Mod/Con
Mod/Con, Penn English's Modernist and Contemporary Literatures Reading Group, is a working group devoted to the discussion of cultural and literary problematics in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Our critical and historical interests range from the late nineteenth century through to the present day, across early and high moderism, postmodernism, and beyond. Each semester, we work to develop ways of thinking about these period markers—how they differ, what they share—through invited lectures and works-in-progress by graduate students and faculty in and outside of the Penn English community. In tandem with these works-in-progress, Mod/Con frequently hosts reading events of scholarly monographs as well as works of short fiction and poetry. We hope you can join us for an event!
For more information or to be placed on the Mods listserv, please contact one of the coordinators: Jonathan Dick <jondick@sas.upenn.edu> or Eilis Lombard <elombard@sas.upenn.edu>
Upcoming Events
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Guenther Leypoldt (University of Heidelberg), "Literary Prestige and the Laureate Position in Cultural Space"
April 13, 2023 - 5:00pm to 6:30pm -
Michaela Bronstein (Stanford): On Crimes For All Humanity: Revolution and the Modern Novel
April 20, 2023 - 5:00pm to 6:30pm
Past Events
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Lee Konstantinou (U Maryland): 'Helen DeWitt's Aesthetic Education
February 4, 2022 - 5:00pm to 6:30pm -
Jane Hu (Berkeley): "Generic Protagonists: Asian Americans at the End of the Novel"
December 2, 2021 - 5:00pm to 6:30pm -
Joseph Cleary (Yale): Modernism, Empire, World Literature
November 18, 2021 - 5:00pm to 6:30pm -
Laura McGrath (Temple University) - "Debuting"
October 15, 2021 - 5:00pm to 6:30pm -
Mathias Nilges (St. Francis Xavier): "How to Read a Moment"
September 24, 2021 - 4:00pm to 5:30pm -
Seo Hee Im (Hanyang): "Beckett's Hoarding"
April 30, 2021 - 10:00am to 11:30am -
Matt Hart (Columbia) : Excerpt from “Extraterritorial” and Publishing Q&A
March 31, 2021 - 5:00pm to 6:45pm -
Megan Quigley (Villanova): "T.S. Eliot’s Fictional Afterlives”
March 17, 2021 - 4:00pm to 5:30pm -
Jonathan Sterne (McGill): “There Are Never Enough Spoons: Fatigue and the Political Phenomenology of Impairment”
February 26, 2021 - 12:00pm to 1:30pm -
John Greaney, Mod/Con Work in Progress. "Elizabeth Bowen and Irish Modernism."
December 4, 2020 - 12:00pm to 1:30pm