Medieval Studies
Larisa Grollemond, Getty Museum; Michelle Karnes, University of Notre Dame; Travis Zadeh, Yale University; Nicholas Watson, Harvard University
Celtic Literature and Culture
Gruffudd Antur, University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies in Aberystwyth
In celebration of Elastic magazine's newly released second volume, join us for a conversation about the possibilities of psychedelic literature.
History of the Book
Multiple Speakers
France and the World
Joanna Stalnaker, Columbia University
Visual Representation, Materiality, and Medium
Erika Naginski, Harvard Graduate School of Design
Critical Health Humanities
Sari Altshuler, Northeastern University
Throughout history, humans have attributed healthy urban forests with a role in fostering a healthy citizenry. But how has this claim been substantiated, and why and how exactly did trees become integral to the Western idea of what constitutes a healthy...
Shakespearean Studies
Tanya Pollard, Brooklyn College and CUNY
Petrarch’s Canzoniere stands as one of the greatest and most influential collections of love poetry ever written. A.M. Juster, a celebrated poet and translator, brings Petrarch’s vision to life with precision and grace, offering a rendition that is both...
Douglas Stuart is the author of Shuggie Bain (NYT bestseller; 2020 Booker Prize) and Young Mungo (British Book Award finalist).
What are we to make of Nolan’s reworking of this Homeric epic? How does his version adapt the ancient story and shape the narrative through cinematic techniques? What does the film and its reception tell us about our own time and its relationship to the...
