Events

Zoom, with in-person audience gathering in Cherpack Lounge Professor Grogory Conti will present his new translation of Leonardo Sciascia’s collection of short stories “The Fire in the Sea” and discuss translation strategies with the students with hands on activities. This online lecture is offered in conjunction with Professor Arianna Fognani’s course on Italian Translation (ITAL […]

Public Trust, 4017 Walnut Street The Fall 2024 Bowman Lecture will be given by the award-winning Martinican author, playwright, scenarist, and philosopher Patrick Chamoiseau. Chamoiseau received the Prix Goncourt, France’s most prestigious literary prize, in 1992 for his expansive novel Texaco. Since then, he has been an active theoretician of Francophone literatures, as well as […]