Dear colleagues,
on Wednesday, 18th May 2011, UCL will host the second edition of LINKS -
the London Intercollegiate Network for Comparative Studies. LINKS 2011
will consist of a one-day graduate student conference, specifically aimed
at MA students in Comparative Studies, and a round table with four leading
scholars of literature and culture, all working in London, who will
reflect on the public value of their discipline, and on the future of
comparative literature. Please see below for details.
Please bring this to the attention of students in your department.
We will be delighted to welcome them in London in May 2011.
Best wishes,
Florian Mussgnug
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LINKS ? London Intercollegiate Network for Comparative Studies
2nd Graduate Student Conference in Comparative Literature
COMPARATIVE LITERATURE: BEYOND THE CRISIS
Medawar Watson Lecture Theatre, University College London
Wednesday, 18 May 2011, 9.00 am ? 6.00 pm
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This conference fosters a space to discuss and re-think intercultural
?links?, and to approach literary and non-literary texts from a
comparative perspective. For the second time, students and staff in
comparative literature departments across London have joined forces,
providing MA students in comparative literature with a unique opportunity
to exchange ideas, and develop their networking, presentation and
discussion skills.
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ROUND TABLE
Wednesday, 18th May, 2pm ? 4pm
Medawar Watson Lecture Theatre, UCL
Dr Lucia Boldrini (Goldsmiths, London)
Prof Paul Hamilton (Queen Mary, London)
Prof Timothy Mathews (UCL)
Prof Robert Weninger (King?s College London)
Dr Florian Mussgnug (UCL, Chair)
Recession is a time for asking fundamental questions about value. How will
funding cuts, curriculum reform, and higher tuition fees transform
teaching and research? How will they affect the future of comparative
literature? What will be the social and cultural role of comparative
studies in a rapidly changing world? This round table, organized within
the context of LINKS, brings together four leading scholars of literature
and culture, all working in London, to reflect on the public value of
their discipline, and on the future of comparative literature.
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CALL FOR PAPERS
MA students in Comparative Literature from anywhere in London and beyond
are warmly invited to send us proposals for twenty-minute papers on any
aspect of comparative literary study. Subjects may include, but are not
limited to:
Cultural Identities / Self and Other / Literatures of a Globalized World
Gender, Corporeality, and Writing / Literary Criticism and Theory
Forms and Genres / Themes, Myths, and Archetypes
Literature and Other Arts / Reception Studies and Translation
Abstracts (max. 300 words) should be sent to Dr Florian Mussgnug
([log in to unmask]) before Saturday, 30th April.
For more information, please contact Dr Florian Mussgnug at
[log in to unmask] or Dr Rosa Mucignat at [log in to unmask]
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Dr Florian Mussgnug
Lecturer in Italian and Comparative Literature
Convenor of the MA Comparative Literature, 2011-12
School of European Languages, Culture and Society
University College London
Gower Street, London,
WC1E 6BT, UK
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