#  2022 Johannes Gutenberg U 

 



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 12th IWL, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz

Opening Day



   

 

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 David Damrosch Opening Lecture

 “Born Global: Transcontinental Literature and Film, from Apuleius to Ang Lee”



   

 

 

 

 

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 Special guest: Herta Müller

2009 Nobel Prize Laureate



   

 

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 Seminar by Baidik Bhattacharya

"Literature at the Limit of World Literature: Colonial Histories and Critical Methods"



   

 

 

 

 

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 Seminar by Helena Buescu

"'Doing' Things in World Literature"



   

 

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 Seminar by Thomas Claviez

"Conceptualizing Cosmopolitanism and World Literature: A Critical Survey"



   

 

 

 

 

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 Seminar by David Damrosch

"Globalization and Its Discontents"



   

 

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 Seminar by Stefano Evangelista

"Citizens of Nowhere: Writing Cosmopolitanism"



   

 

 

 

 

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 Seminar by Françoise Král

"Worlding in Tongues: World Literature and the Polyglot Turn"



   

 

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 Seminar by Dieter Lamping

"The Diversity of World Literature"



   

 

 

 

 

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 Seminar by B. Venkat Mani

Tales of Unsettlement: Refugees and / in World Literature"



   

 

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 Seminar by Galin Tihanov

"Exilic Writing and the Making of World Literature"



   

 

 

 

 

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 Seminar by Lawrence Venuti

"What is Translation? Theory, Practice, Value"



   

 

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 Colloquia

Having fun sharing your work



   

 

 

 

 

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 Colloquia

Learning from your peers



   

 

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 Lecture by Alfred Hornung

“Politics and World Literature: The Case of Confucius”



   

 

 

 

 

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 Lecture by Mita Banerjee

"World Literature, Gender and Migration in Elif Shafak’s '10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World'"



   

 

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 Special Panel: We, Refugees

Galin Tihanov (ch.), Helena Buescu, Stefano Evangelista, Delia  
Ungureanu



   

 

 

 

 

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 Closing Panel

Alfred Hornung, Mita Banerjee, Delia Ungureanu, David Damrosch



   

 

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 Dinner Cruise



   

 

 

 

 

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 New friends for future projects



   

 

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 A growing family



   

 

 

 

 

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 Making memories



   

 

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 Memorable conversations



   

 

 

 

 

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 Thinking back, looking forward



   

 

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 IWL thanks you for another unforgettable adventure!

Next stop: Harvard, 2023