CLIC is delighted to announce that the preliminary programme for CLIC Day 2025: Journalism and Literature is now online! The conference will take place on 5 December 2025 in the 'Promotiezaal' D.2.01 at VUB Campus Etterbeek and will feature a keynote by John S. Bak (Université de Lorraine).
You can find the programme here or below.
The CLIC Day 2025 is jointly organized by Chiara Cremona, Thomas Mantzaris, Jelle Mast, and Marcela Scibiorska. The language of the conference is English. A publication of the proceedings with selected contributions is planned in the Journal for Literary and Intermedial Crossings (JLIC). For further information, please contact clicday2025@vub.be.
Journalism and Literature
Keynote speaker: John S. Bak (Université de Lorraine)
Opening Session | |
9.00-9.20 | Welcome by Janine Hauthal (CLIC Chair, VUB) |
9.20-9.30 | Opening remarks by Jelle Mast (VUB) |
9.30-10.30 | Keynote lecture, John S. Bak (Université de Lorraine): H. Rider Haggard, Jean Carrère, and Literary Journalistic Representations of the Boers in the French Press during the Anglo-Boer War, 1899–1902 Introduction by Marcela Scibiorska (VUB) |
10.30 – 10.45 | Coffee & tea break |
Panel 1: The Transformative Impact of Literary Journalism: Resistance, Memory, Progress (moderator: Thomas Mantzaris) | |
10.45-11.05 | Suzanne Scafe (VUB), “Lux et Veritas”: Journalism and Literature in Trinidad’s The Beacon (1931-39) |
11.05-11.25 | Rikus van Eeden & Cedric Van Dijck (VUB), The Little Magazine in Sub-Saharan Africa: Notes from the Field |
11.25-11.45 | Deniz Gündoğan İbrişim (Kadir Has University) & Eva Ulrike Pirker (VUB), Translating Trees: A Case Study on Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor’s Mnemonic Journalism |
The Panel is followed by 15’ Q&A | |
12.00 – 13.45 | Lunch break |
Panel 2: Literary Journalism and Serialization: from Print Periodicals to Digital Newsletters (moderator: Birgit Van Puymbroeck) | |
13.45-14.05 | Rainer Maria Ceci (Roma Tre University), Serialized Literature in Post-Unification Italian Periodicals: The Case of “Gazzetta Letteraria” |
14.05-14.25 | Ane Ferri (University of Kragujevac) & Jelena Pavlović Jovanović (independent researcher), The First Window into Literature – the Presence of Literature in Magazines Politikin Zabavnik and Mali Politikin Zabavnik |
14.25-14.45 | Jolanda Lila (Albanian University), The Role of Literature in Early Arbëresh Periodicals |
14.45-15.05 | Alexandra Sanchez (Ghent University), The E-Newsletter as Literary Journalism: Plotting Diddy’s Trial, One Email at a Time |
The Panel is followed by 20’ Q&A | |
15.25-15.45 | Coffee & tea break |
Panel 3: The Creative Reception of Literature: Cultural Journalism, Literary Criticism and Advertising in Periodicals (moderator: Elisabeth Bekers) | |
15.45-16.05 | Chiara Cremona (VUB), Literary Reviews in English, French and Italian Periodicals of the Early 19th Century: Features and Functions |
16.05-16.25 | Giulia Coppi (Ghent University), Possession, Knowledge, Power: Genre Fluidity and Feminine Authority in La Donna Galante ed Erudita |
16.25-16.45 | Marieke Winkler (Open Universiteit), Creative Criticism in the Netherlands: How Literary Authors Introduced and Shaped the “Cultural Essay” in Dutch National Newspapers from the 1970s and 1980s |
16.45-17.05 | Farida Dakhouche (Mons University), From Magazines to Literature: The Role of the French-language Periodical Images in Shaping Dar Al Hilal’s Translation Strategies (1949-1960) |
The Panel is followed by 20’ Q&A | |
Concluding Session (moderator: Arvi Sepp) | |
17.30-18.00 | Writing Books, Method, Practice, and No Deadlines. A Guide for Journalists: A conversation with Alia Papageorgiou, Artistic Director of the Writers Festival of Belgium |
18.00 | Departure from campus for Dinner in Brussels (around 19.00) – All speakers and CLIC members welcome but attendees are responsible for their own meals |
