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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Arthur Wang (Penn), “Inventing Rape Ecology: Octavia E. Butler and the Sociobiology of Sexual Violence"
March 24, 2023 - 5:00pm to 6:30pm -
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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Environments of Modernity Conference
March 22, 2018 - 5:00pm to 7:00pm, March 23, 2018 - 9:00am to 6:30pm -
Douglas Mao (Johns Hopkins), "Utopia's Borders"
February 22, 2018 - 5:00pm to 7:00pm -
Sarah Cole
November 6, 2017 - 5:00pm to 7:00pm -
Natalie Amleshi WIP
May 2, 2017 - 5:00pm to 6:30pm -
Laura Frost “A Century of Female Orgasm.”
April 20, 2017 - 5:00pm to 7:00pm -
Micah Del Rosario, WIP "No Crying in Public: Whiteness, the 2nd Person, and the Comic Sense in Rhys' Non-Caribbean Fiction."
March 16, 2017 - 5:00pm to 7:00pm -
Gayle Rogers & Paul Saint-Amour: Series Editors in Conversation
March 2, 2017 - 5:00pm to 7:00pm -
A welcome back discussion: Adorno, Sartre and the politics of art and literature
February 6, 2017 - 5:00pm to 7:00pm -
Devorah Fischler WIP (Penn) - CANCELED
November 29, 2016 - 6:00pm to 7:30pm -
Disability Studies: Joe Valente (SUNY Buffalo) "Aging Yeats: From Fascism to Disability"
November 9, 2016 - 5:00pm to 7:00pm