Month: March 2022

An interdisciplinary colloquium on the invasion of Ukraine will be held from March 30-April 5. The colloquium will consist of conversations, discussions, and film screenings led and presented by faculty from departments across the University. The series includes 7 events and will feature a mix of in-person sessions and Zoom talks.

Schedule of Events:

Wednesday, March 30

100 Hardin Hall, 4:00-6:30 PM

Donbass (2018, dir. Sergi Loznitsa)

Film Teach-In with Steven Marks (History) and Luca Barattoni (Languages)

Friday, April 1

100 Hardin Hall, 4:00-6:30 PM

The Rain Will Never Stop (2020, dir. Alina Gorlova)

Film Teach-In with Maziyar Faridi (English/World Cinema) and Aga Skrodzka (English/World Cinema)

Wednesday, April 6

100 Hardin Hall, 4:00-5:30 PM

Becoming Zelensky: Media, Politics, and Resistance

In conversation with Lucian Ghita (English) and Johannes Schmidt (Languages)

Thursday, April 7

100 Hardin Hall, 5:00-7:30 PM

Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors (1965, dir. Sergei Parajanov)

Film Teach-In with Olga Volkova (Languages/World Cinema) and Aga Skrodzka(English/World Cinema)

Tuesday, April 12

100 Hardin Hall, 5:00-7:00 PM

The Earth is Blue as an Orange (2020, dir. Iryna Tsilyk)

Film Teach-In with Jamie Rogers (English) and Gabriela Stoicea (Languages/World Cinema)

Wednesday, April 13

Zoom, 4:00-5:00

Geopolitical Mapping and Ukraine: Using Virtual Reality to Shape Reality

In conversation with William Terry (Geography/World Cinema)

Thursday, April 14

Zoom, 4:00-5:00

Stolen History, Stolen Heritage: Ukraine, Eastern Europe, and Russian Colonialism

In conversation with Kate Malaia (Architecture, Mississippi State) and Andreea Mihalache (Architecture)

Please see the flyer below for times, dates, and locations.

Sponsored by the College of Architecture, Arts and Humanities, the School of Architecture, the Department of Languages, the Department of English, the Department of Geography, the Humanities Hub, and the World Cinema Program.

Prof. Gregory Khezrnejat, a Clemson alum, will give a talk on Zoom on Wed. April 6, 2022, 7pm. Greg first studied Japanese in high school. After graduating from Clemson with a double major in Computer Science and English and a minor in Japanese, Prof. Khezrnejat went to Japan with the JET Program, where he taught English in a Japanese junior high school. After JET, he attended graduate school in Kyoto, received a PhD in Japanese literature and took a position at a Japanese university where he teaches Japanese literature and transnationalism. Prof. Khezrnejat wrote a story called Kamogawa Runner (Kamo River Runner) in Japanese. The story received the Kyoto Literature Award and, in October 2021, was published by Kodansha, Japan’s largest publishing house. In this lecture, Prof. Khezrnejat will talk about his background with Japanese language and literature and the process of writing the book, and he will share some general info about the characteristics of contemporary Japanese literature (and differences with English-language literature), as well as trends in transnational literature. Whether you’re studying Japanese or interested in world literature, this talk is sure to be inspiring!

What: Guest Lecture by Prof. Gregory Khezrnejat

Title: Writing Between Languages: Transnational Currents in Contemporary Japanese Literature

When: 7pm Wednesday, April 6

Where: Zoom, registration required

Register here: https://clemson.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJctd-6sqDkrH9b6Qj_3d4etqluVTSom0Sbk

Contact: Dr. Jae DiBello Takeuchi jtakeuc@clemson.edu with questions