Events

Translation and the Making of Modern Hebrew Poetry: A Lecture and Reading by Adriana X. Jacobs ♥

Humanities Instructional Building 135

For centuries, poets have turned to translation for creative inspiration. Through translation, poets have introduced new poetic styles, languages, and forms into their own writing, sometimes changing the course of literary history in the process. Strange Cocktail is the first comprehensive study of this phenomenon in modern Hebrew literature. Professor Adriana X. Jacobs (Oxford University)…

Shakespeare and Black Life: Actor Jeremie Harris in Conversation with Jehbreal Jackson ’20 ♥ ★

Zoom

Kirk Davis Jr. Public Shakespeare Lecture In this public conversation, Jeremie Harris will discuss his role as Claudio in New York Public Theatre’s 2019 production of Much Ado About Nothing, which featured an all-Black cast and was set in Atlanta during Stacy Abrams’ campaign for governor of Georgia. We will share clips from the production. Mr.…