Center for 17th- & 18th-Century Studies

Katharina N. Piechocki, Associate Professor in the Department of French, Hispanic and Italian Studies at The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, presents "Somatmospheres: Atoms, Ambiance, and Nascent Sky Bodies in the Work of Athanasius Kircher, María de Jesús de Ágreda, and Sor Juana." This Zoom talk brings into a Transatlantic dialogue three seventeenth-century writers who explored sky bodies through the joint lens of science, poetic thought, and religion, recurring to what was then a relatively new vocabulary, such as “atmosphere” or “ambiance”.

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The UCLA Early Music Ensemble, joined by internationally renowned vielle player/fiddler, Shira Kammen, presents a new adaptation of Adam de la Halle’s Le Jeu de Robin et Marion (The Play of Robin and Marion, 1283) outdoors on the Clark Library's grounds. The English adaptation by Dr. Lawrence Rosenwald (Professor Emeritus, Wellesley College) tells the original tale of Maid Marion, Robin Hood, and their merry friends as they outsmart a cruel knight. Modern audiences of all ages will feel enchanted as actors and singers transport us to the thirteenth century with music performed on instruments from the Middle Ages. Pack a picnic basket and join us in our feast to celebrate the knight’s defeat! Visit the event webpage to learn more and register to attend this free event.

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A central figure in the literary and cultural spheres of the late nineteenth century, Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) was also the originator of Irish modernism. Still, literary scholarship has largely sidelined his powerful influence over this movement. Regarded by his contemporaries as an outstanding artist, critic, and public intellectual until his imprisonment in 1895, current research on Wilde tends to confine his leading presence within the late Victorian aesthetic and decadent movements. By highlighting this overlooked aspect of Wilde’s legacy, “Oscar Wilde’s Modernist Legacies” will raise critical and theoretical awareness of his influence over modernist innovation not only within the field of literary production but also in related artistic areas in Ireland and beyond.

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A central figure in the literary and cultural spheres of the late nineteenth century, Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) was also the originator of Irish modernism, though literary scholarship has largely sidelined his powerful influence over this movement. By highlighting this overlooked aspect of Wilde’s legacy, and drawing on the Clark Library’s imposing archive, the “Oscar Wilde and His Literary Circle Collection,” this conference will explore the dialogues that these figures established, and raise critical and theoretical awareness of Wilde’s influence over modernist innovation, not only within the field of literary production, but also in related artistic areas in Ireland and beyond.

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