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The Northern Comparative Literature Network Presents: Comparative Literature and Globalization Today A one-day conference Saturday 24 October The School of English Birmingham City University The Curzon Building 4 Cardigan Street Birmingham, B4 7BD Confirmed keynotes: Prof. Philip Leonard (Nottingham Trent University) Dr. Maike Oergel (University of Nottingham) The Northern Comparative Literature Network (NCLN) is a platform for scholars in the midlands and the north of the UK who study literature across boundaries of language, culture and nationality. **Attendance is free, but places are limited.** Please book by contacting Tom Knowles [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> For information about NCLN, please contact Peter Sjølyst-Jackson [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> Follow us on Twitter @NorthernCompLit Programme: 9.30-10.00: Registration 10.00-11.15: Keynote 1 Philip Leonard (Nottingham Trent University), ‘A Literature of the World’ 11.15-11.30: Coffee 11.30-1.00: Panel 1: Globalisation, Translation and Testimony Kirsty Hemsworth (University of Sheffield), ‘Translating in/as Aftermath: A comparative approach to 9/11 fiction in translation’ Olga Castro (Aston University), ‘The politics of self-translation in a globalised market: author-translators and the stateless literatures of Spain’ Paola Botham (Birmingham City University), ‘Testimonial Theatre and Globalisation: A Case Study’ 1.00-2.00: Lunch 2.00-3.30: Panel 2: Global, Transnational and Postcolonial Spaces Christinna Hobbs (Liverpool John Moores), ‘Global Perspectives, Peripheral Identities: Cultural Nationalism and the Journey to Independence in the North Atlantic’ Maryam Farahani (University of Liverpool), ‘Anatolia, Russia, Persia: The Challenge of “Triangular Otherness” for the West’ Juliette Taylor-Batty (Leeds Trinity University), ‘Challenging originals: modernism and translational composition’ 3.30-3.45: Coffee 3.45-5.00: Keynote 2 Maike Oergel (University of Nottingham), ‘Zeitgeist – how to make ideas travel?’