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New Books in World AffairsWorld LiteratureRoanne Kantor tells us about World Literature, in the ideas and practices of readers, writers, and scholars. Spatial metaphors like libraries, closets, and airport bookshops, help her imagine the “world” in world literature.In the episode Roanne references work by many scholars in the field, including David Damrosch’s What is World Literature (Princeton UP, 2003); Debjani Ganguly’s This Thing Called the World (Duke UP, 2016), and Gloria Fisk’s Orhan Pamuk and the Good of World Literature (Columbia UP, 2018). In the longer version of our conversation, we talked about how little magazines from the 1970s New York literary scene...
2022-07-2114 min
High TheoryWorld LiteratureRoanne Kantor tells us about World Literature, in the ideas and practices of readers, writers, and scholars. Spatial metaphors like libraries, closets, and airport bookshops, help her imagine the “world” in world literature.In the episode Roanne references work by many scholars in the field, including David Damrosch’s What is World Literature (Princeton UP, 2003); Debjani Ganguly’s This Thing Called the World (Duke UP, 2016), and Gloria Fisk’s Orhan Pamuk and the Good of World Literature (Columbia UP, 2018). In the longer version of our conversation, we talked about how little magazines from the 1970s New York literary scene...
2022-07-2115 min
Meeting StreetOn Catastrophe and Planetary RealismHow do the humanities help us respond to what feels like a new era of planetary catastrophe? Join Meeting Street host Amanda Anderson as she speaks with literary scholar and humanities institute director Debjani Ganguly about how humanities scholars and contemporary novelists have conceptualized large-scale transformations affecting our planet and our societies. Topics include the climate emergency, artificial intelligence, drone wars, viral threats such as the COVID-19 pandemic, and new novelistic forms of “planetary realism.” Transcript
2021-10-0131 min
The Future UniversityDebjani Ganguly: What is the 'World' in World Literature?Debjani Ganguly: What is the 'World' in World Literature?
The Future University
Debjani Ganguly (Post-Colonial Studies, Director, Humanities Research Centre, ANU)
What is the 'World' in World Literature?
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CHIASMOS: The University of Chicago International and Area Studies Multimedia Outreach Source [audio]“Language Worlds in South Asia”A talk by Debjani Ganguly, Head, Humanities Research Center, Australian National University. From the South Asia Seminar.
2010-04-0852 min
Southern Asia Events“Language Worlds in South Asia”A talk by Debjani Ganguly, Head, Humanities Research Center, Australian National University. From the South Asia Seminar.
2010-04-0852 min