Events

Announcements

Comparative Literature Alumni Career Panel

Please join us for the return of Drs. Arpi Movsesian, Christene D'Anca, and Dustin Lovett (not pictured), all recent graduates from the UCSB Comparative Literature Program, as they share insights from their time on the academic job market and their careers beyond. Be sure to stay for the following reception!

Time: Friday, March 14th. Talk 3-5pm, Reception 5-6pm

Place: GCLR Seminar Room, Phelps 6206C

"From Digital Humanities to AI Humanities" Todd Presner's _Ethics of the Algorithm_
Dear friends of the GCLR,
 
Please, join us for our 4th Brownbag Series event on Monday March 3rd, 12:00-1:30, Phelps 6206C.
 
Prof. Todd Presner (UCLA, European Languages and Transcultural Studies) will present on the digital humanities in the age of A.I. in relation to his new book Ethics of the Algorithm: Digital Humanities and Holocaust Memory (Princeton UP, 2025).
 
RSVP HERE for FREE LUNCH!
Prospectus Workshop with Katya Lopatko - "Global Cinema in the Cold War: Exchanges between Eastern European and Third World Cinema at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, 1962 and 1964"
The GCLR is happy to announce that Katya Lopatko (Comparative Literature) will be participating in one of our prospectus/dissertation workshops! Her project is entitled "Global Cinema in the Cold War: Exchanges between Eastern European and Third World Cinema at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, 1962 and 1964" and an abstract can be found here. 
 

We expect that the event will be of great interest to scholars with interests in Comparative Literature, Film and Media Studies, Cold War and Postcolonial Studies especially, but we encourage professors and fellow graduate students from all backgrounds to attend and offer constructive feedback on Katya's intriguing work!

 

Time: Thursday, February 20th, 3-4:30pm 

 

Place: Phelps 6206C

 

 

Online Lecture with Prof. Dmitry Bresler: "'New Theatre': The Journal 'Mitin' and the Pragmatics of Self-Publishing in the Perestroika Era"

Please join us for an exciting upcoming virtual lecture by Prof. Dmitry Bresler (University of Macerata/Italy) which will explore how the journal Mitin navigated the complex landscape of samizdat during Perestroika, providing insight into its cultural role and its influence on Russian art and literature and beyond.

Time: Tuesday, February 18, 2025, 5PM - 6PM / Place: On Zoom

 
"Two Spatial Turns": Claudio Fogu and Eric Prieto in Dialogue
The GCLR invites you to join us for the next entry in the Interdisciplinary Brown Bag Lunch Series wherein professors Claudio Fogu and Eric Prieto will be discussing the role of spatial representation, thinking, and constructs in their respective research. Please see the attached flyer for more details and RSVP at the following link for a provided free lunch option. 
 
Time: February 11th, 12:00-1:30pm
 
Place: Phelps 6206C
2025 Winter Roundtable

The GCLR is pleased to announce our upcoming 2025 Winter Roundtable! Preempting our annual international student conference of the same theme, this quarter's roundtable will focus on "Blue Humanities and Aquatic Media." We hope to see many of you there! Please see the attached poster for more details. 

Time: Thursday, February 7th from 5-6:30pm. 

Place: GCLR Conference Room (Phelps 6206C).