Naguib Mahfouz “Zaabalawi” (1962) “The Conjurer Made Off with the Dish”(1967) “The Time and the Place” (1982) “Half a Day” (1989) No expertise or prerequisites are required. We only ask that you read the selected texts. INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE ZOOM …
Marcel Proust “Seascape, with Frieze of Girls” Part II, from Within a Budding Grove, volume 2 of Proust’s In Search of Lost Time (Remembrance of Things Past) (1919) No expertise or prerequisites are required. We only ask that you read the selected text. …
J. Hector St. John de Crèvecœur Selected Letters from an American Farmer (1782) Letters I, III, IX, XII No expertise or prerequisites are required. We only ask that you read the selected texts. INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE ZOOM SESSION If you think you …
Rachel Carson Selections from Silent Spring (1962) Chapters 1-3 Chapters 16-17 No expertise or prerequisites are required. We only ask that you read the selected texts. INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE ZOOM SESSION If you think you will be attending the session, please send …
Ovid Book 1 and Book 2 from Metamorphoses (8 CE; translated by Ian Johnston, 2011) No expertise or prerequisites are required. We only ask that you read the selected texts. INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE ZOOM SESSION If you think you will be attending the session, please …
Arthur C. Clarke “Transience” (1949) “The Sentinel” (1951) “The Nine Billion Names of God” (1952) “The Star” (1954) For the month of July, we will be reading four short stories by British science fiction writer, futurist, and inventor Arthur C. Clarke (1917-2008). …
Please join us for a conversation with these two nationally-recognized writers about interdisciplinary practices and collaborations. Both poets have engaged in several inter-arts projects, including Laura Tohe’s libretto and Kim Blaeser’s photography and picto-poems, among others. Each also will read …
Presented by Robert J. Schneider, Ph.D., Professor and Co-Chair, Department of Urban Planning, UWM. US pedestrian fatalities increased by 51% between 2010 and 2020 (4,302 to 6,516 fatalities per year), and nearly all of the additional pedestrian fatalities that occurred …
Drew Blanchard (English, CGS), Anushmita Mohanty (English), Sarah Schaefer (Art History) Join us for a discussion with the 2023 DH Fellows Teaching cohort, and how they grappled with new tools for building digital archives, analyzing poetry, and using games to …
Presented by David Witzling, UWM Peck School of the Arts. In the present moment, “truth” is becoming an increasingly contested term. Between fake news, UFO disclosure, and popular deep fakes, generative AI will play an increasingly prominent role in complicating …