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Spring 2021 Courses
Toril MoiENGLISH 822/ LIT 822Monday(s): 3:30-6:00pmDuke University WITTGENSTEIN AND LITERARY THEORY The course offers an introduction to Wittgenstein’s late philosophy, and asks what its relevance for literary studies might be. We will focus on a detailed reading of important sections of Wittgenstein’s Philosophical Investigations. We will try to understand Wittgenstein’s vision of language, of philosophy and…Read more
Spring 2021 Courses
Sarah BeckwithShakespeare, Tragedy, Ethics: The Responsibility of Response ENGLISH 890S – 02 (5668) Markos Hadjioannou, Deleuze: Cinema and PhilosophyLIT 850S – 01 (6146), VMS 850S – 01 (6183), ENGLISH 860S – 01 (6184), ROMST 850S – 01 (6185), ARTSVIS 850S – 01 (6186), DOCST 850S – 01 (6187)Read more
Fall 2020 Courses
Saskia ZiolkowskiSvevo and World LiteratureGERMAN 590S-01 (11376), ROMANCE STUDIES 590S-01 (11465), ITALIAN 590S-01 (11498)Duke UniversityRead more
Duke Medical Ethics Journal Spring 2021 Issue
PAL would like to promote the Duke Medical Ethics Journal, a student-run publication about ethics in medical practice. The journal’s latest issue, “Health and Identity: Who We Are and the Care We Receive,” is available online now. As co-editors Sibani Ram and Priya Meesa write, the issue focuses on “topics related to identity in healthcare,…Read more
Welcome to Robert Mitchell
PAL is delighted to welcome Robert Mitchell, Chair of English as a new member of our Steering Committee. A stalwart supporter of PAL for many years, Rob is the perfect choice to follow in Neil McWilliam’s footsteps. We are looking forward to working more closely with him!Read more
Farewell to Neil McWilliam
Neil McWilliam has been a member of PAL’s Steering Committee since its inception. We at PAL are so grateful for his sage advice for so many years. Sadly for us, Neil is retiring this summer. We wish him all the best for his Duke-free lifeRead more
Empire’s Ruins: Allegory and Metonymy in JM Coetzee’s Waiting for the Barbarians
Pratistha Bhattaral, Ph.D. Candidate, Duke UniversityRespondent: Tsitsi Jaji, Associate Professor, Duke University Please join the Literature Program on April 19 for its latest Graduate Scholar Colloquium. Doctoral candidate Pratistha Bhattarai will be presenting her work in progress “Empire’s Ruins: Allegory and Metonymy in J.M. Coetzee’s Waiting for the Barbarians.” Tsitsi Jaji, Associate Professor in the Duke…Read more
Shelley’s Neoplatonic Metaphysics in Adonais: Power is Love is Beauty
Please join us at 2.30 pm on April 1 for a talk by Devin Buckley, PhD candidate in English! The talk, given as part of the requirements for the PAL Certificate, is titled ‘Shelley’s Neoplatonic Metaphysics in Adonais: Power is Love is Beauty.’ Zoom link: https://duke.zoom.us/j/96096157078?pwd=S0JlZCt4bDAwSzlXUXY1aGY3aDJlZz09Meeting ID: 960 9615 7078Passcode: 034412Read more
(Dis)Unity Workshop Series
Graduate students in the Carolina-Duke German Studies Program are currently organizing a workshop series. The first event of the (Dis)Unity workshop series will be held on Friday, April 9 from 1:15-2:30 p.m., and a follow-up professionalization workshop will be held on Monday, April 12 from 7-8:15 p.m. The first speaker will be Sabine Hake from the…Read more
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