Literature and the Extended Present

Literature and the Extended Present

On literariness, literary culture, and literary transformation.

  • Open for research master students, PhD candidates, and research staff members.
  • All dates mentioned are Thursdays; time slot: 17hr-19hr. Location: TBA.
  • Research master and PhD students can enroll for credits.
  • Registration is mandatory, please contact the co-ordinator at gaston.franssen@uva.nl.
PROGRAMME

September 22, 2011 – VOC-zaal Oost-Indisch Huis (Kloveniersburgwal 48)

OPENING SESSION: LITERATURE AND THE EXTEND PRESENT
Roundtable discussion with:

  • prof. dr. Geert Buelens (University of Utrecht)
  • prof. dr. Odile Heynders (University of Tilburg)
  • prof. dr. Frank Huysmans (University of Amsterdam)
  • dr. Giselinde Kuipers (University of Amsterdam)

Afterwards: reception

October 6, 2011 – Doelenzaal (Singel 425)

SPECIAL GUEST LECTURE BY PROF.DR. JAMES F. ENGLISH (University of Pennsylvania), author of The Economy of Prestige: Prizes, Awards, and the Circulation of Cultural Value (Harvard UP 2005), the Concise Companion to Contemporary British Fiction (Blackwell 2006), and Comic Transactions: Literature, Humor, and the Politics of Community in Twentieth-Century Britain (Cornell UP 1994).

October 20, 2011 – PC Hoofthuis 1:15 (Spuistraat 134)

LITERARY METHODOLOGIES: BLINDNESS & INSIGHT
dr. Rudolph Glitz & dr. Stephan Besser

November 24, 2011 – PC Hoofthuis 1:15 (Spuistraat 134)

LITERARY TRANSFORMATION: INTERVENTION & TRANSGRESSION
dr. Sabine van Wesemael & dr. Joost de Bloois

December 15, 2011 – PC Hoofthuis 1:15 (Spuistraat 134)

LITERARY CULTURE: LITERATURE & POPULAR CULTURE
dr. Dan Hassler-Forrest & dr. Gaston Franssen

February 23, 2012 – PC Hoofthuis 1:15 (Spuistraat 134)

LITERARINESS: MEDIA & E-LITERATURE
dr. Yra van Dijk & dr. Jan Hein Hoogstad

March 22, 2012 – PC Hoofthuis 1:15 (Spuistraat 134)

LITERARY TRANSFORMATION: COMMITMENT & ETHICS
dr. Tara MacDonald & prof.dr. Thomas Vaessens

April 26, 2012 – PC Hoofthuis 1:15 (Spuistraat 134)

LITERARINESS: IDENTITY & DIVERSITY
dr. Esther Peeren & dr. Fouad Laroui

May 24, 2012 – Location: To be announced

Postgraduate symposium

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