized by Professor Simon Stern, English Department.

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2025 Annual Graduate Student Conference

Posted on March 14, 2025 by bao

14/03/2025 – 16/03/2025 @ All Day – 2025 Annual Graduate Student Conference Centre for Comparative Literature Friday, March 14th to Sunday, March 16th, 2025 Call for Papers: SIGNS OF EXIT  Dear colleagues, We are excited to announce our call for papers for our upcoming graduate student conference, “SIGNS OF EXIT,” hosted at the Centre for Comparative Literature at the University of Toronto […]

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