Was Conan Doyle a Victorian post-humanist? & is Holmes a dream of observant machines? -- Delighted that my homage to Carlo Ginzburg, & his gracious reply, are coming out in print this summer with the Editorial Universidad de Córdoba, in a volume edited by Andrea Robiglio.
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“Western Resources for China”
Very pleased to be back at the Danube Institute today to give a lecture on "Western Resources for China" with a focus on Romantic dialectics & a young Hegel's Christian texts, in the Lónyay-Hatvany Villa. Conversation to follow with Philip Pilkington. Do join if you can --
“China’s Resources for the West”
Very pleased to be back at the Danube Institute tomorrow to give a lecture on "China’s Resources for the West: From Jesuits to the Romantics", in the Lónyay-Hatvany Villa. Conversation to follow with Philip Pilkington. Do join if you can --
Novalis in Budapest
Very pleased to be giving a series of lectures in Budapest this summer on what I am calling "Christian Romanticism". The first will be next Monday, 26 May, on the splendid Andrássy Avenue. I'll be talking about Novalis's 1799 essay, "Christianity or Europe". Do join if you can.
“Never too late” —
“It’s not too late?” (Faustus) “Too late.” (Evil Angel) “Never too late.” (Good Angel) — Christopher Marlowe, Doctor Faustus, act II, scene 1 Image: Salvador Dali, “Old Faust”, 1968.
“I Judge No One” at the University of Florida
Very pleased to be joining the University of Florida's Interfaith Affairs Cabinet tomorrow to offer some remarks on the life & death of Jesus in my recent Hurst & Oxford books. I'll be in conversation with Prof. Mario Poceski in Matherly Hall, Room 114, 6pm. Do join if you can. #florida #humanities
Florida Romanticism
Thrilled to learn that some of the mesmerizing imagery in S. T. Coleridge’s “Kubla Khan” is inspired by travel reports from Florida. — More precisely, by STC’s reading of William Bartram’s Travels through … East & West Florida (1791).
Aztec Baroque
In case we've forgotten that Gaspar Fernandes (d. 1629) was composing lush Baroque music in 17th-century Guatemala & Mexico. Notably, his "Xicochi conetzintle" - a sacred lullaby - is in Nahuatl, the language of the Nahua people. #Aztec #Baroque
Romanticism at the University of Florida
New year & new semester in the American tropics. I am delighted to be teaching “Romanticism: The Storm of Feeling” under spotless skies. #hamiltoncenter #florida
“The Innocence of Pontius Pilate” at The Institute for Human Ecology
You can join the Institute for Human Ecology tomorrow, online, at 2pm Washington DC time, for a discussion of my book, The Innocence of Pontius Pilate, with IHE Scholar Steven Waldorf. Register here: https://loom.ly/ik0h75U
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