Welcome to CLIFF 2017How 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.
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Keynote: Ilya Kaminsky - How Poets Read (and Take from) Other Poets
Keynote: March 17th, 5:30pm, Rackham Assembly Hall Reception begins 4:30pm Ilya Kaminsky is a poet and Professor of Poetry and Director of the Creative Writing Program at San Diego State University. He is the author of Dancing in Odessa, which won the American Academy of Arts and Letters’ Metcalf Award among others, and co-editor of a number of anthologies of world poetry. He has translated and co-translated several books, most recently Marina Tsvetaeva's Dark Elderberry Branch (Alice James Books), with Jean Valentine. Kaminsky’s work urges us to rethink the practices of translation and self-translation, and the political potential of reading, writing and translating.
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What is CLIFF?
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.
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