2022-2023

The Department is committed to hosting relevant, boundary-breaking, and thought-provoking events. Due to the university's COVID-19 visitor policy, unless otherwise noted, only NYU students, faculty, and administrators will be permitted to attend in-person events at 19 University Place. Please check individual event pages for more information about attending as a visitor.

Thursday, Sep 8 2022
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The Comp Lit Proseminar Syllabus: Workshopping the Problem
In-Person Event
4:00pm - 6:30pm
Great Room, 19 University Place
Thursday, Sep 29 2022
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Surya Parekh: Phillis Wheatley Pursues Poetic Freedom
Online Event
5:00pm - 7:00pm
On Zoom
Tuesday, Oct 11 2022
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Madina Thiam - African History and the Making of a Classic: Yambo Ouologuem's 'Duty of Violence'
In-Person Event
11:00am - 1:00pm
Room 222, 19 University Place
Friday, Oct 14 2022
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Fugitive Proust
Online Event
In-Person Event
9:30am - 4:30pm
La Maison Française
16 Washington Mews
Saturday, Oct 15 2022
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Fugitive Proust
Online Event
In-Person Event
9:30am - 4:30pm
La Maison Française
16 Washington Mews
Thursday, Oct 27 2022
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Nasrin Olla - Alienation: Fanon and Beauvoir
In-Person Event
5:00pm - 7:00pm
Great Room
19 University Place
Wednesday, Nov 2 2022
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Anahid Nersessian: Keats & Calamity
Online Event
In-Person Event
6:30pm - 8:30pm
Great Room
19 University Place
Thursday, Nov 3 2022
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Slavoj Žižek: Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
In-Person Event
6:00pm - 8:00pm
Meyer Hall, Room 121
4 Washington Place
Tuesday, Nov 8 2022
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Price of Entry I: Theory in Debt
In-Person Event
6:00pm - 8:00pm
The Great Room
19 University Place
Tuesday, Nov 15 2022
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Publishing in the South in an Era of New Technologies: A Roundtable
In-Person Event
5:00pm - 7:00pm
English Department Event Space
244 Greene Street
Wednesday, Nov 16 2022
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CALAMEGS Reading Group Meeting: Yambo Ouologuem
Online Event
In-Person Event
5:00pm - 7:00pm
Room 305
19 University Place
Thursday, Nov 17 2022
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Ming Xie - What Does the Comparative Do for Theory?
In-Person Event
2:00pm - 4:45pm
Room 229
19 University Place
Friday, Nov 18 2022
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Ming Xie - Dialogue & Dialectic: A Recursive Horizon
In-Person Event
3:00pm - 5:00pm
The Great Room
19 University Place
Tuesday, Nov 29 2022
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Point of Entry II: The Curator as Translator
In-Person Event
6:00pm - 8:00pm
The Great Room
19 University Place
Friday, Dec 2 2022
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Make A Meme for Comp Lit
In-Person Event
2:00pm - 4:00pm
Room 222
19 University Place