Here, and Here, and Here: Multifocal Approaches to Premodern Literatures

A conference questioning the role of historicism in the comparative study of premodern literatures, exploring alternatives to cross-cultural connections, and theorizing multifocal scholarly practice that is not subordinated to totalities such as “world literature,” “the global Middle Ages,” or the arising of “modernity.”

Co-sponsored by:
The Edward J. and Dorothy Clarke Kempf Memorial Fund, The Whitney and Betty MacMillan Center for International and Area Studies at Yale, Early Modern Studies, Council on East Asian Studies, Archaia, Medieval Studies, The Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, The Department of Comparative Literature, South Asian Studies Council