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Ádám Bodor

Sinistra körzet

The Sinistre Zone

Presented by:Boglárka Kodácsi

Authoritarianism

Totalitarianism

Political Dictatorship

Socialism

Joseph Conrad

Under Western Eyes

Presented by:Ivana Perica

Revolution

Terrorism

Autocracy

Despotism

Reformism

Espionage

Cynicism

Political Espionage

Russian Revolution of 1905 (First Russian Revolution)

David Albahari

Gec i Majer

Götz and Meyer

Presented by:Karlo Držaić

Antisemitism

Second World War

Nationalism

Holocaust

Robert Menasse

Die Hauptstadt

The Capital

Presented by:Alexandra Irimia

Refugees

Political Corruption

European Transnational Integration

Nationalism

Holocaust

Sarah Waterfeld

Sex mit Gysi

Sex with Gysi

Presented by:Ivana Perica

Careerism

Political Disenchantment

Left-Wing Parliamentarism

Female Politicians

Political Elections

Carlo Levi

L'Orologio

The Watch

Presented by:Silvia Valentini

Revolution

Second World War

Reactionism

Italy

Derviš Sušić

Hodža Strah

Imam of Fear

Presented by:Filip Kučeković

Ottoman Empire

Nationalism

Colonialism

Anarchism

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

Dubravka Ugrešić

Ministarstvo boli

The Ministry of Pain

Presented by:Ewa Szperlik

Identity

Migrations

Yugoslavia

Tvrtko Kulenović

Kasino

Casino

Presented by:Zvonimir Glavaš

Dezső Kosztolányi

Édes Anna

Anna Édes

Presented by:Gábor Tamás Molnár

Class

Domestic Servitude

Right-Wing Restoration

Hungarian Commune of 1919

Jaan Kross

The Czar's Madman

Keisri hull

Presented by:Daria Banasiewicz

Authoritarianism

Revolution

Terrorism

Materials

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Video

Exile as an opportunity - Interview with Zrinka Božić

By: Tomasz Mizerkiewicz, Zrinka Božić

Video

How to Read Political Novels? Lecture by Ivana Perica

By: Ivana Perica

Article

Marina Protrka Štimec: “Perché i xe bestie?!” Politics, race and exclusion in Vladan Desnica’s The Winter Summer Vacation

By: Marina Protrka Štimec

Video

Thinking the Political Workshop - part 4

By: Prathama Banerjee, German Primera

Video

Migration in the Age of Anthropocene - Interview with Mark Devenney

By: Dawid Borucki, Mark Devenney

Video

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

By: Aurore Peyroles, Ivana Perica, Johanna-Charlotte Horst, Christoph Schaub

Topics

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Surveillance

Feminist reading

France

care work

Sexual Revolution

Identity