Dante and Twentieth-Century American Politics

6191 Helen C. White
@ 2:00 pm CDT - 6:00 pm CDT
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2 pm, 6191 Helen C. White: Workshop for graduate students and faculty. Please contact Professor Jelena Todorovic (jtodorovic@wisc.edu) for the reading. 5 pm, 6191 Helen C. White: Public lecture: Cowardice is Political: The Legacy of Inferno 3 in 20th- and …

Teach in France – TAPIF Information Session

Online via Zoom
@ 1:00 pm CST - 2:00 pm CST
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Join us for an information session to learn about the TAPIF program from alumna Shannon Reader. Ms. Reader will provide an overview of the TAPIF program, application process, and answer questions. Registration required  

Jane Bennett – The Efficacy of the Slight: Zhuangzi and Lucretius in Times of Ecological Crisis

800 University Avenue, Conrad A. Elvehjem Building - Room L150, Madison, WI 53706
@ 4:00 pm CDT - 6:00 pm CDT
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Jane Bennett’s talk explores a trans-temporal resemblance between the Zhuangzi (a source-text for Daoism, China, 5th-3rd century, BCE) and the materialism of Lucretius’s De Rerum Natura (Rome, 1st century, BCE).  The two orientations affirm what she calls the efficacy …

Les Conférences de la Maison Française Series

French House, 633 N Frances Street, Madison, WI 53703
@ 4:00 pm CDT - 5:30 pm CDT
FRENCH HOUSE

The French House will welcome Jean-François Di Meglio, a specialist on Franco-Chinese relations, on Wednesday, Sept. 20, from 4-5:30 pm. He will present in French on “Citoyennetés mondialisées et tensions identitaires: perspectives, défis et opportunités …