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  NOTA BENE
   
  March 13 :
Public Lecture, 1:30 p.m. in Denny Hall 308
Dr. Hamid Tafazoli (University of Münster), Feodor Lynen Fellow UW,
"'Fühlst du nicht an meinen Liedern/Daß ich Eins und doppelt bin': Literarische Spiegelungen als Prozess der Selbstfindung in Goethes 'Divan'-Lyrik."

Reception to follow
   
 

March 19 :
Book Reading and Signing, 7:00 p.m., University Bookstore, Seattle
Eric Ames (University of Washington),
Carl Hagenbeck's Empire of Entertainment (UW Press)

Carl Hagenbeck was Europe's P.T. Barnum, a 19th century showman who displayed animals in assembled environments that were a precursor to modern zoos and theme parks. Eric Ames looks at the life and work of Carl Hagenbeck, which helped give rise to a movement in modern popular culture—immersive entertainment.

   
 

 

 
 

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