Thursday, March 27 | 6:15 - 8:00 PM
In celebration of Women's History Month, Georgetown University Art Galleries will host an evening of bilingual lightning readings of women's writing from across the globe. Short texts that reflect on the theme of utopia/dystopia will be read by students and faculty from the Faculty of Literatures, Cultures, and Language Studies at Georgetown. Poetry, prose, essays, and other texts written by women writers from across history and geography will be read in the English translation and the following original languages: German, Greek, Korean, Persian, Russian and Turkish. This year, the event will also feature a special guest: the displaced Ukrainian poet Ekaterina Derysheva, who will read from her own work. Audience-choice awards and a light reception will follow.
The event is sponsored by The Faculty of Literatures, Cultures, and Language Studies, the Program in Women's and Gender Studies, the Department of Slavic Languages, the Persian Studies Program, and the Georgetown University Art Galleries.
