Founded in 2007, the Modernism and Globalization Seminar Series hosts critical conversations that explore the effects of globalization on the production, circulation, and study of twentieth- and twenty-first century literature and culture. Modernism and Globalization's inaugural event, a Symposium on Modernism’s Transnational Futures, was held in November 2007. It brought together English and Comparative Literature scholars at Rutgers and at several area universities for an intensive, two-hour conversation about new transnational methodologies. Future activities will feature conferences on The Contemporary and on the Problem of Comparison in Twentieth-Century Studies.