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“The Final Frontier: Outer Space in Early Modern English Poetry”, Dr. Ivana Bičak (Durham University)
Abstract: Is the Moon inhabited? How do the Mercurians tolerate the Sun’s terrible heat? Are there any animals on the ice-cold Saturn? Such questions about possible new worlds in the heavens tickled the poetic imagination following the invention and subsequent perfection of the telescope in the early seventeenth century. The unprecedented advances in astronomy offered a new intergalactic imaginary to […]
“Archaeological Archives in the Digital Era. Attika 2.0”, Barbora Weissova
Department of Archaeology Evening Lecture by Barbora Weissova (Assistant professor in the Institute of Archaeological Studies Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany). “Archaeological Archives in the Digital Era. Attika 2.0” On Wednesday 19/4/ April 2023 at 17:30 in H-232 Abstract To acknowledge the 40th anniversary of the Attica Archive kept in the Institute of Archaeological Studies at the Ruhr University in Bochum, I […]
“Good Sameness: Ben Lerner’s Song of the Fungible”, Professor Daniel Katz (University of Warwick)
Professor Daniel Katz (University of Warwick) Good Sameness: Ben Lerner's Song of the Fungible Wednesday 5 April 2023, 17:30 Room HZ-60 This talk will focus on the trope of the "fungible" in Ben Lerner's work, to see how it organises several related concerns: the relationship of the poet or artist to the collective, the relationship […]