Franke Lectures in the Humanities

Interpreting Film Masterpieces
Monday, September 21, 2015 | 6:30 pm
Interpreting Film Masterpieces
Monday, September 14, 2015 | 6:30 pm
Interpreting Film Masterpieces
Monday, September 7, 2015 | 6:30 pm

"Utopias Misplaced: The Cost of Outsourcing Dystopian Poetics to North Korea"

Seo-Young Chu is Assistant Professor of English at Queens College, CUNY. Her lecture “Utopias Misplaced: The Cost of Outsourcing Dystopian Poetics to North Korea” was given as part of the Fall 2014 Franke Lectures in the Humanities, a series organized in conjunction with the Yale College seminar “Utopia” taught by John Rogers, Professor of English. 

"Marx, Winstanley, and Morris: Utopian Thinking and Practice in the Communist Manifesto, the Law of Freedom, and News from Nowhere"

Christopher Kendrick is Professor of English at Loyola University Chicago. His lecture “Marx, Winstanley, and Morris: Utopian Thinking and Practice in the Communist Manifesto, the Law of Freedom, and News from Nowhere” was given as part of the Fall 2014 Franke Lectures in the Humanities, a series organized in conjunction with “Utopia,” a Yale College seminar taught by John Rogers, Professor of English.  This undergraduate seminar presented perspectives on utopian fictions.

"‘Thoughts That Come on Doves’ Feet’: Philosophy as Experience in the Work of Friedrich Nietzsche"

Kathleen Higgins is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Texas Austin. Her lecture “‘Thoughts That Come on Doves’ Feet’: Philosophy as Experience in the Work of Friedrich Nietzsche” was given as part of the Fall 2013 Franke Lectures in the Humanities, a series organized in conjunction with the Yale College seminar taught by Paul North, Associate Professor of German, and Paul Grimstad, Assistant Professor of English. 

Chang-rae Lee
Chang-rae Lee, Princeton University and Yonsei University
Thursday, December 4, 2014 | 5:00 pm
Seo-Young Chu
Seo-Young Chu, Queens College, City University of New York
Thursday, November 20, 2014 | 5:00 pm
Christopher Kendrick
Christopher Kendrick, Loyola University-Chicago
Thursday, October 30, 2014 | 5:00 pm
David Farrell Krell
Brown University
Thursday, November 14, 2013 | 5:00 pm
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