2nd Annual Spring Jamboree a Success The inaugural Spring Jamboree in 2015, which showcased a wide variety of academics, culture, dance and music from across Asia and Africa. Presented by students from across campus, it represented both individuals studying in the Comparative Literature Department (Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese, Yoruba, Swahil, among others) and affiliated student groups. Building on the success of the event, which packed Joe Brown Plaza for several hours, the second celebration of culture took place on March 30 and expanded upon the framework of the first edition. Read more about 2nd Annual Spring Jamboree a Success
Willson Center Distinguished Lecture by Professor Haun Saussy Thursday, September 15, 2016 - 5:00pm MLC 248 Title: “The Only Game in Town: Early Buddhist Translations Into Chinese” The talk examines the earliest translations of Buddhist doctrine into Chinese, apparently by teams of translators working with secondhand sources. These texts show attention to the contexts of reception— in other words the cultural situation into which Buddhist ideas would be integrated. It is cohosted by Comparative Literature and the Willson Center at UGA. For the Willson Center's overview of Dr. Saussy's work, click here. Haun Saussy is University Professor at the University of Chicago, teaching in the departments of comparative literature and East Asian languages as well as the Committee on Social Thought. His work uses a comparative perspective to interrogate literary texts from premodern China, ancient Greece and Rome, and modern Europe, with a particular leaning toward poetry and poetics. His books include The Problem of a Chinese Aesthetic (1993), Great Walls of Discourse (2001), The Ethnography of Rhythm (2016), and edited collections such as Comparative Literature in an Age of Globalization (2006), The Chinese Written Character as a Medium of Poetry: A Critical Edition (2008), and the recent translation of writings by the sixteenth-century Chinese iconoclast Li Zhi, A Book to Burn and a Book to Keep (Hidden) (with Rivi Handler-Spitz and Pauline Lee, 2016). Other activities of his include participating in the design of public artworks with Mel Chin and co-editing the journals CLEAR and Critical Inquiry. Read more about Willson Center Distinguished Lecture by Professor Haun Saussy
Sympoisum on Literature and Exile Thursday, September 15, 2016 - 2:00pm MLC 350 Read more about Sympoisum on Literature and Exile
“Linguistic Identity in the Americas" Faculty Research Seminar Talk Thursday, September 8, 2016 - 4:00pm MLC 250 Dr. Ben Frey, Assistant Professor of American Studies at the University of North Carolina, will give a talk titled ""Negotiating with Giants: Agency and Interaction in Language Shift" as part of the “Linguistic Identity in the Americas” Faculty Research Seminar taking place at UGA during 2016-17. These events are co-organized with the Germanic and Slavic Studies Department. Thursday, September 8th, at 3:30pm 250 Miller Learning Center When communities transition from using one language to another, we often look toward individual agency as the deciding factor in the transition. Common discourse assumes that people choose to give up one language for another - but how real are these choices, given the sociological, economic, religious, and political circumstances that constrain these individuals?. This talk combines Wallerstein’s (2004) description of the capitalist world system with the notion of verticalization-driven language shift and orients shift within colonialism and the construction of race. I argue that language serves as an indicator of the larger global context in which communities find themselves, and the degree to which they have been able to retain their languages despite seemingly inexorable forces. Drawing on data from Wisconsin German, North Carolina Cherokee, and Pennsylvania Dutch, I show that while individual agency is constrained by global forces, many communities have leveraged factors such as religion and political sovereignty to negotiate with giants. Read more about “Linguistic Identity in the Americas" Faculty Research Seminar Talk
Comparative Literature Welcome Back Social Wednesday, August 10, 2016 - 2:30pm Joe Brown Department professors, current undergraduate and graduate students, and new students are welcome! Read more about Comparative Literature Welcome Back Social
Japanese Conversation Club Wednesday, August 31, 2016 - 6:30pm Wednesday, September 7, 2016 - 6:30pm Wednesday, September 14, 2016 - 6:30pm Wednesday, September 21, 2016 - 6:30pm Wednesday, September 28, 2016 - 6:30pm Wednesday, October 5, 2016 - 6:30pm Wednesday, October 12, 2016 - 6:30pm Wednesday, October 19, 2016 - 6:30pm Wednesday, October 26, 2016 - 6:30pm Wednesday, November 2, 2016 - 6:30pm Wednesday, November 9, 2016 - 6:30pm Wednesday, November 16, 2016 - 6:30pm Wednesday, November 30, 2016 - 6:30pm Wednesday, December 7, 2016 - 6:30pm Joe Brown Main Foyer Open to majors, heritage speakers, and all interested students, the Japanese Conversation club provides space for conversation practice and cultural events related to the study of Japanese at UGA. For more information, contact President Rio Watson (riowatsn@uga.edu). Read more about Japanese Conversation Club
Korean Language Society Wednesday, September 13, 2017 - 5:30pm Wednesday, September 20, 2017 - 5:30pm Wednesday, September 27, 2017 - 5:30pm Wednesday, October 4, 2017 - 5:30pm Wednesday, October 11, 2017 - 5:30pm Wednesday, October 18, 2017 - 5:30pm Wednesday, October 25, 2017 - 5:30pm Wednesday, November 1, 2017 - 5:30pm Wednesday, November 8, 2017 - 5:30pm Wednesday, November 15, 2017 - 5:30pm Wednesday, November 29, 2017 - 5:30pm Wednesday, December 6, 2017 - 5:30pm Wednesday, December 13, 2017 - 5:30pm Joe Brown Main Foyer Open to everyone, the Korean Language Society provides students a space for conversation practice and cultural events related to the study of Korean at UGA. For more information, contact President Emily Seulgi Lee (emily.lee89@uga.edu). Read more about Korean Language Society
CMLT Spring Jamboree Wednesday, March 30, 2016 - 3:00pm Joe Brown Hall Lawn Read more about CMLT Spring Jamboree
African Cultural Awareness Celebration Tuesday, November 17, 2015 - 11:00am Enjoy food, meet students, and watch cultural presentations from 11am-2pm in the Tate Center Read more about African Cultural Awareness Celebration