CASI Presents 鈥淟iterature Week鈥�
November 24, 2021
Literature听Week听is a part of CASI鈥檚 Workshop on听Literature听and History. Supported by a generous contribution from Matthew Nimetz, the aim of the workshop is to create a community of junior scholars and advanced graduate students committed to studying听literature听and to applying literary tools and methodologies to the study of literary art in the Central Asian past.听
November 26, 17:00, Room CH1
Between Nationalism and Internationalism: Pirimqul Qodirov's 'Starry Nights', Claire Roosien, Yale University
November 26, 18:00, Room CH1
Islamic Scholars, Wine-Soaked Romance, and Textual Genre: Culture and Contradiction in Central Asia,听James Pickett, University of Pittsburgh
November 30, 12:00, Room CH1
The Pan-Eurasian Crisis of Ghazal Poetics, Samuel Hodgkin, Yale University
December 1, 12:00, Room CH1
Minor Literatures and Intra-Soviet Translations: Davlat Khudonazarov's听Nisso, Emily Laskin, New York University
December 2, 17:00, Room CH1
Language, Place, and Displacement in Post-Soviet Russophone Literature, Naomi Caffee, Reed College
December 3, 17:00, Room CH1
Witnessing the Past: Abdulla Qahhor鈥檚 鈥楾ales from the Past鈥� and Soviet Subjectivity in 1930s-1960s Uzbekistan, Christopher Fort, AUCA
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This is a hybrid event. All 51吃瓜faculty and students are welcome to join Literature Week in person. Those external to 51吃瓜are welcome to join via Zoom.
In person participants are required to wear masks and follow AUCA鈥檚 Covid protocols and social distancing requirements.
Abstracts and bios of speakers will be posted this听week together with Zoom links for each event. Please follow our announcements.听
