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Tadeusz Konwicki

Mała apokalipsa

The Minor Apocalypse

Presented by:Zofia Paetz

Dissidence

Anti-communism

Censorship

Christa Wolf

Nachdenken über Christa T.

Reflections on Christa T.

Presented by:Renate Flagmeier

Deniz Ohde

Streulicht

Sky Glow

Presented by:Christoph Schaub

Migrations

Precariousness

Racism

Class

Väinö Linna

Tuntematon sotilas

The Unknown Soldier

Presented by:Eric Bergman

Class

Cynicism

Second World War

Military

Nationalism

Collective Memory

Karin Struck

Klassenliebe

Class Love

Presented by:Christoph Schaub

Gender

Class

Students’ movement

Public / private

Second-Wave Feminism

Sarah Waterfeld

Sex mit Gysi

Sex with Gysi

Presented by:Ivana Perica

Careerism

Political Disenchantment

Left-Wing Parliamentarism

Female Politicians

Political Elections

Karel Čapek

Válka s mloky

The War with the Newts

Presented by:Anna Gawarecka

Dystopic Europes

Totalitarianism

Colonialism

Nazism

Stalinism

Michał Witkowski

Lubiewo

Lovetown

Presented by:Błażej Warkocki

Neoliberalism

Queer

LGBT

Central and Eastern Europe

Non-binary

Izabela Morska

Absolutna amnezja

Absolute Amnesia

Presented by:Izabela Sobczak

Gender

Feminism

Female Body

Neoliberalism

Political resistance

Communism

Patriarchy

Nikos Davvetas

Ωστικό κύμα (Ostiko kyma)

Blast wave

Presented by:Niki Sioki

Violence

Racism

Terrorism

East vs. West

Islam

Vjenceslav Novak

Majstor Adam

Master Adam

Presented by:Karlo Držaić

Class

Nationalism

Socialism

Moral Panic

Rudolf Sloboda

Rozum

Reason

Presented by:Olha Norba

Prague Spring 1968

Warsaw Pact Invasion of Czechoslovakia

Existentialism

Cultural Politics

Materials

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Working Paper

Impotent Forms: "Crabwalk" and the Political Novel

By: Sophie Salvo

Response to Sophie Salvo

By: Elias Kreuzmair

Working Paper

CAPONEU Policy Indications - Interim report, February 2025

By: Autonomy Institute

Working Paper

Response to Anna Murashova

By: Isabell A. Meske

Video

Conference: What is the Political Novel: Defining the Genre - day 3

By: Andrea Milanko, Ana Tomljenović, Paul Stewart, Shambhavi Prakash, Rossitsa Terzieva-Artemis, Błażej Warkocki, Nenad Ivić

Audio

Podcast: Der politische Roman

By: Ivana Perica

Topics

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Estrangement

Great Famine (Ireland)

Genre

Second-Wave Feminism

Motherhood

Crisis