Multilingual literature in conflict zones
Online roundtable series organised by the Journal of Literary Multilingualism (DeGruyter/Brill) and the international literary multilingualism research group LangueFlow
- How are wars and local or global conflicts depicted in multilingual literary works?
- How does multilingual writing in different genres reflect conflict zone experiences?
- How do multilingual authors deal with conflict-induced or forced language and literary choices?
We invite proposals on literary texts by multilingual authors from or about conflict zones. Our roundtables focus on interdisciplinary collaboration and exchange of ideas among scholars of literary multilingualism.
At each roundtable (90 minutes) two scholars introduce their topics (around 10 minutes each) and engage the participants in discussion. Every session also features a short reading by one or two multilingual poets/writers.
Topics can be based on earlier publications or be completely new. Eventually we are planning to publish a special thematic JLM issue: Multilingual Literature in Conflict Zones.
Send your proposal of maximum 250 words with three discussion questions to:
- Natasha Lvovich/JLM: literarymultilingualism // at // gmail.com
- Sabira Ståhlberg/LangueFlow: zerocodeswitching // at // pm.me
Upcoming roundtables
25 February 2025 Coming soon!
Previous roundtables
Multilingual Literature in Conflict Zones II: Steven Kellman and Sabira Ståhlberg; readings by Anna Krushelnitskaya and Milica Mijatović, 19 November 2024
Multilingual Literature in Conflict Zones I: Nora Parr and Una Tanović; reading by Natasha Lvovich, 21 May 2024
Photo: Sabira Ståhlberg