Events

Announcements

Prof. Sara Pankenier Weld, "Miniature Revelations: Childhood in Nabokov's Writings"

In her book project Miniature Revelations: Childhood in Nabokov’s Writings, Sara Pankenier Weld argues that attention to childhood and the often neglected and inscrutable child, who might be mistaken for a marginal figure, in fact offers a miniature revelation and key to Vladimir Nabokov’s novels. Looking through the lens of childhood also allows for pointed critiques of the solipsism of brilliant but flawed protagonists and reveals ethical dimensions of the text that may be ignored by the protagonist or obscured by the author, who frequently offers interpretive challenges for the reader and creates texts that are not what they seem to be. 

Thursday, October 24, 12-1:15pm in Phelps 6206C

This new series is offered jointly by the GCLR, the Comparative Literature Program, the Dept. of French and Italian, and the Dept. of Germanic and Slavic. Two brownbag lunches per quarter with speakers from UCSB and beyond will be organized. Everybody is welcome!

 
 
Public Lecture "The Expansion of Muslim Atheism in 1960s Central Asia." Prof. Eren Tasar
Prof. Tasar will discuss the second chapter of
his book in progress, Muslim Atheism in
Central Asia. The chapter, entitled
"Expansion," charts the dramatic growth in
atheistic literature in languages spoken by
Central Asian Muslims throughout the 1960s,
a decade that witnessed Khrushchev's
antireligious campaign as well as a
subsequent effort to rein in that campaign's
excesses.
 
Friday, October 18
4:00 p.m. HSSB 4020
 
 
 
Eren Tasar is Associate Professor of History at UNC Chapel Hill.
Call for Papers: 2024 Fall Roundtable "Technology and the Humanities"

The GCLR is pleased to announce that we are currently accepting submissions for our 2024 Fall Roundtable "Technology and the Humanities" to be held on October 17th from 6-8pm in Phelps 6206C!

Interested applicants are encouraged to submit short papers/works-in-progress alongside an abstract and brief author biography to complit-gclr@ucsb.edu.

Deadline: October 13th, 2024. Selected presenters will be notified the following day. 

Refreshments will be served

Fall Quarter Weekly Writing Group

The GCLR is pleased to announce that the Weekly Writing Group will be continuing this quarter on Thursdays from 10am-1pm in Phelps 6206C.

 

We hope that you'll stop by for a comradely environment, writing accountability, and of course: coffee and snacks! 

GCLR 2024 Distinguished Visitor: Prof. Mario Biagioli (UCLA)

The GCLR is pleased to welcome our 2024 distinguished visitor, Mario Biagioli, who will be visiting UCSB from May 29-31. Biagioli is a Distinguished Professor of Law and Communication at UCLA and will be joining us for two special GCLR events. The first is a student and faculty workshop on Thursday, May 30th, 5pm - 6:30pm, in Phelps 6206C entitled: “The Curriculum Vitae: Recording, Constructing, and Evaluating Authorship." To sign up for this in-person workshop, please fill out this form.  The second event is a special lecture by Biagioli called "The Impact of Impact," and will be held Friday, May 31, from 4pm-6pm in the Wallis Annenberg Conference Room (4315 SSMS). Please join us in welcoming Biagioli to UCSB, and participating in what promises to be an enriching series of events! More information can be found by clicking on this post. 

The Future of the Lumpenproletariat: A Conference in Memory of Glyn Salton-Cox

This conference seeks to center the contemporary valences of the concept of the lumpenproletariat, which Friedrich Engels identified as “social scum,” particularly outcasts, such as professional thieves, pimps, and gamblers. More generally, this term refers to those who do not generate profits for employers. In this judgment, the hegemonic working-class paradigm of the left and conservative notion of the “undeserving poor” converge. This conference is organized to honor and extend the work of Glyn Salton-Cox, who was an Associate Professor of English at UC Santa Barbara and who suddenly passed away while working on a book on the topic. Please join us May 24-25 either in person or on Zoom (view attached schedule) to not only honor the legacy of Glyn, but also provide a space for emerging and established scholars to reflect on the untapped potential of the concept of the lumpenproletariat and its varying forms given the unstable and uneven faces of global capitalism today.