Northwestern Events Calendar

Nov
20
2019

Discussion of Works by Nobel Prize Winner Olga Tokarczuk

When: Wednesday, November 20, 2019
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM CT

Where: University Hall, Hagstrom Room #201, 1897 Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL 60208 map it

Audience: Faculty/Staff - Student - Post Docs/Docs - Graduate Students

Contact: Martha Witwer   (847) 491-5636

Group: Slavic Languages and Literatures

Co-Sponsor: Alice Kaplan Institute for the Humanities

Category: Academic, Global & Civic Engagement

Description:

TWO NOBEL PRIZES, TWO WOMEN, ONE COUNTRY!  Join Professors Clare Cavanagh and Kinga Kosmala for a reading of Olga Tokarczuk's works!  Tokarczuk is the winner of the 2018 Nobel Prize in Literature--and the second Polish woman to win this award.  Prof. Cavanagh will also share readings and reflections on Wisława Szymborska, who won the Nobel in 1996 (Clare Cavanagh was there!)  Enjoy food and conversation with faculty and students!

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