The Constitutive Multilingualism of Literature
Prof. Dorijan Hajdu’s lecture “Literature as Multilingual by Nature: Translation as a Constitutive Force” is presented at our hybrid seminar on 9 April 2026.
Tag: Literary Multilingualism Research
Multea Talk: Experimenting with Multilingualism in Contemporary Japanese Literature
Join us for a Multea Talk on 20 March 2026 with Ina Hein, Universität Wien: “Experimenting with Multilingualism in Contemporary Japanese literature: Hoshi Tsuki Yoru ‘StarsMoonNight’ by Taiwan-born Japanese Author Li Kotomi”
Glossathon
A first collaborative online workshop on 16 February 2026 to create clear definitions and concepts in multilingual literary studies.
Offstage: COST Action MultiLiLiTrans
Join us on Wednesday 10 December 2025 for a presentation of the new EU COST Action project “Literary multilingualism and social transformations in superdiverse societies” (MultiLiLiTrans).
LangueLetter: Bold voices of minority authors
Minority writers are breaking out of preconceived ideas about minority literature and exploring multilingual creativity in a new anthology.
Multea Talk: Lost Languages
What happens when a multilingual writer has lost a language? What strategies does the writer employ for recovering, discovering and uncovering the language for creative work? Discussion with Dinara Rasuleva and Sabira Ståhlberg on 17 June 2025.
CfP: Offstage Forum for Researchers
The Offstαge discussion forum offers an open platform for discussing challenges and questions researchers of literary multilingualism are facing in their work.
Offstage: LeviNet
The first Offstage event on 1 April 2025 presents LeviNet and discusses challenges researchers face when working with Primo Levi’s multilingual letters.