Mod/Con
The Mod/Con Working Group is coordinated and funded by the Department of English.
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 Jonathan Dick <jondick@sas.upenn.edu>
Past Events
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David Kurnick (Rutgers)
“The Demographic Passions of the Realist Novel”April 21, 2016 - 5:00pm to 6:30pm -
Sara Sligar WIP
April 4, 2016 - 5:00pm to 6:30pm -
WIP with Jill Richards
March 24, 2016 - 5:00pm to 7:00pm -
Laura Finch, WIP
December 2, 2015 - 5:30pm to 7:00pm -
Aarthi Vadde
October 29, 2015 - 5:30pm to 7:30pm -
Film Screening: "Far from the Madding Crowd"
September 24, 2015 - 5:00pm to 7:00pm -
Modernism and the Reinvention of Decadence
April 2, 2015 - 5:30pm to 7:00pm -
Year-end party
May 1, 2014 - 5:00pm to 7:00pm -
Kelly Rich (Penn), WIP
April 15, 2014 - 5:00pm to 7:00pm -
Jonathan Dollimore (University of Sussex)
April 9, 2014 - 3:15pm to 4:15pm