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    2018 Puterbaugh Festival: Video of the “Sand” Ballet
  • The 2018 Puterbaugh Festival Highlights Reel

RECENT NEWS

  • Writer Mohsin Hamid pauses in the middle of a street to look at the camera
    Mohsin Hamid to Headline Puterbaugh Festival at OU
    September 16, 2019
  • Jenny Erpenbeck. Photo © Katharina Behling
    German Writer Jenny Erpenbeck to Headline Puterbaugh Festival at OU
    January 9, 2018

Recent Puterbaugh Fellows

  • Jenny Erpenbeck © Katharina Behling
    2018 Puterbaugh Fellow Jenny Erpenbeck
  • Alain Mabanckou. Photo by Shevaun Williams.
    2016 Puterbaugh Fellow Alain Mabanckou
  • Andres Neuman. Photo by Simon Hurst
    2014 Puterbaugh Fellow Andrés Neuman
  • Maaza Mengiste. Photo by Simon Hurst
    2013 Puterbaugh Fellow Maaza Mengiste

2018 Festival Schedule

  • Opening-Night Reception with Jenny Erpenbeck on March 7, 2018 6:00 pm
  • German Culture, Politics, and the Refugee Crisis – A Lunch and Roundtable on March 8, 2018 12:00 pm
  • Coffee, Cake, and Conversation on March 8, 2018 3:00 pm
  • Jenny Erpenbeck and Contemporary German Literature – A Roundtable Discussion on March 9, 2018 9:00 am
  • “Sand” – A World-Premiere Ballet Performance on March 9, 2018 11:00 am
  • Jenny Erpenbeck – The 2018 Puterbaugh Keynote on March 9, 2018 12:00 pm

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