Francesca Orsini on Literary Activism in Cold War India
Professor Francesca Orsini gave this talk on "Literary Activism and Cold War Activism" as part of the Postcolonial Print Cultures reading groups and webinars.
Multilingual Literature: Review and Publish
The 'Multilingual Literature Review and Publish Project is an opportunity for readers of world literature to contribute to the MULOSIGE website with reviews or blogs on texts in languages other than English, particularly those from the Global South.
Re-Orienting Modernism: Mapping East-East Exchanges Between Arabic and Persian Poetry
Re-Orienting Modernism: Mapping East-East Exchanges Between Arabic and Persian Poetry In this talk, Levi Thompson will argue for a new direction in comparative literary studies by analysing close formal and thematic links between Arabic and Persian modernist poetry. Through re-mapping the history of modern poetic development, he argues for a re-orientation of modernist studies
A Case of Exploding Markets: Roanne Kantor
A Case of Exploding Markets: Latin American and South Asian Literary “Booms” in a Comparative Perspective Roanne Kantor at the Jaipur Literary Festival Dr. Roanne Kantor is an assistant professor in the Department of English at Stanford University. She received her Ph.D. in Comparative Literature at University of Texas, Austin and
Oral Traditions in World Literatur: Conference Abstracts
MULOSIGE is organising the conference "Oral Traditions in World Literature" on the 17 - 18th December 2019. Read the conference abstracts below. Oral Traditions in World Literature Image used with permission from ethiopiareads.org In this conference, we argue that oral traditions are a vital component of world literature, and not
Oral Traditions in World Literature – Conference Programme
The MULOSIGE project (Multilingual Locals, Significant Geographies: SOAS University of London) is organising the conference Oral Traditions in World Literature on the 17-18 December 2019. This conference will take place at the Addis Regency Hotel, Addis Ababa (Ethiopia). You can read the conference abstracts here or explore the conference programme. Oral Traditions
Poétiques et politiques de l’activisme des écrivains dans les Pays du Sud
Cette conférence s’assigne comme but d’explorer selon une perspective comparée la manière dont l’activisme des écrivains négocie la poétique et la politique dans trois régions des Pays du Sud: le Maghreb, la Corne de l’Afrique et le nord de l’Inde.
Oral Traditions in World Literature – Addis Ababa Conference
In this conference, we argue that oral traditions are a vital component of world literature, and not only as an antecedent to written literatures, but in their own right. The conference seeks to move past the characterisation of oral literature as traditional, locally constrained, and less aesthetically complex than written literatures. We will show instead that oral traditions are a modern and dynamic form of literary expression everywhere around the world, sometimes able to circulate across long distances.
Conference: The Poetics and Politics of Writer-Activism in the Global South
MULOSIGE is co-organising the conference "The Poetics and Politics of Writer-Activism in the Global South: Between Local Engagement and World-Making Solidarities" with The University of Mohamed V, Faculty of Letters and Human Sciences; Rabat, Morocco, 16-17 April 2020.
“Reading together” in multilingual contexts beyond monolingual methodologies
The conference programme for "Reading Together" in Multilingual Contexts Beyond Monolingual Methodologies, to be held in Università degli Studi di Napoli L’Orientale, Naples 11-12 April 2019.