Past events

MERLIT researcher Ceydanur Temurok is going to present her research at the symposium “Violence, Translation, and Testimonial Authority: Ethics and Transmediality in Life-Writing”, organised by the Centre for Literary and Intermedial Crossings (CLIC, VUB), in cooperation with CLIV (UGent/VUB) and CER...

On 17-18 September 2026, CLIC will be hosting the international symposium "Violence, Translation, and Testimonial Authority: Ethics and Transmediality in Life-Writing" in Brussels (Cloud 7 & Campus Etterbeek, room I.1.1).

Title: 'Manipulation, Norms, and Habitus in Ken Liu’s Translation of Chinese Science Fiction: A Sociological Approach'...

  MERLIT-associated researchers Tola Ositelu and Tiago Silva presented at the African Studies Association of the UK (ASAUK) conference at the University of Durham, 10-12 September 2026. The theme of this year's conference was Narrative, Power and the making of African Worlds.

In September, the annual ESPRit conference will take place in Brussels.

MERLIT researcher, Maxime Louise Honinx and MERLIT-associated researcher, Marjolein Goethals publish co-authored article on Lucy Atkinson's 'Recollections of Tartar Steppes and their Inhabitants' (1863) in journal 'English Text Construction'.

Title: 'Humour in Nineteenth-Century Poetry: A Model'...

  This longer workshop brings together core and associated researchers from the MERLIT group.

In May, the 8th biennial conference of the International Society for Intermedial Studies, co-organized by several CLIC members, will take place in Brussels.

Campus Etterbeek, Building C, Room C2.07a...