Encounters with the Lyric Form: Beyond Hebrew Literature Workshop (Apr. 21st)

Date
Thu April 21st 2022, 8:00am - 12:15pm
Event Sponsor
Hosted by The Taube Center for Jewish Studies, The Department of Comparative Literature Stanford University, and Dibur Literary Journal

Encounters with the Lyric Form: Beyond Hebrew Literature

Chairs: Amir Eshel, Vered Karti Shemtov, Shira Stav

Event Zoom link: Contact Ariel Horowitz (arielho [at] stanford.edu (arielho[at]stanford[dot]edu))

April 21, 2022 (Day 2)
8:00-8:50 The Global Age. Chair: Vered Shemtov

  • Alexander Key, Kavitt by Lalbihari Sharma
  • Jahan Ramazani, Gabriel by Edward Hirsch

9:00-9:50 Excess/Nature. Chair: Na'ama Rokem

  • Lilach Lachman, Oh, Sea Sky by Yona Wallach
  • Anat Weisman, Woman Becomes Tree by Yona Wallach

10:00-10:50 Subjectivity. Chair: Chen Bar-Itzhak

  • Jonathan Culler, The Room by John Ashbery
  • Vered Shemtov, I am a Civil War by Haim Gouri

11:00-12:15 Nature. Chair: Shira Stav

  • Dror Burstein, And the Moon is Betwixt by Solomon Ibn Gabirol
  • Marie Huber, My Garden by Mehdi Akhavän Säles

After the workshop lunch will be provided in
Building 260 room 216.

 

Format:

  • Each speaker will read the poem in the session and speak for 15 minutes. This will be followed by a few questions and comments by the chair and/or by the participants. All sessions will be limited to 50 minutes.
  • 10 minutes break between sessions
  • The lectures will be recorded and posted on Curated (https://arcade.stanford.edu/dibur/curated page). Our goal is to be able to share these sessions with our students

Lunch/Dinner:

  • Wednesday, April 20 lunch at Stanford Faculty Club for out-of-town guests and chairs
  • Wednesday, April 20 dinner for out-of-town guests and chairs at Zola Bar at 5:30
  • Thursday, April 21 lunch (open for DLCL and participants), building 260 room 216

Image Credit: https://readingaustralia.com.au/2017/02/resources-world-poetry-day/