Past MERLIT Events
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.
Practical info18/09/2025 - 09:30 - 20/09/2025 - 15:30MERLIT's inaugural conference 2025: Writing Meritocracy
Practical info18/06/2025 - 10:30 - 18/06/2025 - 15:30MERLIT Theory & Methodology Workshop June 2025 w/ Anca Parvulescu
All are welcome. Register for free and come ready to participate: merlit@vub.be
For more information, please follow the above link.
Practical info07/05/2025 - 11:30 - 07/05/2025 - 15:30MERLIT Theory & Methodology Workshop May 2025
All are welcome. Register for free and come ready to participate: merlit@vub.be
For more information, please follow the above link.
Practical info06/02/2025 - 10:00 - 06/02/2025 - 15:30MERLIT Theory & Methodology Workshop February 2025 w/ Dr. Gibson Ncube
All are welcome. Register for free and come ready to participate: merlit@vub.be
For more information, please follow the above link.
Practical info11/02/2026 - 19:00 - 11/02/2026 - 21:00MERLIT Researcher to make presentation at 'Neptune Frost' film screening in February 2026
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Practical info04/12/2024 - 09:30 - 04/12/2024 - 15:30
MERLIT Theory & Methodology Workshop December 2024
All are welcome. Register for free and come ready to participate: merlit@vub.be
For more information, please follow the above link.
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Practical info22/10/2024 - 09:30 - 22/10/2024 - 15:30
MERLIT Theory & Methodology Workshop October 2024
All are welcome. Register for free and come ready to participate: merlit@vub.be
For more information, please follow the above link.
Practical info25/06/2024 - 12:00 - 25/06/2024 - 13:30The Life and Dea(r)th of Ghanaian Popular Fiction
WOLEC-session, 12:00-13:30, VUB Building Room 5C.03
Upcoming MERLIT Events
Practical info22/06/2026 - 10:00 - 26/06/2026 - 17:00MERLIT Theory & Methodology Workshop: Writing as Method (Writing Week)
