Courses

Jewish Refugee Poetry in Shanghai

4-week course / In person on Fridays, July 12, 19, 26, & August 2

10am-12noon

Classoom B2200

Fee: $60.00

Join visiting Professor Duosi Meng, Senior Lecturer, Department of Linguistics, University of Illinois-Chicago as she guides participants through utilizing poetry written by Jewish refugees as a lens to explore the Jewish diaspora in Shanghai from 1938-1948. The exploration will address questions surrounding the collision of eastern and western cultures in China and include a comparative analysis examining the nuances between poems authored by refugees and those crafted by renowned authors in exile. Copies of poems will be provided in class.

COMING THIS SUMMER!

Virtual Lecture Series: The World's Fairs with Jennie Hirsh, Ph.D

Join Jennie Hirsh (Ph.D., Bryn Mawr College) and Professor of Modern and Contemporary Art at the Maryland Institute College of Art for a virtual lecture series via Zoom on the World's greatest Fairs.

Jennie will include the World's Fairs of: London 1851, Paris 1900 & 1937, Chicago 1893 & 1933/34, New York 1939, and Montreal 1967.