Tag Archives: comparative literature

The Indiscipline of Comparison

Posted on February 20, 2017 by Jacob Edmond

I’m delighted to announce the publication of “The Indiscipline of Comparison,” a special issue of Comparative Literature Studies. Many thanks to the contributors, David Damrosch, Rita Felski, Haun Saussy, Shu-mei Shih, Karen Thornber, and Zhang Longxi. My heartfelt thanks also … Continue reading →

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Svetlana Boym

Posted on April 4, 2016 by Jacob Edmond

I was deeply shocked and saddened to learn last year of the death of Svetlana Boym. A few weeks ago, at the American Comparative Literature Association annual meeting at Harvard University, I joined colleagues, friends, and family for a session … Continue reading →

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Compared to What?

Posted on February 11, 2015 by Jacob Edmond

You can now download  in MP3 and MP4 formats the fourth and final talk delivered by the incomparable Haun Saussy as the as 2014 University of Otago De Carle Distinguished Lecturer. In “Compared to What?” Saussy argues that “comparative literature … Continue reading →

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Zhang Longxi on Comparison and Ethics

Posted on January 29, 2015 by Jacob Edmond

Zhang Longxi’s talk at the University of Otago on “Comparison and Ethics” is now available for download in MP3 and MP4 formats. The talk formed part of the “Comparing Comparisons” symposium, sponsored by Otago’s Comparative and Cross-Cultural Studies Research Theme … Continue reading →

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Haun Saussy and Olga Solovieva in Dunedin

Posted on November 30, 2014 by Jacob Edmond

I was lucky enough to host Haun Saussy, Olga Solovieva, and their three children in Dunedin during September and October. As the 2014 University of Otago De Carle Distinguished Lecturer, Haun delivered four brilliant public lectures in Dunedin, the first … Continue reading →

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Diffraction and World Literature

Posted on July 29, 2014 by Jacob Edmond

Parallax has just released a new special issue devoted to “Diffracted Worlds – Diffractive Readings: Onto-Epistemologies and the Critical Humanities,” edited by Birgit Mara Kaiser and Kathrin Thiele. The special has essays from Karen Barad, Kiene Brillenburg Wurth, and Johnny Golding, … Continue reading →

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Archive of the Now

Posted on April 14, 2014 by Jacob Edmond

I first attended the annual meeting of the American Comparative Literature Association a decade ago. It was a small affair gathering together a few hundred people on the somewhat desolate outskirts of Ann Arbor. In stark contrast, the ACLA’s latest … Continue reading →

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Dmitri Prigov and Cross-Cultural Conceptualism / Дмитрий Пригов и межкультурный концептуализм

Posted on January 16, 2013 by Jacob Edmond

A revised Russian version of chapter 5 of A Common Strangeness, “Dmitri Prigov and Cross-Cultural Conceptualism,” has just been published in Новое литературное обозрение (Novoe literaturnoe obozrenie, or New Literary Review) as “Дмитрий Пригов и межкультурный концептуализм” (Dmitrii Prigov i … Continue reading →

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Conceptual Writing and the Russians

Posted on July 16, 2012 by Jacob Edmond

Over on the Los Angeles Review of Books, Matvei Yankelevich has just published a very interesting response to Marjorie Perloff “Poetry on the Brink: Reinventing the Lyric,” published in the Boston Review’s May/June 2012 issue. In his piece, Yankelevich  not … Continue reading →

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A Common Strangeness Released

Posted on June 25, 2012 by Jacob Edmond

A Common Strangeness has finally been released. Extracts from the book can be read on Google Books here. The book is available for purchase here. You can like the book here. A Common Strangeness is published by Fordham University Press … Continue reading →

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