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Category Archives: Library
“Roberto Bolaño and the Labyrinthine Mode”: Josh Weeks’ PhD defence
On next May 31 (more information here) Josh Weeks will defend his dissertation Roberto Bolaño and the labyrinthine mode: Navigating neoliberal modernity (supervisors Shelley Godsland and Hanneke Stuit). The PhD research «analyses how the textual strategies deployed by the Chilean … Continue reading
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End of the year quote, and reading list (3): Simone de Beauvoir
«Je me perdais dans l’infini tout en restant, moi-même. Je sentais sur mes paupières la chaleur du soleil qui brille pour tous et qui ici, en cet instant, ne caressait que moi. Le vent tournoyait autour des peupliers il venait … Continue reading
End of the year quote, and reading list (2): Sibilla Aleramo
«Sole, sole! Quanto sole abbagliante! Tutto scintillava, nel paese dove io giungevo: il mare era una grande fascia argentea, il cielo un infinito riso sul mio capo, un’infinita carezza azzurra allo sguardo che per la prima volta aveva la rivelazione … Continue reading
End of the year quote, and reading list (1): Carmen Laforet
«El tiempo era húmedo y aquella mañana tenía olor a nubes y a neumáticos mojados… Las hojas lacias y amarillentas caían en una lenta lluvia desde los árboles. Una mañana de otoño en la ciudad, como yo había soñado durante … Continue reading
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Visual and material legacies of fascist colonialism
Under the above title, the latest special issue of Modern Italy explores how researching «objects and images rooted in Fascist imperialist history enables a sustained interrogation of Italy’s colonial imaginary». After the introduction, Critical issues in the study of visual … Continue reading
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Docent Italië Studies Elio Baldi op de UvA Alumni Talks
Op 12 oktober en 2 november 2022 a.s. organiseren de alumnikringen van Andragologie, Antropologie, Antieke Cultuur, Economie, Italiaanse taal en cultuur, Nederlands als tweede taal en Taalwetenschap het interdisciplinaire programma Migratie door de eeuwen heen: Cultuur, economie en identiteit. Onder … Continue reading
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Honderdste sterfjaar Marcel Proust: UvA-gerelateerde initiatieven
Van 7 oktober tot 11 november a.s., ter herdenking van Marcel Proust (1871-1922) honderdste sterfjaar, organiseert de Illustere School van de UvA een collegereeks gefocust op de twee laatste delen van À la recherche du temps perdu: Albertine disparue en … Continue reading
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Full online access to “Expressions maghrébines” via the UvA Library
Published twice a year by the Coordination Internationale des Chercheur-e-s sur les Littératures Maghrébines, Expressions maghrébines is a peer-reviewed journal publishing research (in French and English) on the culture, literature and arts in the Maghreb and its diasporas. Issues includes … Continue reading
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The State of European Literature: Alain Mabanckou
Pour une autre Europe (For a different Europe) is the title of the lecture that writer Alain Mabanckou will give on next June 16th, as third State of European Literature, «an annual lecture delivered by a renowned author or poet … Continue reading
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Other languages, Countries, & people: how to find more diverse scholarly literature
Please note: this is a slightly different version (i.e. some of the examples have been “adjusted” to the Humanities) of a post previously published on Library 333. UvA Social Sciences Library blog. The issue of author bias, addressed in 2019 … Continue reading
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