• Apr 4
    Rethinking the Italian Eighteenth Century and its Transnational Connections

    Pyle Center Symposium Program

    Rethinking the Italian Eighteenth Century and its Transnational Connections Over the past 25 years, the transnational perspective has played a pivotal role in reshaping the scope of eighteenth-century studies, illuminating vibrant exchanges and interactions across borders. This symposium aims to achieve two primary objectives: first, to solidify Italy’s influential position within the transnational cultural tapestry …

  • Mar 7
    38th GAFIS Symposium

    Keynote: Hadji Bakara

    Pyle Center

    Hadji Bakara, University of Michigan, Refugee Futures and the Politics of Time, E-mail GAFIS at gafis_symposium@frit.wisc.edu

  • Feb 28
    Burdick-Vary symposium: “The Work of the Literary Translator: Ethics, Aesthetics, and Politics”

    126 Memorial Library (728 State Street) Memorial Library

    Free and Open to the Public  Symposium Details – Symposium Flyer – Symposium Program Co-sponsored by the UW Department of French and Italian and the Institute for Research in the Humanities Symposium co-organizers: Ernesto Livorni, Florence Vatan, Anne Vila

  • Oct 18
    Early Modern Otherworlds: A Symposium

    Memorial Library Room 126

    EVENT FLYER The Center for Early Modern Studies (CEMS) is hosting a day-long symposium on “Early Modern Otherworlds”. Our colleagues Kristin Phillips-Court, Ullrich Langer, Jan Miernowski,  Frédéric Neyrat, Daniel Kapust, Mario Ortiz-Robles, and many others are participating in this event, as well as two keynote speakers, Christopher Heuer (Rochester U, Art History) and Arielle Saiber …

  • Apr 5
    37th GAFIS Symposium, 2024

    Dr. Aubrey Gabel, Columbia University

    Pyle Center

    GAFIS Symposium Description: Games and play are omnipresent in human society and take innumerable forms. Questions surrounding the role of play and games have generated much theoretical debate from which various perspectives and approaches have emerged, taking different forms across time and space. Over the course of the 20th and 21st centuries, numerous fields of …

  • Oct 26
    “Censorship, Surveillance, Disinformation”

    Memorial Library, Room 126

    “Censorship, Surveillance, Disinformation” Symposium of the Center for Early Modern Studies See attached flyer