
Friday, May 1, 2015
4:00 PM – 6:00 PM
Draper Conference Room, 22-24 East 8th Street
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Life in the Fewest Words: Timing Brevity from Chamfort to Benjamin
Sage Anderson received a BA in Comp Lit from the University of Pennsylvania, and wrote her NYU MA thesis on “The Right to Laziness.” Her primary areas of focus are German and French literature of the late 18th through early 20th centuries, as well as translation and critical theory. Since 2012, Sage has been a doctoral fellow in the DFG-Graduiertenkolleg “Lebensformen + Lebenswissen,” affiliated with the European University Viadrina, Frankfurt (Oder).
Respondent: Richard Sieburth, NYU
Refreshments will be served.