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Complit Writing Group

29/01/2016 @ 10:00 am – 12:00 pm – Join the Complit Writing Group for some company (and snacks!) as you write. Graduate students at all stages are welcome; just bring some writing you need to do!

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All My Holes Are Theirs & Eric Cazdyn’s Blindspot Machine

23/01/2016 – 24/01/2016 @ 7:00 pm – Residency with Eric Cazdyn, Aleesa Cohene, Jared Gradinger and Angela Schubot Saturday, January 23, 7pm Performance of All My Holes Are Theirs Screening with Eric Cazdyn and his Blindspot Machine Sunday, January 24, 2pm Collaborative performance and screening Public discussion/experiment with guest respondents Francesco Gagliardi, Ame Henderson, Christine Shaw and Bojana Stancic. Throughout the month […]

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Complit Writing Group

22/01/2016 @ 10:00 am – 12:00 pm – Join the Complit Writing Group for some company (and snacks!) as you write. Graduate students at all stages are welcome; just bring some writing you need to do!

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William Calin’s Lecture : “The Ethical Turn in Literary Criticism: A Brilliant New Approach or an Assault on the Humanities? “

26/11/2015 @ 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm – Alumni Hall, Old Vic, Thursday, November 26th at 5pm The Northrop Frye Centre proudly presents The Brian Merrilees Lecture, “The Ethical Turn in Literary Criticism: A Brilliant New Approach or an Assault on the Humanities?” by Prof. William Calin (University of Florida) together with the generous support of the Department of French, the Centre for […]

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John Paul Ricco’s talk: “The Commerce of Anonymity”

20/11/2015 @ 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm – The Comparative Literature Course Union presents the Fall edition of the Emerging Research in Comparative Literature Series: A talk by John Paul Ricco Associate Professor of Comparative Literature, Art History & Visual Culture University of Toronto Friday, Nov 20th 2015, 5pm – 6.30pm Victoria College, VC101, University of Toronto Centered around The Andrew Project (2010-13), […]

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Patricia Parker’s lecture: “Multilingual Shakespeares”

12/11/2015 @ 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm – The Centre for Comparative Literature, University presents A public lecture by our 2015 Northrop Frye Professor Patricia Parker, Stanford University Multilingual Shakespeares Thursday November 12 , 2015 at 4 pm Location: Victoria College, Alumni Hall, VC112 … Global and multilingual Shakespeare productions have become big business in the 21st century. But what this lecture focuses […]

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Open House for Prospective Students

06/11/2015 @ 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm – Are you interested in studying literature alongside other disciplines like film, philosophy, anthropology? Are you interested in studying  literature across languages? If you are, then consider the MA & PhD programs at the  premier Centre for the study of Comparative Literature  in Canada. Come to our Open House for Prospective Students  Friday Nov. 6,2015 at 5 pm […]

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Comparative Literature Students’ Tribune / La Tribune des étudiant-e-s en littérature comparée Precision: 2nd edition (2ème édition)

30/10/2015 @ 8:30 am – 5:00 pm – The Comparative Literature Students’ Tribune / La Tribune des étudiant-e-s en littérature comparée Precision: 2nd edition (2ème édition) Date: 30 October 2015 Hours: 8.30 to 5.00 Place: Copper Room GSC216 (Goldring Student Centre, 150 Charles Street West), University of Toronto Contact person: Jeanne Mathieu-Lessard

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Tom Willard’s lecture “Northrop Frye and the Art of Reading”

28/10/2015 @ 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm – The Northrop Frye Centre is pleased to announce a guest lecture by Northrop Frye Centre Visiting Fellow, Prof. Tom Willard, entitled “Northrop Frye and the Art of Reading” on Wednesday, October 28th in the Northrop Frye Centre (VC102) at 3:00pm. All are welcome. Please click here to RSVP as space is limited. The recently published […]

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MemoryShift Conference

26/09/2015 @ All Day – This event is supported by the Centre for Comparative Literature, University of Toronto https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=emXNrS-_KTo ‘Social death’, ‘empty shell’, ‘everlasting funeral’, ‘living dead’—these are the terms that are often used to talk about persons living with Alzheimer’s Disease (aka AD). The MemoryShift conference was designed to surface the effects of this devastating discourse and the ways in which it […]

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