Readings & Events
The Zell Visiting Writers Series constitutes the backbone of the HZWP events calendar, bringing the world of contemporary literature to Ann Arbor with visits from working writers that include readings, extensive student-moderated Q&A sessions, individual consultations, craft lectures, and public panel discussions with members of our faculty. The Edwards Readings and Webster Readings are organized by first-year and second-year students respectively, and feature their poetry and prose. Post-graduate Zell fellows are regularly invited to introduce and/or open for writers scheduled to visit local bookstore Literati.
In addition to the various reading series, HZWP also seeks to offer an array of programming that incorporates the considerable resources of the University writ large and strengthens ties with the greater Metro Detroit area. Recent such events include the Medical Arts Dinner, an interdisciplinary exchange with members of the University of Michigan Medical Arts Program, and the Fortify Writing Summit, a writing retreat at the Charles T. Fisher Mansion sponsored jointly with Literary Detroit and Write-A-House. The Helen Zell Writers’ Program is committed to fostering community and providing our students with varied opportunities for development as writers, artists, and responsive, invested human beings.
Friday, March 17, 2017
10:00 AM-7:00 PM
West Conference Room
Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
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Keynote: March 17 5:30-7pm Rackham Assembly Hall
How do we read texts, films and other objects? How do our methods reflect the intended and unintended audiences of a work, and how do they inform our interpretations? What do our readings include, and what do they exclude? In this conference, we aim to reflect on and reconsider our roles as readers, as well as the educational and political implications of our reading practices.
CLIFF is organized entirely by graduate students in the Department of Comparative Literature at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. It has been the central event of our department since its inception in 1996. With its dedication to interdisciplinarity and intellectual rigor, it embodies the values that form the basis of Comparative Literature. Each year, the conference brings together faculty and graduate students across different institutions, disciplines and fields of interest, in order to facilitate a productive and meaningful dialogue on that year’s theme
How do we read texts, films and other objects? How do our methods reflect the intended and unintended audiences of a work, and how do they inform our interpretations? What do our readings include, and what do they exclude? In this conference, we aim to reflect on and reconsider our roles as readers, as well as the educational and political implications of our reading practices.
CLIFF is organized entirely by graduate students in the Department of Comparative Literature at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. It has been the central event of our department since its inception in 1996. With its dedication to interdisciplinarity and intellectual rigor, it embodies the values that form the basis of Comparative Literature. Each year, the conference brings together faculty and graduate students across different institutions, disciplines and fields of interest, in order to facilitate a productive and meaningful dialogue on that year’s theme
| Building: | Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) |
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| Event Type: | Conference / Symposium |
| Tags: | African American, Art, Asia, Chinese Studies, Classical Studies, conference, European, Film, Graduate, Jewish Studies, Literature, Middle East Studies, Philosophy, Poetry, Rackham, Women's Studies |
| Source: | Happening @ Michigan from Comparative Literature Intra-Student Faculty Forum (CLIFF), The College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, Judaic Studies, Comparative Literature, Institute for the Humanities, Department of Afroamerican and African Studies, Classical Studies, Rackham Graduate School, International Institute, Department of Film, Television, and Media, Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies, Weiser Center for Europe and Eurasia, Department of American Culture, University of Michigan Helen Zell Writers' Program, Department of English Language and Literature, Slavic Languages & Literatures |
| Upcoming Dates: |
Friday, March 17, 2017 10:00 AM-7:00 PM
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Many HZWP events are free and open to the public. For additional information, including information about co-sponsorships, please contact the MFA Office at 734.615.3710.
