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Ádám Bodor

Sinistra körzet

The Sinistre Zone

Presented by:Boglárka Kodácsi

Authoritarianism

Totalitarianism

Political Dictatorship

Socialism

Thomas Gunzig

Kuru

Presented by:Yoana Ganowski

Capitalism

Organised action

Individualism

Moral Panic

Rudolf Sloboda

Rozum

Reason

Presented by:Olha Norba

Prague Spring 1968

Warsaw Pact Invasion of Czechoslovakia

Existentialism

Cultural Politics

Hugo Claus

Het verdriet van België

The sorrow of Belgium

Presented by:Yoana Ganowski

History

Second World War

Nazism

Bildungsroman

Hilary Mantel

The Wolf Hall Trilogy

Presented by:Ante Andabak

Sostiene Pereira

Pereira Maintains

Presented by:Zrinka Božić

Commitment

Fascism

Political resistance

20th century

Spanish Civil War

Kallia Papadaki

Δενδρίτες / Dendrítes

Dendrites

Presented by:Niki Sioki

Identity

Racism

Economic Downfall and Scarcity

Crisis

Emigration

Ali Smith

Summer

Presented by:Paul Stewart

Migrations

United Kingdom

Refugees

Art

Internment

COVID Pandemic

Antisemitism

Political Discourse

Second World War

Mathias Énard

Zone

Presented by:Filip Kučeković

Wars

Espionage

Civil War

Albert Camus

La Peste

The Plague

Presented by:Aurore Peyroles

Second World War

Nazism

Fascism

Anti-fascist resistance

Epidemic

Orhan Pamuk

Kar

Snow

Presented by:Filip Kučeković

Female Body

East vs. West

Islam

Language

Janko Polić Kamov

Isušena kaljuža

The Dried-out Mire

Presented by:Andrea Milanko

Materials

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Video

Roundtable: Literature in Times of Crisis: What Can the Novel Do?

By: Ivana Perica, Patrick Eiden-Offe, Heike Geißler, Alhierd Bacharevič, Maryam Aras

Video

Brick Dust - A Novel - Pre-launch Discussion

By: Liam Connell, Craig Jordan-Baker

Working Paper

Impotent Forms: "Crabwalk" and the Political Novel

By: Sophie Salvo

Audio

Podcast: Der politische Roman

By: Ivana Perica

Video

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

By: Miriam Schwarz, Tara Talwar Windsor

Working Paper

“Vlastimil Vondruška and the Inevitable Demise of Europe” and “Being East European (from a Polish perspective). Response”

By: Stefan Segi, Błażej Warkocki

Topics

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Anti-fascist Literature

Borders

Solidarity

Students’ movement

Image

Velvet Revolution