As part of the MULOSIGE project, we hold regular group meetings in which we read general critical texts on world literature and others that deal specifically with our regions. Here you can find a list of upcoming and past reading groups including our reading lists. If you are interested in joining us for future events, please get in touch via the contact form.
Upcoming reading groups
Reading group meetings will restart in Autumn 2018. Sign up to the MULOSIGE mailing list to receive updates!
Past reading groups
Read about our previous reading group meetings, see past reading lists, and recommend further readings in the blogs below.
How Love is Revolution: The Unexpected Love Objects of Dunya Noor
The novelist Rana Haddad writes about her novel, "The Unexpected Love Objects of Dunya Noor" for the MULOSIGE project.
Reading group with S. Shankar (University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa)
S. Shankar's work challenges reductive understandings of ‘world’ as presented in theories of ‘world literature’ and critiques conceptualisations of ‘literature’ as influenced by Western ideas of the ‘literary’
Reading group on Education and Comparative Colonialisms
Education systems, and the literary works they prioritized, are an excellent inroad to outlining how literary forms and cultures responded to colonialism
Reading group with Javed Majeed (King’s College London)
Javed Majeed joined us for an informative and enjoyable reading group where we discussed his work on the Linguistic Survey of India and its superintendent, George Grierson.