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SUMMARY:On Land and Across the Sea: Boccaccio’s Other Wor(l)ds. Junctions and Interweavings Conference
DESCRIPTION:To mark 650 years since Boccaccio’s death\, a conference on Boccaccio’s Other Wor(l)ds invites exploration of Boccaccio’s “Other Words” and “Other Worlds.” Boccaccio’s narratives—not limited to the Decameron—vividly depict cultural and intellectual exchanges\, emphasizing human behavior\, morality\, and societal complexities across the Mediterranean and beyond\, including Cathay. In the Decameron\, the Levant serves as a crucial geographical and cultural reference\, highlighting its role as a crossroads of commerce\, religion\, and cultural interaction. For instance\, Nathan’s house in Decameron X.3 is described as being situated at the crossroads “from the West eastward\, or from the East westward.” Similarly\, in Genealogy of the Pagan Gods\, Boccaccio extols the invention of the boat and maritime navigation\, celebrating their benefits for humanity. He reflects on the immense advantages of trade and cultural exchanges and how they foster trust and friendships. Boccaccio notes that such interactions enable mutual teaching and learning of languages\, bridging geographical distances and overcoming estrangement. \nInspired by Boccaccio’s fascination with other worlds and words\, the Conference encourages geocritical approaches to Boccaccio’s works and explores this “hybrid point of connectivity” across society\, politics\, gender\, religion\, and economics. It aims to further investigate labor conditions and slavery in the medieval Mediterranean\, with particular attention to the art and commerce of textiles and textual weaves. The focus extends from the silent labor of women weaving baskets across the Mediterranean basin to female textile workers in Florence\, highlighting references to women’s labor both within and beyond the sea.
URL:https://humanities.ucla.edu/event/on-land-and-across-the-sea-boccaccios-other-worlds-junctions-and-interweavings-conference/
LOCATION:Royce 314\, 10745 Dickson Ct\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
CATEGORIES:Conference,Humanities
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SUMMARY:American Literary History Now
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a conference on American literary history to discuss origins\, paradigms\, and future directions of the field. The conference explores how the study of American literature has evolved in relation to its Cold War origins\, its reinvention in response to the social movements of the 1960s and 1970s\, and its reinvigoration through cultural studies. Leading figures present research on American literature from its inception to the present\, staging a lively discussion about current critical challenges\, approaches\, and methods. \nThe conference is organized by Yogita Goyal\, professor of English and African American studies at UCLA\, and generously supported by the Luskin Endowment for Thought Leadership in the UCLA College. \nSchedule \nOctober 3\n10-10.30\nWelcome and Introductions\nDean Alexandra Minna Stern\nRuss Castronovo and Yogita Goyal \nSession 1\n10.30-12.30\nChair: Nancy Martinez\n10.30: Sean Teuton\, “Primal Returns: Tribal Storytelling\, Deep Reading\, and the Rise of Native American Literature”\n11.30: Sakiru Adebayo\, “The Americanization of African Literature: A History” \nSession 2\n2-4\nChair: Uri McMillan\n2: Sampada Aranke\, “The Hammons Effect”\n3: Lee Edelman\, “The Hole in the Everything Bagel: Queerness\, Blackness\, and Other Catachreses of Multiversal Non-Singularity” \nReception\n4-5.30\nFaculty Lounge\, 2nd floor\, Kaplan Hall \nOctober 4\n \nSession 3\n10.30-12.30\nChair: Aditya Bahl\n10.30: Patricia Stuelke\, “Dark Academia and the New Cultural Front”\n11.30 : Francisco Robles\, “Poetic Forms\, Desert Time\, and Desert Movements” \nSession 4:\n2-4\nChair: Jonathan Grossman\n2: Sri Basu McCall\, “Revolution’s Racial Masques”\n3: Travis Foster\, “Too Good to Live: Trans Feminine Children and the Sentimental Death Trap” \n4-5.30\nClosing Roundtable\, led by American Literary History co-editors Russ Castronovo and Yogita Goyal; Assistant Editor Noah Terrell and Managing Editor Elijah Levine \n 
URL:https://humanities.ucla.edu/event/american-literary-history-now/
LOCATION:Kaplan Hall 193
CATEGORIES:English
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