Author Archives: Haram Lee

“To Toussaint L’Ouverture” as an Elegy

Posted on April 14, 2014 by Haram Lee

William Wordsworth’s “To Toussaint L’Ouverture” is one of the frequently discussed literary works in the historical writings on the Age of Revolution. One can easily see why: ostensibly making a hero of Toussaint Louverture, the most prominent revolutionary during the … Continue reading →

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Impressions from the MFA: How to (Re)Present the Americas

Posted on February 17, 2014 by Haram Lee

Last Thursday’s visit to the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, was a precious experience. It was one of our ‘laboratory’ sessions of the Sawyer seminar, and we spent most of our time seeing the “Art of Americas” wing, which displayed … Continue reading →

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Print Culture and the Problematics of Revolution

Posted on November 11, 2013 by Haram Lee

Preparing the bibliography on the periodicals in the age of revolution as an assignment in our seminar, I had a chance to glimpse an immense depository of the scholarship which deals with the print culture in the United States, France, … Continue reading →

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Conceptualizing Revolution: A Preliminary Sketch

Posted on September 23, 2013 by Haram Lee

Whenever we speak of ‘revolution,’ we find it extremely difficult to clarify what we mean by it. And this is what happened in our first session in which we tried but failed to reach consensus on the meaning(s) of revolution. … Continue reading →

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