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Our workshop examines the  “contemporary” with a focus on defining moments such as: 1945, 1973, 1989, 2001, and 2020. In recent years the concept of the contemporary has been taken up within limited disciplinary discourses and in the context of distinct geographical settings. The horizon of this workshop, however, is the global. We employ a comparative and interdisciplinary approach to the hybrid term “contemporary” as it intersects various fields and serves as a heuristic device to understand phenomena in politics, culture, and the arts.

Past Events

November
13
Date
Fri November 13th 2020, 12:30pm

Join us at the next Contemporary meeting on Friday, November 13th @ 12:30pm PST (remote at Stanford via Zoom).

October
23
Date
Fri October 23rd 2020, 12:30pm

Courtney Hodrick is a fourth-year PhD candidate in the German Studies Department at Stanford.

June
5
Date
Fri June 5th 2020, 10:00am
Please mark your calendars for an event with Bruce Robbins, Professor of English at Columbia, next Friday, June 5, from 10 am to 12 pm PDT.
April
10
Date
Fri April 10th 2020, 10:00am

Our first session of the Spring quarter will be held on Friday, April 10, from 10 am – 12 pm PST.

March
13
Date
Fri March 13th 2020, 2:00pm
Location:
260-252
February
21
Date
Fri February 21st 2020, 2:00pm
Location:
260-252
October
12
Date
Fri October 12th 2018, 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Location:
Building 260 Room 252

Edelman’s book--a "searing polemic" whose "main target is the all-pervasive figure of…