Past Talks

2013 Malcolm Bowie Memorial Lecture in London

March 8, 2013 No Comments

On Friday March 8 (International Women’s Day!) I will give the 2013 Malcolm Bowie Memorial Lecture, organized by the Institute of Germanic and Romance Studies and Queen Mary, both at the University of London.

The title is “Simone de Beauvoir and the Metaphysical Novel: Literature, Philosophy, and the Question of the Other in L’InvitÃ©e (She Came to Stay)” The venue is Macmillan Hall, University of London, Senate House, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU. Since there will be a reception, the organizers are asking for an RSVP by Friday 1 March, bty email to christopher.barenberg@sas.ac.uk, or by telephone 020 7862 8738.

When I was young and unemployed, Malcolm Bowie supported my work. It is an honor to have the opportunity to give a lecture in his memory.

Past Talks

Seminar Celebrating Irene Iversen

January 25, 2013 No Comments

The pioneering Norwegian feminist critic Irene Iversen is retiring this year. Her colleagues and friends will celebrate her with a seminar at the University of Oslo on Friday 25 January, from 13:00 – 17:00. I will contribute a very short paper on Ibsen’s Little Eyolf. The seminar will take place in Niels Treschow’s house, room HF-12.

Past Talks

Discussing Camilla Collett with Cathrine Sandnes at Litteraturhuset in Oslo

January 25, 2013 No Comments

On Friday 25 January at 18:00 I will give a talk about Camilla Collett’s novel Amtmandens DÃ¸ttre at Oslo’s Literature House, and discuss Camilla Collett with Cathrine Sandnes, editor of Samtiden.