In this seminar, Karen Van Dyck opens her undergraduate course, Retranslation: Worlding Cavafy, to a wider audience and welcomes acclaimed Cavafy biographer professor Gregory Jusdanis. In conversation with students, they will engage in a close reading of Cavafy’s “Hidden Things” and use Jusdanis’ and Peter Jeffreys’ Constantine Cavafy: A New Biography (2025) as a point of departure for exploring what it means to read poetry through the lens of biography.

Seating is limited. Registration closes at NOON on Monday, October 12th. If you do not have a Columbia ID, you will receive a QR code to access the campus. Registration forthcoming.