Blog Archives

22/01/2019 @ 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm – University of Toronto The Centre for Comparative Literature presents Silvia Federici Our 2018-19 Northrop Frye Professor Re-enchanting the World: Feminism and the Politics of the Commons PUBLIC LECTURE 4-6 pm, Tuesday, January 22, 2019 Victoria College Chapel 91 Charles Street West, Toronto … Silvia Federici is a feminist activist, writer, and teacher. She was one […]

07/12/2018 @ 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm – Centre for Comparative Literature presents LEANNE SIMPSON our 2018-2019 Northrop Frye Professor   MUSICAL PERFORMANCE “Freedom Sings” Friday, December 7, 2018, 4:00 pm George Ignatieff Theatre 15 Devonshire Place, Toronto (free admission) and PUBLIC LECTURE “As We Have Always Done” Thursday, December 6, 2018, 4:30 pm Emmanuel College Room 119 75 Queen’s Park Cres E. […]

07/12/2018 @ 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm – “Freedom Sings” Leanne Simpson’s creative performance Friday, December 7, 2018, 4:00 pm George Ignatieff Theatre, 15 Devonshire Place, Toronto Leanne Betasamosake Simpson is a renowned Michi Saagiig Nishnaabeg scholar, writer and artist, who has been widely recognized as one of the most compelling Indigenous voices of her generation. Her work breaks open the intersections between politics, […]

06/12/2018 @ 4:30 pm – 6:30 pm – Leanne Simpson’s Public Lecture: “As We Have Always Done” Thursday, December 6, 2018, 4:30 pm Isabel Bader Theatre 93 Charles Street West https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5P5l0vcGqKE&t=178s Leanne Betasamosake Simpson is a renowned Michi Saagiig Nishnaabeg scholar, writer and artist, who has been widely recognized as one of the most compelling Indigenous voices of her generation. Her work breaks open […]

05/12/2018 – 15/12/2018 @ 10:00 am – 12:00 pm – The Centre for Comparative Literature will be hosting Leanne Betasamosake Simpson in our Northrop Frye Professors series on December 5-7 this year. In addition to her public lecture on Dec. 6, and a very special musical performance on Dec. 7, Leanne Simpson will be running a workshop, for which we currently have 11 spots available […]

19/11/2018 @ 4:00 am – Eva Ruda’s Talk: The End of Art in the Novel Time: 4 pm. Monday, November 19th, 2018 Location: Centre for Comparative Literature, Isabel Bader Theatre, 3rd Floor, 93 Charles St. … One of the most common assumptions about Hegel’s Aesthetics is that it has nothing to say about modern art: Hegel didn’t have a sense for the imminent […]

17/11/2018 @ 11:00 am – 3:00 pm – Marx’s Eighteenth Brumaire: a workshop — with Andew Cole, Frank Ruda, and others Saturday November 17, 2018, 11:00 am – 3:00 pm This one-day workshop is hosted by Professor Rebecca Comay. Visiting speakers will be Andrew Cole (Princeton) and Frank Ruda(Dundee).  Text seminar led by Eric Cazdyn (U of T), Rebecca Comay (U of T), Kanishka Goonewardena (U of T), and Paula Schwebel (Ryerson). ★ Attendance is free, but space […]

13/11/2018 @ 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm – The Centre for Comparative Literature invites you to the following lecture: “Antonin Artaud and the Counter-strategy of Writing” by Cathrine Bjoernholt Michaelsen University of Copenhagen 4 pm Tuesday, November 13, 2018 at Victoria College, Room VC 212 73 Queen Park’s Crescent, Toronto … Cathrine Michaelsen is a postdoctoral fellow at Copenhagen University and a visiting scholar […]

25/10/2018 – 11/11/2018 @ 4:00 am – 6:00 am – Monday, October 29, 2018 , 4-6 pm. For students who want to work across languages and disciplines, and those who want to engage in critical theoretical and analytical projects, we invite you to explore the MA & PhD programs at the Centre for Comparative Literature University of Toronto complit.utoronto.ca Comparative Literature Isabel Bader Theatre, back […]

09/10/2018 @ 11:00 am – 1:00 pm – Professor Joseph Pivato Emeritus, Athabasca University, Edmonton will give a short talk entitled: Arguments for a Comparative Literature Book Project Tuesday, October 9th, 11-1 Linda Hutcheon’s seminar room Centre for Comparative Literature 93 Charles Street West, 3rd floor Toronto He will also introduce his recent book: Comparative Literature for the New Century He co-edited this […]