February 11, 2010 • 11:07 pm 0
come unwind with us at the end of a Thursday
we’ll have wine and cheese and more
you’re welcome to bring friends!
KJCC = King Juan Carlos Center
53 Washington Square South / between Sullivan and Thompson Streets
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January 28, 2010 • 7:32 pm 0
Join us to kick off the spring semester with DSO & to launch Anamesa’s Intersections Issue!
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October 21, 2009 • 12:00 pm 0
The “Forum Series” (including “Open Forum” and “Proust Forum”) are on hiatus. Meanwhile, if you are interested in Proust, there is a talk about In Search of Lost Time next week at Columbia. See below:
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http://www.centerforfiction.org/events/readings.php#proustcon
Antoine Compagnon is the Blanche W. Knopf Professor of French and Comparative Literature at Columbia University. On Proust, after editing Du côté de chez Swann and Sodome et Gomorrhe, he published Proust entre deux siècles. Compagnon is also a professor at the Collège de France and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Acclaimed journalist, lecturer and author Adam Gopnik is a three-time National Magazine Award winner and recipient of the George Polk Award for Magazine Reporting. He has been a staff writer for The New Yorker since 1986.
Seating is very limited to this event so you must RSVP. Please e-mail the Center at events (at) centerforfiction.org or call us at 212-755-6710 to reserve a spot.
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October 5, 2009 • 11:12 pm 0
We had a good turnout for the first session two weeks ago. The “Open Forum” will continue on a bi-weekly schedule. This is a no-pressure space for brief (room reserved for only 45 minutes!) conversations serious and/or absurd. We often provide wine, cheese, and other edibles. Guest presentations are welcome; try out your project or paper ideas on us. Or just come and chat.
Next session:
Wednesday Oct. 7, 8:30pm-9:15pm, KJCC Room 109
See “Schedule” page for upcoming dates.
A supportive group to help Draper students -and friends- complete Proust’s novel, In Search of Lost Time. The following dates are tentative and flexible. We will read about 50 pp per week, or 200 pp per month. Full reading list will be provided in a separate post. Meanwhile, if interested, begin reading the first volume, Swann’s Way, any edition or language. RSVP requested!
October
– Vol. 1, Part 1, Combrary & critical article(s), to be provided for those who have already read Vol. 1
November
– Vol. 1, Part 2, Swann in Love
December
– Vol 1, Part 3, The Name & Vol. 2, Part 3, Madame Swann at Home
Additional weekend readings or outings are possible, depending on interest.
Unfortunately, canceled for the Fall semester, due to limited interest and scheduling conflicts. If interested in forming a group for the Spring semester, please email suggestions or questions. This can be for both those writing their theses during Spring 2010, and those planning to write during subsequent semesters.
Contact: draperforum(at)gmail.com
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July 4, 2009 • 12:31 pm 0
Apologies for the silence on this blog lately! We have just started up a Proust reading/support group for the summer, and have a few plans in the works for various outings in the city. More details to come…
Meanwhile, only the second meeting for the Proust group is coming up this Monday.
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July 6, 5:00pm
Washington Square Park, meet by south side of fountain
Reading: first 50 pages of Proust’s In Search of Lost Time, Volume I Swann’s Way
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April 28, 2009 • 10:25 pm 0
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Last meeting of the semester!
-open forum-
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April 15, 2009 • 11:15 am 0
April 9, 2009 • 11:12 am 0
April 1, 2009 • 11:34 pm 0
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
-open forum-
Some questions asked in the course of the meeting:
* What are you studying?
* Should 18 year olds be in college? etc.
* What are the merits of a creative writing / fine arts degree program?
* Shouldn’t writers and artists be studying classics or something?
Please feel free to add other things we questioned, or post responses/comments…
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March 26, 2009 • 11:30 pm 0
Thursday, March 26, 2009
A guest presentation by Draper student, YZ, reading a paper on a Malaysian novel written in English.
Maniam, K.S. The Return. London: Skoob Books Publishing, 1993.
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