Past MERLIT Events
Practical info22/06/2026 - 10:00 - 26/06/2026 - 17:00MERLIT Theory & Methodology Workshop: Writing as Method (Writing Week)
Practical info05/03/2026 - 14:00 - 05/03/2026 - 17:00Workshop: Travel Studies: Theories, Methods, Materials
CLIC workshop on theoretical and methodological developments in travel studies, with Prof. Natalya Din-Kariuki.
Practical info05/03/2026 - 10:00 - 05/03/2026 - 12:00Colonial Politics, Colonial Poetics? Reading Early Modern Travel Writing, Then and Now
On 5 March, Prof. Dr. Natalya Din-Kariuki (University of Warwick) will give a guest lecture at VUB on some of the key conceptual and methodological challenges involved in studying travel writing.
Practical info04/03/2026 - 10:00 - 04/03/2026 - 15:00MERLIT Theory & Methodology Workshop w/ Prof. dr. Natalya Din-Kariuki (University of Warwick)
Prof. Dr. Natalya Din-Kariuki (University of Warwick) to join the MERLIT Theory and Methodology Workshop on 4 March 2026.- Practical info04/12/2025 - 10:30 - 04/12/2025 - 13:00
MERLIT Theory & Methodology Workshop December 2025
All are welcome. Register for free (merlit@vub.be) and come ready to participate by reading the following texts:
Practical info30/10/2025 - 10:30 - 30/10/2025 - 15:30MERLIT Theory & Methodology Workshop October 2025 w/ the AFROPRESS group and Prof. dr. Mandisa Mbali (UCT)
All are welcome. Register for free by 23 October 2025 via the following email address: merlit@vub.be
Practical info20/09/2025 - 15:30 - 20/09/2025 - 16:30The Question of Work: Literary and Artistic Navigations - Reading and Conversation with Alecia McKenzie
This reading is the closing event of the conference 'Writing Meritocracy'. The reading is open to the public and free of charge.
Upcoming MERLIT Events
Practical info22/06/2026 - 10:00 - 26/06/2026 - 17:00MERLIT Theory & Methodology Workshop: Writing as Method (Writing Week)