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The Making of a Norton Anthology

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Date: Wednesday, November 15 Time: 10 a.m. Pacific / 1 p.m. Eastern Location: Join Us Virtually from Anywhere Join editors Stephen Greenblatt and Courtney Weiss Smith (The Norton Anthology of English Literature, 11E) with Martin Puchner and Wiebke Denecke (The Norton Anthology of World Literature, 5E) in conversation with the Norton literature team. The editors will share their experiences editing the latest editions, discuss some new features and selections, and talk about how they have updated the anthologies for today’s students and classrooms.All are invited to attend, and there will be time for an audience Q&A.All registrants will receive a recording of the event, so please register even if you cannot attend live. Register Today

Lit Tea

When: Every Monday (except Holidays) during the semester Time: 4:15pm – 5:45pm Where: Room 14N-417 Come by for snacks, and tea with Literature Section friends, instructors, students, etc. What are you reading? What 21L classes are you taking or hoping to take? This event is specifically geared towards undergrads; but open to friends of the community that engage in the literary and humanities at MIT.

Lit Tea

When: Every Monday (except Holidays) during the semester Time: 4:15pm – 5:45pm Where: Room 14N-417 Come by for snacks, and tea with Literature Section friends, instructors, students, etc. What are you reading? What 21L classes are you taking or hoping to take? This event is specifically geared towards undergrads; but open to friends of the community that engage in the literary and humanities at MIT.

AMS presents, Eric Goldberg “Warfare, Rapine, and the Decline of the Carolingian Empire”

E51-275 134 Memorial Drive, Cambridge, MA, United States

Abstract: Historians have long debated the forces that led to the collapse of the Frankish empire under Charlemagne’s descendants around the year AD 900. Various arguments have been offered: dynastic conflict, incompetent kings, succession crisis, Viking invasions, the proliferation of castles, “Feudal Revolution,” even “Feudal Mutation.” I offer a different explanation based on the neglected topics of warfare and military logistics. I argue that the Carolingian military underwent a profound yet largely overlooked transformation during the ninth century that created growing challenges for the supplying and garrisoning of soldiers and their horses. These logistical problems increasingly led to illegal requisitions and violence committed by Frankish soldiers against the common people, a phenomenon that chroniclers and royal laws described as “rapine.” This growing problem of rapine committed by Frankish armies undermined the legitimacy of the Carolingian dynasty in the eyes of the Church and facilitated the breakup of their empire in the late ninth and early tenth centuries. Bio: Eric Goldberg is a professor of medieval history at MIT. His research explores the vibrant politics and culture of early medieval Europe under the Merovingian and Carolingian dynasties. Image: ”Le comte Eudes défend Paris contre des Normands, 885-886 (Count Eudes defends Paris)" by Jean Victor Schnetz, 1834-37

Lit Tea

When: Every Monday (except Holidays) during the semester Time: 4:15pm – 5:45pm Where: Room 14N-417 Come by for snacks, and tea with Literature Section friends, instructors, students, etc. What are you reading? What 21L classes are you taking or hoping to take? This event is specifically geared towards undergrads; but open to friends of the community that engage in the literary and humanities at MIT.

litshop presents, danah alfailakawi “the abject queer: barelybeing nonhumans and deathworlds on the arabian peninsula”

presented by danah alfailakawi predoctoral fellow, Literature Section at MIT tuesday, december 5th @ 5:00pm building 14, room 14E-304 (map) abstract: this talk is excerpted from the second chapter of a larger dissertation project titled "the abject queer: barelybeing, nonhumans, and deathworlds on the arabian peninsula." the project redefines queerness as that which absorbs the violence necessary for the erection of subjectivity. turning to contemporary (twentyfirst century) literary and visual texts emerging from the arabian gulf (iraq, kuwait, bahrain, the united arab emirates, and yemen), i locate particular modes of abject queerness that make possible the cohesion of the postoil gulf subject, from the citizen to the family unit to the nation. in this chapter, i discuss the invisible bodies of predominantly male migrant workers in public spaces and the queer worlds that lie within the recesses of global racial capitalism. i engage with abu dhabian author deepak unnikrishnan’s novel temporary people (2017) in order to examine the migrant worker’s proximity to the nonhuman, as well as the modes of barelybeing and ungrievability that characterize racialized labor in the gulf today. i find that the body of the migrant worker gendered as masculine embodies a distinct variant of queerness, one that exiles […]

Lit Tea

When: Every Monday (except Holidays) during the semester Time: 4:15pm – 5:45pm Where: Room 14N-417 Come by for snacks, and tea with Literature Section friends, instructors, students, etc. What are you reading? What 21L classes are you taking or hoping to take? This event is specifically geared towards undergrads; but open to friends of the community that engage in the literary and humanities at MIT.

Event Series Pleasures of Poetry 2024

Pleasures of Poetry 2024

Pleasures of Poetry meets this IAP 2024 in 14E-304 from 1-2 p.m. every weekday from January 8-26, with the exception of MLK Jr. Day (Jan. 15). This popular activity – which aims to reach all those with an interest in poetry, regardless of experience level – has been offered every IAP for several decades. This will be the 28th year of Pleasures of Poetry at MIT. Each one-hour session is devoted to a poet or two, often a single poem, chosen by session leaders who volunteer to facilitate conversation for that day. Collaborative close reading is the aim and ideal of each hour. Some participants attend every session, but many others may drop in only once or twice during the series to discuss a favorite poet or poem, or to discover new favorites. The roster of poets is typically diverse — from classic Chinese poets to American poets laureate, and from such canonical figures as Shakespeare, Keats, Dickinson, and Bishop to contemporary poets including Louise Glück, Joy Harjo, Terrence Hayes, and many more. Free and open to the public; as well as staff, alumni, and students. Pleasures of Poetry 2024 Poetry Booklet PDF Schedule, poster, and program: January 8 – January […]

Event Series Pleasures of Poetry 2024

Pleasures of Poetry 2024

Pleasures of Poetry meets this IAP 2024 in 14E-304 from 1-2 p.m. every weekday from January 8-26, with the exception of MLK Jr. Day (Jan. 15). This popular activity – which aims to reach all those with an interest in poetry, regardless of experience level – has been offered every IAP for several decades. This will be the 28th year of Pleasures of Poetry at MIT. Each one-hour session is devoted to a poet or two, often a single poem, chosen by session leaders who volunteer to facilitate conversation for that day. Collaborative close reading is the aim and ideal of each hour. Some participants attend every session, but many others may drop in only once or twice during the series to discuss a favorite poet or poem, or to discover new favorites. The roster of poets is typically diverse — from classic Chinese poets to American poets laureate, and from such canonical figures as Shakespeare, Keats, Dickinson, and Bishop to contemporary poets including Louise Glück, Joy Harjo, Terrence Hayes, and many more. Free and open to the public; as well as staff, alumni, and students. Pleasures of Poetry 2024 Poetry Booklet PDF Schedule, poster, and program: January 8 – January […]

Event Series Pleasures of Poetry 2024

Pleasures of Poetry 2024

Pleasures of Poetry meets this IAP 2024 in 14E-304 from 1-2 p.m. every weekday from January 8-26, with the exception of MLK Jr. Day (Jan. 15). This popular activity – which aims to reach all those with an interest in poetry, regardless of experience level – has been offered every IAP for several decades. This will be the 28th year of Pleasures of Poetry at MIT. Each one-hour session is devoted to a poet or two, often a single poem, chosen by session leaders who volunteer to facilitate conversation for that day. Collaborative close reading is the aim and ideal of each hour. Some participants attend every session, but many others may drop in only once or twice during the series to discuss a favorite poet or poem, or to discover new favorites. The roster of poets is typically diverse — from classic Chinese poets to American poets laureate, and from such canonical figures as Shakespeare, Keats, Dickinson, and Bishop to contemporary poets including Louise Glück, Joy Harjo, Terrence Hayes, and many more. Free and open to the public; as well as staff, alumni, and students. Pleasures of Poetry 2024 Poetry Booklet PDF Schedule, poster, and program: January 8 – January […]

Event Series Pleasures of Poetry 2024

Pleasures of Poetry 2024

Pleasures of Poetry meets this IAP 2024 in 14E-304 from 1-2 p.m. every weekday from January 8-26, with the exception of MLK Jr. Day (Jan. 15). This popular activity – which aims to reach all those with an interest in poetry, regardless of experience level – has been offered every IAP for several decades. This will be the 28th year of Pleasures of Poetry at MIT. Each one-hour session is devoted to a poet or two, often a single poem, chosen by session leaders who volunteer to facilitate conversation for that day. Collaborative close reading is the aim and ideal of each hour. Some participants attend every session, but many others may drop in only once or twice during the series to discuss a favorite poet or poem, or to discover new favorites. The roster of poets is typically diverse — from classic Chinese poets to American poets laureate, and from such canonical figures as Shakespeare, Keats, Dickinson, and Bishop to contemporary poets including Louise Glück, Joy Harjo, Terrence Hayes, and many more. Free and open to the public; as well as staff, alumni, and students. Pleasures of Poetry 2024 Poetry Booklet PDF Schedule, poster, and program: January 8 – January […]

Event Series Pleasures of Poetry 2024

Pleasures of Poetry 2024

Pleasures of Poetry meets this IAP 2024 in 14E-304 from 1-2 p.m. every weekday from January 8-26, with the exception of MLK Jr. Day (Jan. 15). This popular activity – which aims to reach all those with an interest in poetry, regardless of experience level – has been offered every IAP for several decades. This will be the 28th year of Pleasures of Poetry at MIT. Each one-hour session is devoted to a poet or two, often a single poem, chosen by session leaders who volunteer to facilitate conversation for that day. Collaborative close reading is the aim and ideal of each hour. Some participants attend every session, but many others may drop in only once or twice during the series to discuss a favorite poet or poem, or to discover new favorites. The roster of poets is typically diverse — from classic Chinese poets to American poets laureate, and from such canonical figures as Shakespeare, Keats, Dickinson, and Bishop to contemporary poets including Louise Glück, Joy Harjo, Terrence Hayes, and many more. Free and open to the public; as well as staff, alumni, and students. Pleasures of Poetry 2024 Poetry Booklet PDF Schedule, poster, and program: January 8 – January […]

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