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04/03/2011 @ 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm – ELEANOR KAUFMAN, UCLA This paper will examine the fraught dynamics of the party and the group in Sartre’s Critique of Dialectical Reason alongside some of his earlier dramatic works and in juxtaposition with Brecht’s “learning plays” or Lehrstücke.  Despite the differences between Sartre’s self-reflexive and emotively developed characters and Brecht’s express emphasis on the didactic […]

17/02/2011 @ 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm –  Public lecture by Prof. Mae Smethurst (University of Pittsburgh) Prof. Smethurst is an internationally recognized expert on Noh theatre, especially from a comparatist perspective. Since she is also a trained classicist, Prof. Smethurst brings a unique perspective to the analysis of Japanese theatre. The fruits of this unusual combination of expertise are, among other things, […]

09/02/2011 @ 4:00 am – 6:00 pm – Le Centre d’Études de la France et du Monde Francophone (CEFMF) a l’honneur et le plaisir de vous inviter à deux conférences de   François MOUREAU   Mardi 8 février, 16h : « L’Amérique n’a aucun avenir: une vision des Lumières »   Département de littérature comparée salle de séminaire Isabel Bader Theatre 93 Charles […]

08/02/2011 @ 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm – a l’honneur et le plaisir de vous inviter à deux conférences de   François MOUREAU   « L’Amérique n’a aucun avenir: une vision des Lumières »     Présentation par Roland Le Huenen

04/02/2011 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm – Dr. Saidiya Hartman Professor, English & Comparative Literature Columbia University An event sponsored by the Centre for the Study of the United States, Department of English and the Centre for Diaspora and Transnational Studies Please register at: http://webapp.mcis.utoronto.ca/EventDetails.aspx?eventid=9200

02/02/2011 @ 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm – The Toronto Renaissance and Reformation Colloquium and The Centre for Reformation and Renaissance Studies are pleased to present Alan Galey (University of Toronto) “Upgrading the Renaissance Computer: Knowledge Technologies between the Archive and the Book” Wednesday 2 February 2011 Tea: 4:00 p.m. Talk: 4:15 p.m. Senior Common Room, Burwash Hall 89 Charles Street West University […]

27/01/2011 @ 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm – A talk by Laura U. Marks, Simon Fraser University, presented by the Cinema Studies Institute, the Department of Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations, and the Centre for Comparative Literature at the University of Toronto. This talk draws from Deleuze, Leibniz, and classical Islamic thought to elucidate different manners of cinematic unfolding. We can think of […]

20/01/2011 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm – NEXT IN OUR BACKPACK to BRIEFCASE SERIES: What:  Network Your Way to Success Thursday, January 20 5:00 to 6:30 pm Ko‑ffler Student Services Centre 214 College Street Where:  Career Centre Create a 30-second self-introduction that’s certain to impress. Career Coaches will lead you through exercises and practice sessions to get you ready for your next […]

20/01/2011 @ 4:15 pm – 6:15 am – Professor  Ann Komaromi (University of Toronto) This talk will explore a new approach to the uncensored Soviet press known as “Samizdat” on the basis of its material texts. Samizdat has been a highly mythologized phenomenon, defined by various groups on the basis of its content. Newer approaches to Samizdat and alternative textual culture challenge conventional […]

15/01/2011 @ 5:00 pm – Deadline to submit on-line application for 2011-2012