Category Archives: architecture
Beyond a Boundary: C. L. R. James in Glasgow
May 13, 2013 Scotland and the Caribbean? The architecture of Glasgow tells a dramatic story. Here, in the center of town, is the many-pillared Gallery of Modern Art, monumental even for a museum, which used to be the … Continue reading
Posted in Americas, architecture, Atlantic, Caribbean literature, Cities, Colonization, Contemporary Art, film medium, Global South, oceans, Race, scale, slavery, Sports, Twentieth century literature, Universities
Tagged African National Congress, Atlantic trade, BBC, Beyond a Boundary, C. L. R. James, Cambridge University, cricket, F W de Klerk, Gallery of Modern of Modern Art, Guradian, John Arlott, Middlesex, Mike Brearley, Mike Dibb, Nelson Mandela, Robert Hill, Scotland, Selma James, Sout Africa, suger cane, tobacco, University of Glasgow, West Indies, William Cunninghame
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Literature to Film, Sydney 2012
May 30, 2012 May 28, 2012 was the centenary of the birth of Patrick White. Many of us from the conference went down to a special screening of The Eye of the Storm, directed by Fred Schepisi, featuring Charlotte Rampling … Continue reading
Posted in adaptation, architecture, Arts communities, Australia, Cities, collaboration, Comparative literature, Contemporary Art, Diaspora, Educational institutions, film festivals, film medium, Global South, Interdisciplinarity, Media, Modern art, museums, Music, Remediation, Rock music, Theater, Translation, twentieth century art, Twentieth century literature, Visual arts, world literature
Tagged Allen Ginsberg, Antony Waddington, Bob Dylan, Cate Blanchett, Charlotte Rampling, Chekhov, England, France, Fred Schepisi, Geoffrey Rush, Howl, I'm not There, James Franco, John Gaden, Judy Davis, MOMA, Patrick White, Russia, Seattle Film Festival, Sydney, Sydney Opera House, The Cherry Orchard, The Eye of the Storm, Vivid Lights Festival
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Two Toledos
April 25, 2012 I’m on my way to Toledo, I told people. Ohio, not Spain, I added. Then I found out that the two are in fact sister cities. The association began in the 1920s when University of Toledo President, … Continue reading
Posted in Arabic, architecture, Classics, Educational institutions, epic, Islam, Midwest, mixed races, Spanish, Translation, Universities, world literature, World religions
Tagged 1492, Cervantes, Christians, Cide Hamete Benengeli, Don Quixote, Henry Doermann, ijtihad, Islamic Center of Greater Toledo, Jews, La Mancha, M, Mosque of Cristo de la Luz, Mudéjar architecture, Muslims, Ohio, Russell Brown, Sister Cities, Spain, Synagogue of El Transito, Synagogue of Santa Maria la Blanca, Toledo
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