Moretti is coming!

Actually, he may be here already.

BUT apropos of this week’s readings, HE IS IN TOWN!

GC Digital Fellow Ms. Erin Glass gave me the heads up — Franco Moretti will be giving two talks this week at NYU (info pasted below).

from the NYU site:

  • Wednesday, March 4th, 6:00 p.m.
    First Wednesday Speaker Series and English Dept. Annual Goldstone Lecture: “Micromégas: The very small, the very large, and the object of Digital Humanities,” Franco Moretti (Stanford University)
    Location: Room 102, Cantor Film Center
  • Thursday, March 5th, 12:30 p.m.
    Goldstone Seminar: “Canon/Archive. Large-scale Dynamics in the Literary Field,” Franco Moretti (Stanford University)
    Please RSVP here.
    Location: The Event Space, 244 Greene St.
    I am going and will report back for those who can’t make it!
    -Jojo