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Race, Sexuality, and Empire with Hamit Arvas, Jonathan Gil Harris, and Madhavi Menon
  • Thursday, September 25, 2025 - 3:00pm to 7:00pm

Fisher-Bennett Hall Faculty Lounge, room 135


Translated Subjects: Race, Sexuality, and Empire

Featuring

Hamit Arvas (U Penn), "The Grammar of the Other:  Translation and the (Un)Making of Gender, Sexual, and Racial Difference"

Jonathan Gil Harris (Ashoka U), "Translated Threads: How to Weave a Central Asian Carpet"

Madhavi Menon (Ashoka U), "Love in the Moonlight: Sufism, Sexuality, Shakespeare"

Thursday, September 25

3-5pm, reception to follow 5-7 pm