City, Chaos, and Conflict in Syrian Television Drama
202 Jones PrincetonNES/TRI Brown Bag Lunch Talk. Light Lunch Served.
No Sources, No Targets: Translation as Realignment
144 Simpson International BuildingThe idea of translation as a kind of transportation, “moving” a text from a source language to a target language or culture, continues to shape most discussions and debates about the nature of translation. Using examples from his recent, award-winning translation from German of the four-volume NYC novel Anniversaries, Searls will discuss the origins and some […]
Bans, Walls, Raids, Sanctuary: U.S. Immigration and Abolitionist Futures
010 East PyneThis talk starts with the apparent “crises” over immigration in the contemporary moment, marked by three signature executive orders authorized by the Trump Administration in its first week in office: the “Muslim Ban,” the U.S.-Mexico border wall, and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids. By examining the long histories that have built a deeply rooted, […]
