Workshop on Arabic literature arranged by the Research seminar in Semitic languages.

Programme

28 May

14.00 - 14.30         Narratives of Perseverance: Hope, Survival, and Renewal in Syrian Fiction (2011–2024). Lovisa Berg, Dalarna University

14.30 - 15.00         Gendered Fictions of Crime: Female Killers in National-Colonial Egypt. Elena Chiti, Stockholm University

Coffee break

15.30 - 16.00        Paper by McManus cancelled

16.00-16.30         Figurative speech: A comparison between the poetics of Classical Arabic and Ancient Greek. Kerstin Eksell, Stockholm University

17-19               Refreshments  (see below regarding required pre-notice)

29 May

10-12               Guest lecture by McManus cancelled. See separate calendar post.

Everyone is welcome to attend the lectures. If you also want to join in on the coffee break and/or the refreshments in the evening of the 28th, a pre-notification is required (e-mail to maria.persson@mellost.lu.se).

 

The workshop is arranged in connection with Naja Bjørnson's mock viva (slutseminarium) which is held in the morning of 28 May (9.15-11, same location). For details, see separate calendar post.