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The Epic of Gilgamesh

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Workshop and Lecture

Date

April 22, 2022

Event Subtitle / Short Description

A workshop on the Epic of Gilgamesh 9am-3.30pm, East Pyne 161 
Sophus Helle on ‘Touch’
Erynn Kim on ‘Dreamscapes in Gilgamesh and Homer’
Evan Brandon on ‘The Generation Gap’
Johannes Haubold on ‘The End of Creation’ 
Tom Hare on ‘Three Views of the Two Brothers’ 
Josh Billings on ‘Gilgamesh and Psychoanalysis’
Register here for the workshop by April 19-Space is limited 

Readings and Q&A with Sophus Helle, in person and on Zoom 4.30pm-6pm, 
Louis Simpson A71
Register here for the Zoom link 

THESE EVENT ARE OPEN TO PRINCETON FACULTY, STAFF AND STUDENTS

FACE MASKS ARE REQUIRED
 

Time/Location

9:00 am - 3:30 pm
EP161
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Louis Simpson A71

Description

The Epic of Gilgamesh

A Day of Papers, Readings and Questions

in celebration of Sophus Helle’s New Translation 

April 22nd, 2022

Workshop, East Pyne 161
 
9am Coffee
9.20am-9.30am Welcome 
 
9.30am-10.15am Sophus Helle (Berlin) – 
Touch in Gilgamesh
10.15am-11am Erynn Kim (Yale) – 
Epic Dreamscapes in Gilgamesh and Homer
 
11am Coffee 
11.15am-12noon Evan Brandon (Princeton) – 
The Age of Reason: Kingship, Counsel, and the Generation Gap in Gilgamesh
12noon-12.45pm Johannes Haubold (Princeton) – 
The End of Creation
 
1pm Lunch
2pm-2.45pm Tom Hare (Princeton) – 
Three Views of The Two Brothers
2.45pm-3.30pm Josh Billings (Princeton) – 
Gilgamesh and Psychoanalysis
3.30pm Coffee
 
 

Reading and Q&A, Louis Simpson A71

4.30pm-6pm A New Translation of Gilgamesh: Reading and Q&A with Sophus Helle