The International Poetry Forum has hosted readings by over 800 poets and performers in Pittsburgh, PA, and Washington, D.C., since 1966.

IPF alumni represent more than 50 countries and include nine Nobel Prize laureates, 14 Academy Award recipients, 28 U.S. Poets Laureate, 39 National Book Award winners, and 47 Pulitzer Prize winners—as well as a Princess, a Queen, and a Steelers Super Bowl MVP.

TIME:

Wednesday, December 4, 2024 - 4:00pm to 5:00pm

LOCATION:

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

121 Wall Street

New Haven, CT 06511

OPEN TO:

General Public

Emily Wilson with Judith Thurman: The Iliad

Fri, Nov 1 from 3pm - 4pm

at Dock Street Theatre

General Admission

$30.00

plus fees

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Classicist Emily Wilson discusses her new “sparkling and buoyant” translation of The Iliad (New York Times). This effervescent version—a vivid retelling of Homer’s great war story for modern times—conveys the emotional impact of the timeless battlefield epic.

Friday  |  October 18  |  5:45 pm  |  Brookfield Place Terminal

Please join us for a sunset ferry cruise down the Hudson River with readings from The Iliad by Nick Flynn, Eugenia Leigh, Natalie Shapero, Emily Wilson, and friends. The ferry leaves promptly at 5:45pm from the Brookfield Place Terminal, a block from Poets House. Reception to follow in the Margo Viscusi Reading Room.

All proceeds support Poets House.

The 2024 Kardamyli festival will run from Thursday 3rd October to Monday 7th October.

Kardamyli is the Peloponnese’s most beautiful seaside village and was the home of Patrick and Joan Leigh Fermor. What better place to stage a festival devoted to all that’s best in the worlds of literature, history and culture?

With just 370 attendees, this is an unmissable chance to join some of the world’s top thinkers within the spectacular seaside charm of Kardamyli in the Greek Peloponnese.

Emily Wilson & Stephen Greenblatt

Friday, September 27, at 3:30 p.m.

Join literary historian Stephen Greenblatt (The Swerve, Second Chances) and scholar-translator Emily Wilson (Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey) for a conversation about renewal in literature and life—the vitality of Shakespeare and Greek classics, and the role that the two of them play in animating and elucidating these works for contemporary readers.

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Saturday, August 24, 2024

4:10 pm - 5:10 pm EDT

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Where:Walter E. Washington Convention Center - West Salon GHI (Street Level, South Building)

801 Allen Y. Lew Place NW, Washington, DC 20001

Emily Wilsonin conversation withJennifer Saint

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Thursday, 15 August

An Evening with Emily Wilson: Glasgow Sauchiehall Street

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Emily Wilson: A Translation Odyssey

• Wed 14 Aug 14:00 - 15:00

• EFI Venue T

Anton Hur, R F Kuang & Emily Wilson: Found in Translation

Tue 13 Aug 19:45 - 20:45

• EFI Venue NW

https://www.edbookfest.co.uk/the-festival/whats-on/anton-hur-r-f-kuang-emily-wilson-found-in-translation

Translation and language itself are under the microscope in this panel discussion led by writer, editor, and translator Daniel Hahn. Hear as Anton Hur discusses the complexities of translating contemporary Korean literature; R F Kuang talks about translation as an act of violence at the heart of her speculative novel Babel; and renowned translator and academic Emily Wilson speaks about her groundbreaking translations of Homer’s The Iliad and The Odyssey.

6 pm reception/6:30 pm program
Free to members/$25 nonmembers
Registration required

May 29, 6 pm

Free for members, $15 for nonmembers

THE ATHENÆUM
OF PHILADELPHIA

219 S. 6th Street

Philadelphia, PA 19106-3794

This annual event honors the memory of Procope S. Costas, a longtime, beloved professor of classics. The event will begin with the departmental awards ceremony, including the presentation of the Procope S. Costas Memorial Award, followed by Wilson’s talk, “Re-Translating the Iliad: Why and How.” A reception will follow in the Occidental Room, Student Center.

RSVP to rsvp@brooklyn.cuny.edu.

Student Center, Room 502, State Room

Thalia Potamianos Annual Lecture Series

Lecture III: The Wisdom of Stories

Wednesday, May 8, 2024 – NEW YORK CITY
6:00 p.m. EDT (US)
St. Bartholomew’s Church, 352 Park Avenue (between 50th & 51st Streets)

Emily Wilson: Reading The Iliad

Date and Time

Tuesday, April 30, 2024, 7 - 8 PM

End times are approximate. Events may end early or late.

Location

Stephen A. Schwarzman Building, Celeste Bartos Forum

Fully accessible to wheelchairs

Tickets available for In-Person & Livestream

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Re-translating Homer: Why and How

Emily Wilson

Professor of Classical Studies University of Pennsylvania

Thursday, April 25

5:15 p.m.

101 Debartolo Hall

"Retranslating the Iliad"

Professor of Classical Studies (University of Pennsylania), Emily Wilson will outline her priorities and approach to retranslating the Iliad. She will discuss how translating ancient literature is different from translating contemporary literature, and the specific challenges of translating ancient metrical verse. She will also contextualize her translation within contemporary scholarly and popular receptions of Homer and compare her translation to others. Finally, she will also discuss how Homeric translation is different from translating other ancient poets.

Thursday, April 11, 2024 at 5:30pm to 7:00pm

Stern Center Lecture

March 27

5:15 - 6:15pm EDT

Room 50, Gilman Hall

Homewood Campus

3400 North Charles Street

Baltimore , Maryland 21218

Registration is required

This event is free

“Re-Translating Homer: Why it Matters” will take place in Alumni Hall at the University of King’s College on March 6, 2024.

About the Alex Fountain Memorial Lecture

Fred and Elizabeth Fountain and their daughter Katharine established the Alex Fountain Memorial Lecture in 2011 to honour Alex, who died in August 2009. This exceptional gift to the college enables the King’s student body to invite a speaker of their choosing to the university each year. Previous lecturers include author Michael Ondaatje, Governor General Michaëlle Jean, Cree artist Kent Monkman and experimental vocalist, artist and author Tanya Tagaq.

The lecture is free and open to the public, but please note that King’s students will receive priority seating and space is not guaranteed to the general public.

Thursday 25 January 2024

7-8pm GMT via Zoom

Acclaimed translator Professor Emily Wilson in conversation with Classics for All's The Chorus.

The Chorus – Classics for All’s network for young classicists – is pleased to announce its upcoming event with the esteemed classical translator, Professor Emily Wilson. Join us for a captivating discussion on the art of classical translation and its significance in the realm of epic literature.

This event is for students and young classicists aged 16 and over. To attend this event, students must sign up to become a member of The Chorus. A link to access the session will be emailed to members before the event.  

Thalia Potamianos Annual Lecture Series

Lecture II: Destiny, Tradition, Choice

Wednesday, January 24, 2024 – GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY (Washington, DC)
6:00 p.m. EST (US)
Gaston Hall, located inside the Healy Hall Building, 37th & O Streets, NW

Join Emily Wilson (lauded translator and co-editor of The Norton Anthology of World Literature) for a lively conversation on the power of translation. In this webinar, Wilson will discuss her approach to translation, how it differs from others, and will read an excerpt from her recently-published translation of The Iliad. This event is free and open to all interested, and we will have time for an audience Q&A. All registrants will receive a recording of this event.

Wednesday, December 6

Signing and Discussion with Emily Wilson

Barnes & Noble

1708 Chestnut Street Philadelphia, PA 19103

The People’s Tongue with Emily Wilson Online Event

Monday, December 04, 2023 | 6:30 p.m.

With Ilan Stavans, Lewis-Sebring Professor of Humanities, Latin American and Latino Culture at Amherst College

An Iliad for the 21st Century: A Discussion with Prof. Emily Wilson in NYC

Join HALC and Theodore's Books for an all encompassing discussion with Professor Emily Wilson, a renowned classicist, author, and the translator. Following her groundbreaking translation of The Odyssey, which quickly achieved canonical status, Wilson took on translating The Iliad. We dig into her latest translation of The Iliad, which has been described as a "triumph", looking at how this timeless piece and the Classics continue to capture the imaginations of people across the world.

Emily Wilson, University of Pennsylvania, will speak on her new translation of Homer's The Iliad, in conversation with:

Emily Greenwood, Harvard University
Brooke Holmes, Princeton University

Lunch is served at 12:00pm
Talk begins at 12:30pm

Write remarque.institute@nyu.edu to attend in person, or join us via Zoom. Advance registration is strictly required.

The Remarque Institute

60 5th Avenue, 8th floor

Zoom Registration