Blog Archives

07/11/2014 @ 3:30 pm – 5:00 pm – The reception of Philostrate’s Life of Appollonius of Tyana reveals a central paradox in the Early Modern “commerce with the classics.” From his first Aldus edition (1501) on, sixteenth-century scholars seem to read this strange Greek book in a very awkward way. On one hand, the fascination for the Golden Age and specifically Pythagoreanism, is […]

06/11/2014 @ 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm – The Centre for Comparative Literature is pleased to announce that Professor Frances Dyson, professor emeritus of Cinema and Technocultural Studies at the University of California Davis and author of The Tone of Our Times: Sound, Sense, Economy, and Ecology, will be giving a talk on her new work Thursday November 6, at 3 PM in […]

01/11/2014 @ 10:30 am – 12:30 pm – Dr. Antonio Calcagno Associate Professor of Philosophy, King’s University College at Western University ABSTRACT Italian political philosopher Roberto Esposito has garnered much international attention with his evolving work on themes like community, risk, immunity and the concepts of the political and the impolitical. His philosophy has had significant impact on diverse disciplines, including law, political […]

30/10/2014 @ 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm – Early Modern Interdisciplinary Graduate Forum 2 Boaz Schuman (Centre for Medieval Studies) and Aaron Miedema (History, York University)

29/10/2014 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm – Do you have questions about career options as you near graduation? Who better to answer those questions than alumni that graduated with your degree! A panel of alumni from the Cinema Studies, Comparative Literature and the Department of English will discuss their U of T education, the value of their degree, and their pursuit of […]

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27/10/2014 @ 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm – Since its founding in 2007, the Civilizations Choir has performed in numerous cities around the world, including New York, Washington, Berlin, and Paris. Its repertoire consists of hymns from the three Abrahamic religions in Turkish, Armenian, Hebrew, Greek, Arabic, Kurdish, English, French, and German. Nominated for the 2012 Nobel Peace Prize, the Choir aims to […]

24/10/2014 @ 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm – Pre-circulated paper from her new book project, How the Earth Feels: Geological Fantasy in the Nineteenth Century United States. To receive a copy of the paper, please email margeaux.feldman@mail.utoronto.ca  

24/10/2014 @ 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm – What do you wish the world outside academia knew about the subjects you research and teach? In this talk, Dr. Lois Leveen, who holds degrees in history and literature from Harvard, USC, and UCLA, will discuss using fiction to disseminate academic research to general audiences. (She also promises to show the most entertaining Romeo and Juliet clip […]

24/10/2014 @ All Day – Comparatists: Assert yourselves! Studies in comparative literature bring together a large community of scholars, breathing life into a discipline whose applicability continues to proliferate. Graduate students’ research projects are rich and varied, reflecting the breadth of the discipline, although lacking diffusion within the larger comparatist community. Last winter, students met to think about a possible […]