Overwhelming Nature: Confronting Catastrophe and the Sublime in the Arts and Humanities
Date and Time
GRADUATE STUDENT CONFERENCES
Overwhelming Nature: Confronting Catastrophe and the Sublime in the Arts and Humanities | Saturday, March 25 - Sunday, March 26, 2023
"Overwhelming Nature: Confronting Catastrophe and the Sublime in the Arts and Humanities” will explore accounts of the experiences of facing natural catastrophes and will consider the potential and limits of understanding those experiences through the concept of sublimity. The conference will feature both academic and artistic responses to the catastrophic sublime.
The full conference schedule and more information can be found on the conference website.
Free and open to the public; in-person at Harvard University. The organizing committee is pleased to announce that all of the panel sessions for “Overwhelming Nature: Confronting Catastrophe & the Sublime in the Arts & Humanities” will also be accessible via Zoom. If you plan to attend virtually, please register in advance on the conference website.
The organizers would like to thank the Department of Germanic Languages & Literatures, the Department of History of Art and Architecture, the Department of Music, and the Mahindra Humanities Center for their generous support of this conference.
About the Series
The Mahindra Center invites all Harvard graduate students to submit proposals to coordinate an annual Interdisciplinary Graduate Student Conference.