Detailed information about the course
Title | [ANNULÉ] Literature, Social Action, Migration |
Dates | Fall 2021 |
Responsable de l'activité | Simon Swift |
Organizer(s) | Prof. Simon Swift, UNIGE Mme Lily Dessau, UNIGE M. Oran McKenzie, UNIGE |
Speakers | Dr. Samuel Durrant, University of Leeds Prof. Lyndsey Stonebridge, University of Birmingham Mme Miriam Boucris, Tohu Wa Boho Theatre Company, Genève |
Description | We will receive a lecture from a scholar working on bibliotherapy and have a seminar with a scholar who leads a major AHRC-ESRC project on displaced Syrian refugees and their host communities in the Middle East. We will also have a practical workshop with a theatre director who brings students and migrants together in Geneva, the Cité de Refuge. All participants will be asked to reflect on the interface between text-based work and social action in their research, its ideological ramifications, and what it tells us about shifting conceptions of literary study in English. The workshop will also give PhD students a space to reflect on the social relevance of their projects, and is intended to help all of us to think about the ethics and practicalities of transferring our scholarship to a wider social sphere, whatever area or approach we work on. |
Location |
Geneva |
Information | |
Places | 22 |
Deadline for registration | 01.08.2021 |