Global Literature Online Book Group Archives

This session was held on January 22nd, 2015. It featured the author, Anthony Marra and Russian journalist and Nieman Fellow Irina Gordienko, and was sponsored by the Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies and the Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Islamic...

This session, focusing on Cutting for Stone, was hosted on May 7th, 2014 by the Committee on African Studies. It featured Wendy Belcher, Assistant Professor in the Princeton University department of Comparative Literature.

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This session, focusing on Behind the Beautiful Forevers, was hosted on March 31st, 2014 by the Global Health Institute and South Asia Institute. It featured South Asian Studies Postdoctoral Fellow, Shankar Ramaswami.

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This session offered the opportunity for book group participants to think more deeply about connections between book group material and their classrooms.

The session included a presentation by educator and long–time GLOBE participant Jen Dean.  

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This session, focusing on Dream of Ding Village, was hosted on February 5th, 2014 by the Asia Center. It featured Karen Thornber, Professor of Comparative Literature and Professor, East Asian Languages and Civilizations, Harvard University.

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This session, focusing on Autumn Quail, was hosted in January 2014 by the Center for Middle Eastern Studies. Note that this session was offered twice; the recording listed here was the first of two sessions.  It featured CMES Arabic Preceptor and scholar...

This session, focusing on Dreaming Cuban, was hosted on December 4th, 2013 by the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies. It featured Rainer Schultz, Fellow, DRCLAS Cuban Studies Program.

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This session, focusing on The Dream Life of Sukhanov, was hosted on November 13, 2013 by the Center for Middle Eastern Studies. It featured the novel's author, Olga Grushin.

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This session on Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie was hosted by the Committee on African Studies on June 5, 2013.  It featured Professor Akua Sarr of Boston College and Kristen Robinson, Ph.D. Candidate in Harvard's English Department.

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This session on The Accompanist by Nina Berberova was hosted by the Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies on May 15, 2013.  It featured a discussion with Professor Julie Buckler of Harvard's Slavic Languages and Literatures.

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This session on The Bamboo Grove: An Introduction to Sijo was hosted by the Asia Center on April 2, 2013.  It featured Professor David McCann of Harvard's Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations.

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This session on Kamikaze Girls by Novala Takemoto was hosted by the Reischeuer Institute for Japanese Studies on February 28, 2013.  It featured Professor Tomiko Yoda of Harvard's Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations.

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This session on In the Time of the Butterflies by Julia Alvarez was hosted by the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies on December 5, 2012.  The program featured Julia Alvarez herself.

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This session, focusing on Sweetness in the Belly by Camilla Gibb, was hosted on October 15, 2012 by the Prince Alwaleed bin Talal Islamic Studies Program. It featured both author Camilla Gibb and Professor William Granara of Harvard's Department of Near...