Session Details

Thursday, 30 December

641. The Golems of Paris: Translation, Citizenship, and Immigration

8:30–9:45 a.m., Tubman, Loews

A special session

Session leader: Peter Lawrence Schulman, Old Dominion Univ.; David D. Metzger, Old Dominion Univ.

1. “‘A Golem Has Taken My Place’: Translating Anne Teyssiéras’s Golem,” Eliana Schonberg, Univ. of Texas, Austin

2. “Silent Liberty: The Golem in Perec’s Ellis Island,” Sam W. Bloom, Univ. of Haifa

3. “Living in the Golem State: Duvivier’s Le Golem as Social Critique,” Peter Lawrence Schulman; David D. Metzger

Respondent: Eleanor Kay Kaufman, Univ. of Virginia

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