One of my favorite things about taking multiple classes in different disciplines is how everything still manages to link up in ways that I did not expect. A large part of why I chose the Comparative Humanities program is because throughout my time at Brandeis I have noticed and enjoyed these intersections, and so as […]
Wednesday was the first day of classes and I am so excited to have started my first semester as a full-time graduate student! While I loved my time as an undergrad, I’m excited to learn and participate in an advanced course of study. With the start of the semester comes more content in line with […]
It is with regret that I tell you all that I do not have a book review for this week. The book that I was so excited to write about is lost in the chaos that is my half-unpacked bedroom and I didn’t have time to finish it by my Thursday night deadline, a combination […]
From Jacques Lezra’s End of Translation: “The question of how humanists make the case for the value of their disciplines to others […] is a matter, it is understood, of translation.” Translation and politics are intimately linked in the view of this paper and he notes that translation is a “master term” when discussing the understanding […]
On Thursday our topic in Classical Mythology was Bellerophon. Bellerophon was one of the Heroes of Ancient Greek myth, and his story is particularly important because it covers what happens to him after all of his trials are over and he settles down into his life post-heroic deeds. To give you some back story on […]