After Hours with CJLC NEXT EVENT: Reading, Teaching, Talking Feeling: CJLC Roundtable Discussion Featuring: Julie Crawford, Associate Professor of English and Comparative Literature Patricia Dailey, Assistant Professor of English and Comparative Literature Frances Negron-Muntaner, Assistant Professor of English and Comparative Literature Bruce Robbins, Professor of English and Comparative Literature Monday, November 26, 2007 8:00 PM 501 Schermerhorn Hall If you would like to suggest a professor or speaker as a host for an After Hours event or a topic or period you would like to hear addressed in the discussion series, please email cjlc@columbia.edu PREVIOUS EVENTS: Rachel Chung, Lecturer in East Asian Languages and Cultures, spoke on the importance of a multicultural core curriculum on: November 13, 2007 8:00 PM 511 Philosophy Hall Kathy Eden, Chavkin Family Professor of English Literature and Professor of Classics, discussed her upcoming book on intimacy and the epistolary tradition on: October 24, 2007 8:00 PM 511 Philosophy Hall Michael Golston, Assistant Professor in English and Comparative Literature, spoke about dirty words and dirty birds on: October 2, 2007 8:00 PM 511 Philosophy Hall CJLC Panel Discussion with: Amanda Claybaugh, Assistant Professor of English and Comparative Literature Nicholas Dames, Theodore Kahan Professor in the Humanities Jenny Davidson, Associate Professor of English and Comparative Literature David Kurnick, Adjunct Lecturer in English and Comparative Literature March 27, 2007 8:00 PM Altschul Auditorium 417 International Affairs Building Molly Murray, Assistant Professor in English and Comparative Literature, gave a talk on Jokes and their Relation to the Academic Unconscious on: February 21, 2007 8:00 PM 511 Philosophy Hall Karl Kroeber, Mellon Professor in the Humanities, talked about his experiences teaching non-traditional literatures on: February 8, 2007 7:30 PM 511 Philosophy Hall Andreas Huyssen, Villard Professor of German and Comparative Literature, gave a talk entitled Memories of Modernism on: November 13, 2006 8:00 PM 511 Philosophy Hall Martin Puchner, H. Gordon Garbedian Professor of English and Comparative Literature gave a talk entitled "Manifesto Art Politics" on: October 18, 2006 8:00 PM 511 Philosophy Hall Caleb Crain of the English Department, author and contributor to The New Yorker and other publications,gave a talk on "Freelance 101". October 4, 2006 8:00 PM 511 Philosophy Hall Bruce Robbins, Professor of English and Comparative Literature, spoke on various topics relating to his work on contemporary literature and public intellectuals in academia. September 26, 2006 8:00 PM 507 Philosophy Hall Andrew Delbanco, Julian Clarence Levi Professor in the Humanities, and James Shapiro, Larry Miller Professor of English and Comparative Literature, spoke on their recent biographies of Herman Melville and Wiliiam Shakespeare, respectively. April 5, 2006 7:30 PM 407 Hamilton Hall Amanda Claybaugh, Assistant Professor of English and Comparative Literature, spoke on her work in transatlantic 19th century literature and as the current MA Director of the Department of English and Comparative Literature. February 16, 2006 7:30 PM 511 Philosophy Hall Jenny Davidson, Assistant Professor of English and Comparative Literature, spoke on her research in 18th century literature, as well as her fiction writing and current work while she is on sabbatical. February 9, 2006 7:30 PM 511 Philosophy Hall Neguin Yavari, Assistant Professor of Religion, spoke on her research into medieval biography. January 26, 2006 7:30 PM 511 Philosophy Hall Nicholas Dames, Associate Professor of English and Comparative Literature, spoke on his latest book project, focusing on cognition in relation to Victorian reading habits, as well as pedagogical methodology. December 1, 2005 7:30 PM 511 Philosphy Hall Ann Douglas, Parr Professor of English and Comparative Literature, spoke on her research on American culture of the 1940s and 1950s and her upcoming book Noir Nation: Cold War U.S. Culture 1945-1960. November 17, 2005 7:00 PM 516 Hamilton Hall