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CLIC Member Cedric Van Dijck Selected as Member of 'Jonge Academie'
Cédric Van Dijck has been selected as a new member of the 'Jonge Academie' ('Young Academy), in recognition of his scientific merit in literary studies.Call for Abstracts: Session on Early Modern Meritocracies
Session proposal for the MLA’s Annual Convention 2025 in New Orleans (9-12 Jan 2025)...New Publication: Inge Arteel's Dutch Translation of Austrian Nobel Prize laureate Elfriede Jelinek
'Persoonsgegevens' (2024), a new translation of Jelinek's 'Angabe der Person' (2022)...New Publication: Special Issue 'Mapear el yo: autoconstrucción y espacio en autoras judeo-latinoamericanas'
Special Issue of America sin Nombre coedited by Eugenia Helena Houvenaghel and Diana Castilleja: Núm.3 New Vacancies at CLIC!
100% Postdoc Research Policy Officer 75% Postdoc Researcher 50% Project Management Officer...Call for Contributions: Writing Brussels (ed. by Daniel Acke & Elisabeth Bekers)
Writing Brussels aims to consider how Brussels has been imagined in literature, theatre, film and other media in different language areas and artistic currents since the 19th century.New Publication: CLW 'Over lezers en lezen / On Readers and Reading', Janine Hauthal & Hannah Van Hove (red.)
With an introduction by CLIC members Janine Hauthal and Hannah Van Hove.JLIC Special Issue 8.1 'Seriality'
We are delighted to announce that the latest issue of the Journal for Literary and Intermedial Crossings, entitled ‘Seriality’, has been published. This special issue is occasioned by the 10th annual CLIC day on 'Seriality' in December 2020.Special issue of Sextant: Intellectuel·les queer. Collaborations (1880-1920)
CLIC member Michael Rosenfeld edited the open access special issue 'Intellectuel·les queer. Collaborations (1880-1920)' of Sextant, the gender and sexuality journal of the Université libre de Bruxelles.David Gullentops selected as member of Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium for Science and the Arts
CLIC is proud to announce that one of our members, Professor David Gullentops, has been selected as a new member of the Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium for Science and the Arts (KVAB).3 open PhD positions on the ERC research group MERLIT
CLIC is happy to announce three new vacancies for doctoral research on the ERC research group MERLIT, supervised by Prof. Eva Ulrike Pirker.Publication: Postures Postcoloniales: Agencements et Pouvoir
CLIC is happy to announce the publication of the monograph Postures postcoloniales: agencements et pouvoir (23 Nov 2023) by CLIC member Prof. Ihab Abumallouh. The work was published by publishing house L'Harmattan, in the series 'Logiques sociales - études culturelles'.New FWO Tournesol Project
“Mapping performative writing and the page as an expanded field (1966- the present): experimental, exophonic and ecstatic literatures in transcultural Anglophone spheres”.CFP International Conference 'Recentring Form(s) in and of the Margins: the Politics of Self-Reflexivity'
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS: Nicola Abram (University of Reading, UK); Suzanne Scafe (University of Brighton, UK), Josh Toth (Macewan University, CA) // 24-26 April 2024New Publication: Georges Eekhoud: Aquellos Hermosos Bandidos
This volume features a Spanish translation of nine stories by Flemish author Georges Eekhoud, written at the end of the 19th century . The introduction was written by CLIC member Michael Rosenfeld.New publication: Modernism, Material Culture and the First World War
Cedric Van Dijck's monograph entitled Modernism, Material Culture and the First World War (Edinburgh University Press) has just been published!JLIC: Call for Articles
OPEN CALL The Journal for Literary and Intermedial Crossings (ISSN 2506-8709) offers an online publication platform to researchers who wish to explore various aesthetic ‘crossings’ concerning media, genres and/or spaces. Targeted squarely at inves...Applications invited for a One-Year Full-Time PhD Researcher Position in Literary Studies
The Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Faculty of Languages and Humanities, Department of Linguistics and Literary Studies, is looking for a One-Year Full-Time PhD Researcher Position in Literary Studies as part of the project “Theatre of the Extended Mind.The latest JLIC issue has been published!
We are delighted to announce that the latest issue of the Journal for Literary and Intermedial Crossings has been published.CFP CLIC day 2023: Brussels in the Literary and Artistic Landscape
Confirmed Keynote: Patrick McGuinness (University of Oxford) Organisation: Daniel Acke, Elisabeth Bekers, Diana Castilleja, Michael Rosenfeld The annual study day of the Centre for Literary and Intermedial Crossings of Vrije Universiteit Brussel will take place on the 24th of Nove...New FWO Senior Postdoc Project: “Identity, Gender and Embodiment in Neo-Avant-Garde Fiction and Art by Women in the United States (1970-1982)"
We are pleased to congratulate CLIC member Hannah Van Hove on winning a senior postdoctoral fellowship with the FWO (Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek - Vlaanderen).Verdediging doctoraat Fanny Van Exaerde
Fanny Van Exaerde behaalde haar Joint-Phd aan de Université de Lille op 24 maart 2023. De titel van haar proefschrift is : « Une poésie cinématographique. » Étude génétique et intermédiale des scénarios et dialogues de Jean Cocteau.New Call: Talent for Research at CLIC 2023-2024
Call: Talent for Research Centre for Literary and Intermedial Crossings (CLIC) 2023-2024 (see below for Dutch and here for the PDF of the call in both languages) Number of places: 3-5 students  ...CFP CONFERENCE 'USES OF MODERNISM'
From the mid-1990s onwards new approaches to the study of Modernism and its cultural, geographical and chronological boundaries have been developed.JLIC issue 7.1: 'Depicting Destitution across Media'
We are delighted to announce that the latest issue of the Journal for Literary and Intermedial Crossings, entitled ‘Depicting Destitution across Media’, has been published. The issue, edited by guest editors Nassim W. Balestrini (University of Graz) and Katharina M.Lorand Chair Intermediality 2022-23 - CLIC welcomes prof. Nassim Balestrini
Nassim W. Balestrini is Full Professor of American Studies and Intermediality at the University of Graz, Austria, where she also heads the Centre for Intermediality Studies in Graz (CIMIG) (https://intermediality-centre.uni-graz.at/en/centre/).EUTOPIA Connected Research Community Incubator: Photography and Dissent
EUTOPIA Connected Research Community Incubator Photography and Dissent has been launched. The CRC incubator is venue for scientific exchange on recent photographic research.DEADLINE EXTENDED: Applications invited for a full-time PhD position in literary studies
Vacancy for Academic Staff Department: Linguistics and Literary Studies Research Centre: Centre for Literary and Intermedial Crossings The Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Faculty of Languages and Humanitie...Applications invited for a full-time PhD position in literary studies
Vacancy for Academic Staff Department: Linguistics and Literary Studies Research Centre: Centre for Literary and Intermedial Crossings The Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Faculty of Languages and Humanities, Department of Linguistics and Literary Studies, is...Guest lectures by Claudio Giunta (Emile-Lorand–course 2021-2022: Italian Literary Studies)
Guest lectures by Claudio Giunta (Emile-Lorand–course 2021-2022: Italian Literary Studies) Vrije Universiteit Brussel, 28 March-1 April 2022 Prof.Call for Papers: Experimental Writing in English (1945-2000) - The Anti-Canon
International Conference Experimental Writing in English (1945-2000): The Anti-Canon 15-16 September 2022 - Palace of the Academies, Brussels Keynote speakers: Anthony Reed, Associate Professor of English, Vanderbilt Univer...The latest JLIC issue has been published!
We are delighted to announce that the latest issue of the Journal for Literary and Intermedial Crossings has been published. This issue of the Journal for Literary and Intermedial Crossings groups together seven articles selected through an open call, as well as an interview with the auth...Journal for Literary and Intermedial Crossings - Call for Articles
OPEN CALL The Journal for Literary and Intermedial Crossings (ISSN 2506-8709) offers an online publication platform to researchers who wish to explore various aesthetic ‘crossings’ concerning media, genres and/or spaces.Forthcoming CLIC activities
You are warmly invited to this semester’s CLIC activities focusing on “Intermediality”. A first guest lecture by Jarmila Mildorf (University of Paderborn) will take place on Tuesday, 8 March, at 3 p.m. in D.3.11.The new JLIC issue is online!
We are delighted to announce that the latest issue of the Journal for Literary and Intermedial Crossings, entitled ‘Literature, social engagement, and civil commitment in the Italian press of the 18th and 19th centuries’ is now online! &UPDATED: A four-year PhD position in postcolonial literary studies and genre theory
Vacancy for Academic Staff at Vrije Universiteit Brussel Department: Linguistics and Literary Studies Research Centre: Centre for Literary and Intermedial Crossings The Vrije Universiteit B...Applications invited for a full-time PhD position in literary studies
Vacancy for Academic Staff Department: Linguistics and Literary Studies Research Centre: Centre for Literary and Intermedial Crossings The Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Faculty of Languages and Humanities, Department of Linguistics and Literary Studies, is...Call for applicants - Internship at Journal for Literary and Intermedial Crossings
Dear students, The Journal for Literary and Intermedial Crossings is looking for students who might be interested in a position as an intern in the framework of the optional course Internship: Intermediality / Stage Intermedialiteit (6 ECTS). For the next academic year, we have...Call for Articles for JLIC Special Issue on Seriality
As a follow up to the one-day CLIC conference on Seriality in December 2020, the Journal for Literary and Intermedial Crossings (JLIC) will publish a special issue on Seriality research.Prof Alexandra Saemmer’s opening lecture for the “Text, Image, Sound: Intermedial Crossings in Twentieth-Century Mass Media” course now online
On 28-30 April, the doctoral schools specialist course “Text, Image, Sound: Intermedial Crossings in Twentieth-Century Mass Media” took place, jointly organized by the research groups CLIC and 20CC, the ERC-funded COMICS project and the UGent Doctoral Schools. All the inf...Call for Articles for JLIC Special Issue “Depicting Destitution across Media”
Special Issue “Depicting Destitution across Media” Guest editors: Nassim W.Emile Lorand Chair 2020-2021: lingüística española y estudios literarios
Save the dates! The lectures connected to the Lorand Chair for Spanish 2020-2021 are starting soon. Prof. LAURA FOLICA from the Universitat obierta de Catalunya will five lectures about Digital Humanities and Hispanic-American Literature. You can find the full program here.Welcome to Alexandra Saemmer, holder of the CLIC Lorand Chair for Intermediality
CLIC is delighted to welcome Alexandra Saemmer as the CLIC Lorand Chair Intermediality, 2020-21. Alexandra Saemmer is Full Professor of Information and Communication Science and co-director of the CEMTI laboratory at University of Paris 8, France.The new JLIC issue is online!
The new JLIC issue entiled Robinson Crusoe's nalatenschap / Legacies of Robinson Crusoe is now online! This special issue stems from the CLIC day Robinson Crusoe revisited organised in November 2019 as a tribute to the tercentenary of Daniel Defoe’s masterpiece (1719).CLIC welcomes doctoral researcher Ezzahra Benlahoussine!
CLIC welcomes doctoral researcher Ezzahra Benlahoussine from Mohamed V University in Rabat, Morocco. Ezzahra will stay at VUB from January to July 2021 as incoming mobility researcher Erasmus+ and is hosted by CLIC-members Prof. dr. Elisabeth Bekers and Prof. dr.Grants and awards won by CLIC members!
CLIC is proud to announce that a number of grants and awards has been obtained by affiliated researchers! Anthony Manu has won a FWO PhD fellowship for fundamental research with his project “Towards a model for hum...Journal for Literary and Intermedial Crossings: Volume 5 Issue 1
The latest issue of the Journal for Literary and Intermedial Crossings has been published.Journal for Literary and Intermedial Crossings: Call for Articles
Open Call The Journal for Literary and Intermedial Crossings (ISSN 2506-8709) offers an online publication platform to researchers who wish to explore various aesthetic ‘crossings’ concerning media, genres and/or spaces. Targeted squarely at investigating the...Call for applicants - Internship at Journal for Literary and Intermedial Crossings
Dear students, The Journal for Literary and Intermedial Crossings is looking for students enrolled in the MuMa program (profile: Intermediality), who might be interested in a position as an intern in the framework of the optional course Internship: Intermediality / Stage Intermedialiteit...CLIC day 2020: Call for contributions
#CLIC2020 - Friday 11 December 2020 (Academic) keynote: Jason Mittell (Middlebury College) (Artistic) keynote: tba Call for papers Our call for contributions begins with an example of seriality: the cliché.2020 Marie Curie Individual Fellowship at the VUB
Interested in becoming a Marie Curie Fellow at VUB? CLIC offers scholars an interdisciplinary network to stimulate research along three key concepts: media, genres and spaces.Journal for Literary and Intermedial Crossings - Call for Articles
CALL FOR ARTICLES: Literature, social engagement and civil commitment in the Italian literary press of the 18th and 19th centuries Special issue Journal for Literary and Intermedial Crossings 6.1 (2021) Guest editors: Francesca Bianco (Universi...PhD thesis succesfully defended by CLIC member Catherine Thomas
CLIC congratulates Dr. Catherine Thomas, who succesfully defended her PhD thesis on May 27. The research, entitled "Jacques Brel and Serge Gainsbourg.CLIC's Annual Report (2019)
This annual report highlights members' news and representational activities, as well as initiatives and achievements realized with CLIC support. We thank everyone for their contributions in 2019!Two PhD theses successfully defended by CLIC members
Two PhD theses have been successfully defended by CLIC members during the month of November: The first was Dr. Thomas Thoelen, who defended his work entitled “DANCE FIRST. THINK AFTERWARDS.Call for Articles : Spring Issue of JLIC (May 2020)
Open Call: Spring Issue (May 2020) JLIC offers an online publication platform to researchers from various fields engaging either directly or indirectly with the study of hybrid literary and/or intermedial phenomena.CfP CLIC DAY 2019: Robinson Crusoe Revisited: Literary and Intermedial Legacies of the ‘First Novel in English’
Robinson Crusoe Revisited:Literary and Intermedial Legacies of the ‘First Novel in English’ The next annual symposium of the Centre for Literary and Intermedial Crossings (CLIC) will take place on Friday 29th November 2019 and will revolve around the literary and intermedial legacies of and r...CLIC annual report 2018
CLIC Annual Report 2018 This annual report highlights member news and representational activities, as well as initiatives and achievements realized with CLIC support.
Events
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International Conference: Recentring Form(s) in and of the Margins: the Politics of Self-Reflexivity
Registration is now open! - Practical info-
Cattedra Emile Lorand – Lecture Series by Gianluigi Simonetti
The annual lecture series by the Italian "Cattedra Lorand" takes place from 18-21 March 2024! - Practical info-
Studiedag: 'Inclusie in grote en kleine verhalen'
Samen met de Onderzoeksgroep Schrijven-RITCS en Culturele Studies KULeuven, organiseert Prof. Ronald Geerts een studiedag voor professionele makers, onderzoekers en studenten met een interesse voor inclusie en diversiteit in film en televisie. - Practical info-
Inaugural Lecture Lorand Chair Intermediality: The Lineage of Madness in Caribbean Literature - Bénédicte Ledent
Inaugural lecture of the Lorand Chair in Intermediality Studies Bénédicte Ledent - Practical info-
Now Online: WOLEC Spring Programme
The spring programme of the Study Group for Literature and Culture ('Werkgroep Literatuur en Cultuur' or WOLEC) is now online!
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Conference: 'Crossing The Borders: Spanish and Other Languages and Literatures in Contact'
II Congreso Internacional CROS 2024 / II International CROS Conference 2024
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Conference 'Decolonising Knowledge in the Humanities: Studying Minor Forms in African Cultures of Knowledge, Literature and the Arts'
ACCRA, 12-16 DECEMBER 2023 - Practical info-
Dag Van de Wetenschap: Dive into the History of Magazines and Journals
CLIC colleagues Michael Rosenfeld, Sofie Vandepitte, Cedric Van Dijck and Birgit Van Puymbroeck took part in the annual Day of Science at Muntpunt in Brussels on 26 November 2023 with activities on the history of magazines and journals from
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CLIC day 2023: Brussels in the Literary and Artistic Landscape
Program now available!
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Study Day - Reception of Belgian Literatures in a German Context (1945-now)
This study day has a full program, featuring events like a workshop led by literary translator Bettina Bach and a bilingual reading by the author Fikry El Azzouzi and translator Ilja Braun.
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Conference: 'The Urban Topography of Exclusion in Literature and the Arts' (BRU & AMST)
The two-day international conference in Amsterdam and Brussels seeks to examine literature and the arts (painting, cinema, music) produced immediately after the rise of Nazism, during World War II, and following the Holocaust in order to challenge the urban topographical dynami
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Conference: 'Transatlantic Flows: The Circulation of Literature between the Americas and Europe'
The conference "Transatlantic Flows: The Circulation of Literature between the Americas and Europe" examines the forms and functions of transnational literary circulation and literary actors in transfer between Europe and the Americas.
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23rd Meeting of the Platform for Postcolonial Readings (26/05)
Orientalism 2.0.: Developments in Orientalist Criticism in the 21st Century
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THALIA: Guided Tour at Orpheus Institute & Lecture on African Grove Theater
On May 25, 2023, join Thalia for their afternoon gathering at the Orpheus Institute (Korte Meer 12).
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Doctoral seminar: Representations of Violence in Literature and Other Media
Specialist course for PhD students sponsored by Ghent University’s Doctoral School of Arts, Humanities, and Law
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Meet & Greet: Prof. Eva Ulrike Pirker (HHU Düsseldorf)
On Friday 28/04, we invite you to a Meet & Greet with Dr. Eva Ulrike Pirker (Heinrich Heine Universität Düsseldorf).
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“Un ruido que ruge”: La literatura infantil y juvenil mexicana del siglo XXI (Lorand Chair Spanish)
“Un ruido que ruge”: La literatura infantil y juvenil mexicana del siglo XXI
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Writer in Residence March 2023: Laura Fish
‘Writing Back’ with Laura Fish
Dr Elizabeth Jane Fish joins CLIC for the WeKONEKT-week in March 2023, a week dedicated to reconnecting the university campus with the vibrant city centre.
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Colloquium 'Quoi de neuf sur Cocteau en 2023?'
Depuis la création d’un fonds patrimonial Cocteau à la BU Lettres de Montpellier, il y a plus de trente ans, on ne compte plus les colloques, journées d’étude, publications et expositions qui ont été consacrés au poète.
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Dr Emrah Atasoy, 'Utopian & Dystopian Portrayals of the Future: Contemporary Türkiye'
On 17 February 2023, CLIC welcomes Dr. Emrah Atasoy who will give a talk on “Utopian & Dystopian Portrayals of the Future: Contemporary Türkiye”. - Practical info-
12th ANNUAL CLIC DAY: Crossings: Concept, Discourse, Practice
Programme:
9.30 – 9.45: Welcome by Janine Hauthal & Arvi Sepp (CLIC)
9.45 – 10.00: Introduction by Nassim Winnie Balestrini (U Graz), CLIC Lorand Chair Intermediality 2022-2023
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Experimental Writing in English (1945-2000) - The Anti-Canon
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:
Anthony Reed, Associate Professor of English, Vanderbilt University
Georgina Colby, Reader in Modern and Contemporary Literature, University of Westminster
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Guest professor announcement: Carmen María López López (UNED, Spain)
Monday 23 May, from 11-13hWithin the context of the Project "Redes y Rutas", Prof. - Practical info-
Conference: Collaborations entre intellectuel·le·s queer 1880-1920 Conference – 4 and 5 May 2022
Dear colleagues,
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Guest lecture by Marius Hentea (University of Gothenburg)
On Wednesday 27 April 2022, from 2 p.m. to 3.30 p.m, Prof. Marius Hentea (University of Gothenburg) will give a lecture on “Ezra Pound and Radio Treason,” as part of the Eutopia research exchange between VUB and the University of Gothenburg.
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Guest lectures by Claudio Giunta (Emile-Lorand–course 2021-2022: Italian Literary Studies)
Guest lectures by Claudio Giunta (Emile-Lorand–course 2021-2022: Italian Literary Studies)
Vrije Universiteit Brussel, 28 March-1 April 2022
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Inaugural Lecture of the CLIC Lorand Chair Intermediality Prof. Andreas Fickers
The Centre for Literary and Intermedial Crossings (CLIC) welcomes Prof. Dr. Andreas Fickers as Lorand Chair Intermediality in 2021/2022 at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel. The Lorand Chair Intermediality is financed by the legacies of Emile Lorand.
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International workshop “Radio and Cultural Memory”
On Friday, 25 March, the international workshop “Radio and Cultural Memory” will take place at VUB, in room I.1.03 (from 8.45 a.m.
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CLIC guest lecture “Intermediality” by PD Dr. Jarmila Mildorf (University of Paderborn)
“Words and Voice: Radio Drama as Audioliteral Text”
Guest lecture by PD Dr. Jarmila Mildorf (University of Paderborn) - Practical info-
Conference: Narrative and Music
The goal of this conference is to bring the studies of narrative and music together.
Research into narrative and music is often an either/or story: either music cannot be narrative at all or it definitely is.
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VAL Symposium: “Reading in theory and in higher education practice”
The Flemish Association for Literary Theory and Comparative Literature (VAL) brings together literary scholars who are active in Flanders and Brussels, inviting them to convene around themes of common interest and across linguistic, generational and institutional divides.
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11th ANNUAL CLIC DAY 2021: 'Kunstkritiek door de ogen van een schrijver'
The 2021 CLIC study day entitled “Kunstkritiek door de ogen van een schrijver” took place on 26 november.
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DOING BLACK ART IN BRUSSELS: a panel discussion with Ubah Cristina Ali Farah, Lisette Ma Neza and Wetsi Mpoma
DOING BLACK ART IN BRUSSELS
a panel discussion with Ubah Cristina Ali Farah, Lisette Ma Neza and Wetsi MpomaWED 7 July 2021 | 15.0016.30 | online & livestreaming @ Pilar (VUB Campus)
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Master class: “Paper, web and stage: Cross-medial interactions between database and narrative”
For several decades, authors are experimenting with the narrative and poetic potential of databases and generative grammars.
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WOLEC-session: Bette Dam - Rethinking news narratives in war journalism. A dialogue between literary and journalism studies
The next WOLEC session will take place on June 4 from 12:00 to 13:30 via Teams. Speaker Bette Dam (VUB) will present her doctoral research into contemporary war journalism.
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DH lecture by prof Laura Folica (UOC): Social Networks of the Past. Mapping Hispanic and Lusophone Modernity through Literary Translation in Periodicals
Within the context of the Lorand Chair for Spanish, dr. Laura Folica from the Universitat oberta de Catalunya will deliver a lecture on :
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SAVE THE DATE! 7 Mai - Symposium: Beelden lezen/Lire les images (BOZAR)
Op 7 mei organiseert het Studiecentrum voor Experimentele Literatuur (SEL) een symposium over kunstkritiek van Belgische schrijvers (1945-1985). Het symposium kadert in de Raveel-retrospectieve die nu loopt in BOZAR en vindt plaats dankzij een subsidie van CLIC.
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Keynote Lecture by the CLIC Lorand Chair Intermediality Alexandra Saemmer (Paris 8): Pollination, Hybridization and Colonization in Electronic Literature: A Socio-Semiotic Approach
In this keynote lecture, I will invite the public to explore historical and recent pieces of digital literature through the prism of theories of intermediality, that examine the relations and interactions between medias inside a given work.
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Guest Lecture: “Jackie Kay's Intermedial Poetics – Disjunctive Connectivity and Plural Identities”
Guest lecture by Prof. Dr. Birgit Neumann (Heinrich Heine University of Duesseldorf)
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WOLEC Reading session: Theoretical Frameworks in 21st Century Literary Studies
On friday April 16, from 12h to 13h, WOLEC is organizing a reading session under the heading ‘Denkkaders in de 21e-eeuwse literatuurwetenschap’ (“Theoretical Frameworks in 21st Century Literary Studies”).
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Save the date: upcoming WOLEC seminar on March 19
The next WOLEC session will take place on 19 March from 12:00 to 13:30 via Teams.
Speaker Tessel Veneboer (UGent) will present her doctoral research:
'The queer potential of fragmentation: sexuality and identity in Kathy Acker's work'.
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10th ANNUAL CLIC DAY - Seriality
Programme
11:00 – 11:15 verwelkoming – introduction
11:15 – 11:45 Saddie Choua – The Chouas
11:45 – 12:45 Seriality in The Handmaid’s Tale:
Ruth Mellaerts – Strategies for Creating Seriality in the TV Series - Practical info-
CLIC day 2020: Seriality
#CLIC2020, 11 December 2020 on SERIALITY
(Academic) keynote: Jason Mittell (Middlebury College)
(Artistic) keynote: tba
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WOLEC lecture: 'Modern Etruscans' by Chiara Zampieri (KUL)
Chiara Zampieri is a doctoral researcher at the MDRN Research Lab \ KU Leuven.
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International Workshop: Pantomime from 1800 till present. Genre – Aesthetics – Development
The workshop "Pantomime from 1800 till present. Genre – Aesthetics – Development" will take place online, via Microsoft Teams, on 3-4 December 2020. The conference languages are German and English.
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Digi-workshop on Transkribus (English)
The Digital Humanities activities at the VUB go...digital!
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SAVE THE DATE! DIGITAL HUMANITIES SEMINARS AT THE VUB
The next Digital Humanities event organized by DIGI will take place on Friday 6 March 2020. Prof. Elena Pierazzo (University of Tours) will give a seminar entitled: "Digital Humanities: a Historical and Sociological Approach".
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Italian "Cattedra Emile Lorand": 17-21 February 2020
The annual appointment with the Italian "Cattedra Lorand" is coming!
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9th Annual CLIC Day: Robinson Crusoe Revisited: Literary and Intermedial Legacies of the ‘First Novel in English’
The next annual symposium of the Centre for Literary and Intermedial Crossings (CLIC) will take place on Friday 29th November 2019 and will revolve around the literary and intermedial legacies of and responses to Daniel Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe, to commemorate its publication exact
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WOLEC lunch lecture: Rachele Gusella on Street Poetry in Western Europe
The next WOLEC-session will take place on 18 December at 12:00 in room 5C402.
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THEATRE AND MULTILINGUALISM: ‘FOREIGN’ LANGUAGES AND ACCENTS ON THE STAGE
On Monday 18 November, Prof. Ulrike Garde, Associate Professor at the University of Sidney, gave a guest lecture about "Theatre And Multilingualism: ‘Foreign’ Languages And Accents On The Stage", within the frame of the Multilingual Master course “Multilingualism and Literature” led by Prof.
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"Un paleto ¡con talento!" by Julio Mathias.
The theatre group "Los amigos de Talía" will present the play: "Un paleto ¡con talento!" by Julio Mathias on December 10.
Language: Spanish.
Admission is free.
Organised by: CLIC, CLIN (VUB); Semper CVO,
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Poetry in Performance: Jennifer K Dick and Lisa Samuels
Performing new work and discussing literary experiment & performance alternatives
Hosted by Dr. Hannah Van Hove
Jennifer K Dick is Maître de Conférences at the Université de Haute Alsace, Mulhouse.
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SAVE THE DATE! DIGITAL HUMANITIES SEMINARS AT THE VUB
DIGITAL HUMANITIES SEMINARS
WOLEC-DIGI
Vrije Universiteit Brussel
21 November 2019
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CFP: Exploring Interdisciplinary Approaches To Songs And Practices Of Singing (1200-Today)
Call for papersThe Amsterdam Centre for Cross-Disciplinary Emotion and Sensory Studiesand THALIA, research group on the Interplay of Theatre, Literature & Media in Performance, present:
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Experimentation and Innovation in Black British Women's Writing (Tulsa Studies in Women's Literature)
We are welcoming submissions for a Special Issue of Tulsa Studies in Women’s Literature on experimentation and innovation in contemporary Black British Women’s Writing (eds. Elisabeth Bekers, Elizabeth-Jane Burnett and Helen Cousins).
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8th ANNUAL CLIC DAY: Campus Literature: Literary and Intermedial Constructions of the Academic World
The annually held CLIC symposium took place on 14 November 2018. This year’s edition focused on 'Campus Literature: Literary and Intermedial Constructions of the Academic World' ('Campusliteratuur: literaire en intermediale constructies van de universitaire wereld').