Re-Orientations: The Worlding of Marco Polo

Lecture by Sharon Kinoshita (University of California, Santa Cruz)

Sharon Kinoshita is professor of literature at the University of California, Santa Cruz, as well as co-director at the UCSC Center for Mediterranean Studies, and co-director, UC Multicampus Research Project in Mediterranean Studies. She is the author of Medieval Boundaries: Rethinking Difference in Old French Literature and co-author of Thinking Through Chrétien de Troyes and Marie de France: A Critical Companion, as well as many essays on Old French literature and on the medieval Mediterranean. Sponsors: RLL, Center for European Studies, Center for Chinese Studies, Asian Languages & Cultures, Comparative Literature.