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Péter Esterházy

Kis Magyar Pornográfia

A Little Hungarian Pornography

Presented by:Richárd Vincze

Väinö Linna

Täällä Pohjantähden alla

Under the North Star

Presented by:Eric Bergman

History

Civil War

Communism

Anti-communism

Craig Jordan-Baker

Brick Dust

Presented by:Zrinka Božić

Class

Nationalism

Northern Ireland

20th century

21st century

Family

Tatcherism

Javier Cercas

Soldados de Salamina

Soldiers of Salamis

Presented by:Zrinka Božić

Fascism

20th century

Spanish Civil War

Francoism

Louis-Ferdinand Céline

D’un château l’autre

Castle to Castle

Presented by:Ivan Silobrčić

Antisemitism

Second World War

Fascism

Sharon Dodua Otoo

Adas Raum

Ada’s Room

Presented by:Kyung-Ho Cha

Colonialism

An Gorta Mór

Slavery

Great Famine (Ireland)

Holocaust

Dualla Misipo

Der Junge aus Duala. Ein Regierungsschüler erzählt…

The Boy from Douala. A Government School Student Tells his Story...

Presented by:Sandra Folie

Racism

Colonialism

Postcolonialism

African Authors in Europe

Afropea

F. E. Sillanpää

Hurskas Kurjuus: Päättynyt Suomalainen Elämäkerta

Meek Heritage

Presented by:Eric Bergman

Irene Solà

Canto jo i la muntanya balla

When I sing, mountains dance

Presented by:Andrea Gastón Codony

History

Collective Memory

Spanish Civil War

Francoism

Il’ia Il’f, Evgenii Petrov

Двенадцать стульев/ Dvenadtsat' stul'yev & Золотой телёнок/ Zolotoy telyonok

The Twelve Chairs & The Golden Calf

Presented by:Zrinka Božić

20th century

Soviet Laughter

The NEP (New Economic Policy) Era

Annie Ernaux

Les Années 

The Years

Presented by:Tomasz Mizerkiewicz

Sexual Revolution

Petty-bourgeoisie

France

Alberts Bels

Būris

The Cage

Presented by:Daria Banasiewicz

Totalitarianism

Existentialism

Surveillance

Dissidence

Materials

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Working Paper

“Bureaucracies of Memory. Institutionalized History in Four Contemporary European Novels” & “Response”

By: Alexandra Irimia, Stephen Shapiro

Article

Perceptions, cartographies, and ‘cartographies of time’ in the political novel

By: Tomasz Mizerkiewicz

Video

Workshop: Thinking the Political (part 4)

By: Prathama Banerjee, German Primera

Video

What’s Novel about a Novel? Storytelling and Travelling Knowledge

By: Miriam Schwarz, Tara Talwar Windsor

Working Paper

“A Political Novel between the Periphery and the Center: Norman Manea’s 'Plicul negru' (1986) / 'The Black Envelope' (1995)” & “Response”

By: Brînduşa Nicolaescu, Natalya Bekhta

Working Paper

The Political Novel in Europe and the Challenges of the Digital Era: An Introduction

By: Ivana Perica, Aurore Peyroles

Topics

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Subsistence

Violence

ancient Greek mythology

Art

Climate Crisis

Solidarity