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Dear all, The British Comparative Literature Association is pleased to open registration for its postgraduate conference 'Unforeseen Consequences: Literatures of Protest and Political Struggle', to be held at the University of Warwick on 11th November with a keynote by Dr Oliver Davis (W arwick). All are welcome and attendance is free, but we ask that those planning to attend register here <https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/bcla-postgraduate-conference-unforeseen-consequences-tickets-39085804694?aff=es2>. Registration closes at 9am on 8th November. Anyone who wishes to register after this time should email [log in to unmask] The programme for the day is as follows: *9.30 – 10.00: Registration10.00 – 10.15: Welcome10.15 – 11.45: Panel One: Legacies of Power* Giulia Champion (Warwick): The Emergence of Britain as a Nation-State and the Uncanny Colony in Literature Amanda Stewart (Oxford): Narrative Ambiguity as a Response to Governmental Censorship: a close analysis of narrative voice in Christa Wolf’s The Quest for Christa T. Michael James (Royal Holloway): Losing a Sense of Space: dysfunctional spaces and Grimethorpe in the poetry of Helen Mort and Steve Ely *11.45 – 12.00: Coffee12.00 – 13.30: Panel Two: Territory and Displacement* Sophie Kelly (Edgehill): Right-to-Remain (Silent): making space for ‘unofficial’ voices within a hostile landscape Sam La Védrine (Nottingham): The Ecology of the In-Between and Writing ‘the entangled letters/of a new genetic code’: Pierre Joris’ stochasticism of nomadic poetics Andrew Stones (Warwick): From ‘World-Ecological’ Literature to Exo-Planetary Fictions *13.30 – 14.15: Lunch14.15 – 15.30: Keynote* Dr Oliver Davis (Warwick): For a Theory of Unforeseen Consequences: side-effects, unwieldy knowledge and literature *15.30 – 15.45: Coffee15.45 – 17.15: Panel Three: Contemporary Struggles* Farah Aridi (Goldsmiths): Negotiating the Right to the City in Saleem Haddad’s Guapa Asma Jahamah (Essex): Post 9/11 Terror in Nadeem Aslam’sThe Blind Man’s Garden Caterina Scarabicchi (Royal Holloway): ‘Borrowing’ the Migrant’s Story: De Luca’s Solo Andata between social commitment and literary appropriation *17.15 – 18.15: Wine Reception* The conference will be held in the Wolfson Research Exchange on Floor 3 (Extension) of University of Warwick Library. A university card is required to enter the library; please speak to the staff member at the Welcome Point who will direct you to the Wolfson Research Exchange. An interactive campus map and a floorplan of the library are available here <http://campus-cms.warwick.ac.uk/share/3addc820e9610130e7fc771aef669e53>. Refreshments and lunch will be provided, with a wine reception following the conference. If you have any dietary requirements, please let us know by emailing [log in to unmask] See our Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/BCLAUK/>and Twitter <https://twitter.com/bclapostgrad?lang=en> pages for more about BCLA Postgraduates. We look forward to seeing you on 11th November, Holly, Ava, Miles and Stefano (BCLA Postgraduate Representatives)