Institute of Contemporary and Comparative Literature

Research Seminar Series, Spring 2012

Wednesday 29th February
Professor Neil Rhodes (St Andrews)
The MHRA Tudor and Stuart Translations
5:15pm: Arts Seminar Room 1

Wednesday 14th March
Professor Anne Birgitte Rønning (University of Oslo)
Gendering the Robinsonade
5:15pm: Arts Building, Seminar Room 1

Thursday 12th April
Co-hosted by the Department of German
Dr Sandra Vlasta (University of Vienna)
Exophonic gaps? Multilingualism and the use of various scripts in contemporary literature
5:15pm: Arts Building, Seminar Room 7

Thursday 26th April
Dr Axel Stahler (University of Kent)
Memory and the Jewish Imaginary
5:15pm: Arts Building, Seminar Room 7

Tuesday 1st May
Co-hosted by the Department of German and the School of Divinity with support from the School of Divinity and the V. J. Mckechnie-Ferguson Bequest.
Professor Aleida Assmann (University of Konstanz)
The End of Loneliness and the Age of Web 2.0
Professor Jan Assmann (University of Konstanz)
The Exodus from Egypt in the Cultural Memory of Ancient Israel and Beyond.
4pm: Parliament Hall

Monday 14th May
Professor Terence Cave (University of Oxford)
Cognitive Approaches to Literary Study
5:15pm: Venue to be announced.