Upcoming events

MERLIT Jour Fixe December 2024

3 December 2024 10:00 - 3 December 2024 12:00

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MERLIT Jour Fixe March 2025

13 March 2025 11:30 - 13 March 2025 13:30

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MERLIT Jour Fixe July 2025

24 July 2025 10:30 - 24 July 2025 12:30

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Guest Lecture by Caroline Kita: "The Echo Effect: Radio Drama’s Intra- and Intermedial References"

20 October 2025 10:30 - 20 October 2025 11:30

as part of the FWO senior research project 'Broadcast Biographies'...

MERLIT-Associated Researcher participates in the 3rd International Congress of Afro-descendant Literary and Cultural Studies, 21-24 October 2025

21 October 2025 09:00 - 24 October 2025 14:00

MERLIT - associated researcher, Tola Ositelu will participate in the third International Congress of Afrodescendant Literary and Cultural Studies, 21-24 October 2025 @ the University of Alcalá, Madrid.

Lecture by Mandisa Mbali: "Methods at An End? AIDS, Literary Ethnography and Multimodal History in South Africa"

28 October 2025 15:00 - 28 October 2025 16:30

Join us for a lecture by Mandisa Mbali (University of Cape Town) exploring literary and artistic responses to the AIDS epidemic in South Africa.

MERLIT Theory & Methodology Workshop October 2025 w/ the AFROPRESS group and Prof. dr. Mandisa Mbali (UCT)

30 October 2025 10:30 - 30 October 2025 15:30

All are welcome. Register for free by 23 October 2025 and come ready to participate: merlit@vub.be For more information, please follow the above link.