Modern Languages & Literatures Events

Prof. Twomney (Saint Lawrence U.) will speak on "Othering Blackness: Ideas of Racial Difference in Medieval & Early Modern Europe'

Monday, February 8, 2:00-3:20 pm

Decolonization is not a Metaphor

Faculty Discussion, Zoom.  

A conversation with philosopher and essayist Susan Neiman on her book Learning from the Germans: Race and the Memory of Evil, published in 2019, which asks what Americans can learn from Germans about confronting the evils of the past. 

What has changed in the last four years in the U.S., in Germany, and in their relationship with each other? How do we account for the rise of right-wing political groups in both Germany and the U.S. 

Decolonization is not a Metaphor: Faculty Discussion with Modern Language and Literature Dept. 

We will discuss Eve Tuck and K. Wayne Yang. “Decolonisation is Not a Metaphor" and Patrick Wolfe, “Settler Colonialism and the Elimination of the Native."

To kick off the Asian Centennial at W&M commemorating the admission of Chen Pu-Kao, the first Chinese, Asian, and student of color so far on record, the Asian, Pacific, and Middle Eastern Film Series presents Larissa Lam's film "Far East Deep South."

The Russian and Post - Soviet Studies Program invites you to the Tepper Speaker Series: Global Russia.

Prof. Geraldine Heng (U. Texas) will give the 2021 Fauvel Lecture on "Teaching Early Global Literatures: Worlding the World, Traveling the World."

Zoom link: https://cwm.zoom.us/s/6281668144

Meeting ID: 628 166 8144