Join us for a dialogue between Eric Prieto (French and Italian) and Swati Chattopadhyay (History of Art & Architecture) about his new book, Urban Informality and Narrative Form.  Urban Informality and Narrative Form brings together literary analysis and spatial planning theory in an interdisciplinary study of urban informality. The book explores the forces that have led to the prevalence of urban informality and critically considers common misconceptions about this phenomenon. It highlights the great diversity ...

Join us for a dialogue between Elizabeth Digeser (History) and Christine Thomas (Religious Studies) about Digeser's new book, Constantine, the Once and Future King: Constructing Apocalyptic Autocracy in Late Antique Gaul. Though the rule of Constantine I from 306 to 337 CE represented a sea change in the ancient world, the emperor's path to consolidating power and securing his legacy was hardly a straightforward one. In this book, Digeser uses material culture and textual evidence ...

Join us for a dialogue between Hangping Xu (East Asian Languages and Cultural Studies) and Catherine Nesci (French and Italian) about Xu's new book, Crip China: Ablenationalism and Disability Aesthetics. In Crip China, Hangping Xu offers a compelling account of Chinese modernism and modernity through the lens of disability, or what he calls “a cripistemology of modern China.” Central to the book is a critique of “ablenationalism” as a recurring ideology in modern China: a ...