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SUMMARY:Nostalgias of the Future: The Materiality of Memory in Solaris and New York 2140
DESCRIPTION:<p><strong>The Department of Comparative Literature and the&nbsp;Department of Slavic Literatures and Languages cordially invite you to the sixth annual Svetlana Boym Memorial Lecture.</strong></p><p><strong>Speaker | David Damrosch</strong><br>Ernest Bernbaum Professor of Comparative Literature</p><p><strong>Nostalgias of the Future: The Materiality of Memory in Solaris and New York 2140</strong></p><p>In The Future of Nostalgia, Svetlana Boym writes that “at first glance, nostalgia is a longing for a place, but actually it is a yearning for a different time – the time of our childhood.” Science fiction adds a new temporal dimension, a prospective nostalgia set in a distant future. This talk will compare Russian and American nostalgias as seen in the varied ways objects carry memory in Andrei Tarkovsky’s Solaris and Kim Stanley Robinson’s New York 2140.</p><p>Event open to all<br><br>For more information: <a href="https://complit.fas.harvard.edu/lecture/svetlana-boym-memorial-lecture-2026/">https://complit.fas.harvard.edu/lecture/svetlana-boym-memorial-lecture-2026/</a><br><br><a href="https://complit.fas.harvard.edu/video/2026-svetlana-boym-memorial-lecture-david-damrosch/">https://complit.fas.harvard.edu/video/2026-svetlana-boym-memorial-lecture-david-damrosch/</a></p>
LOCATION:Room 101, Harvard Hall
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