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Apophatic Paths from Europe to China: Regions without Borders

Apophatic Paths from Europe to China: Regions Without Borders Review by Bin Song in JAAR (Journal of American Academy of Religion) Review by Paula Varsano in Comparative Literature Studies 56/2 (2019): 424-28 Review by On-Cho Ng review of Apophatic…

Posted by frankewp on April 2, 2018 in News, featured

Notre Dame Annual Religion and Literature Lecture

Posted by frankewp on April 1, 2018 in News

York Conference – Beyond Words

Centre for Renaissance and Early Modern Studies Beyond Words: The Unknowable and the Unutterable in early modernity Posted on 4 June 2018 In this Keynote Address, Prof William Franke closes a conference on the parameters of the unknowable and the unutterable in early modernity. His talk addresses one of the most important figures on…

Posted by frankewp on March 31, 2018 in News

Seattle MLA Panel on Secularization and Literature

“Secularization and Literature,” MLA (Modern Language Association) National Convention, Seattle, January 6, 2012 ‘Several of the most provocative, insightful scholars at the intersection of religion and literature will be participating on a panel entitled “Literature and Secularization” (Friday, 3:30-4:45, WSCC 617). Facilitated by Susannah Brietz Monta (Notre Dame, and editor of Religion and Literature), this roundtable…

Posted by frankewp on March 30, 2018 in News

Newberry Graduate Workshop on New Theoretical Approaches to Dante

Poetry as Theology: New Theoretical Approaches to Dante, Graduate Workshop, Newberry Center for Renaissance Studies, Chicago, Illinois, February 26, 2015 Poetry as Theology: New Theoretical Approaches to Dante Dante Alighieri, Paradiso, 1502. Click image to enlarge. William Franke, Vanderbilt University Vittorio Montemaggi, University of Notre Dame Research Methods Workshop for Early-Career Graduate Students Friday, February…

Posted by frankewp on March 30, 2018 in News