Date: Saturday 29^th November
Location: Dublin City University
Venue: Nursing Building (registration HG10)
Contacts: Miss Bevin Doyle , Mr Jean-Philippe Imbert, Dr Brigitte Le Juez

In order to celebrate the launch of the Comparative Literature Association of Ireland (CLAI) by the Royal Irish Academy, the School of Applied Languages and Intercultural Studies is hosting the first International Postgraduate Symposium in Comparative Literature, in Dublin City University. In so doing, we aim to provide a platform in which to nurture further dialogue amongst postgraduate researchers, academics and all investigators interested in this newly established discipline which is Comparative Literature.

This one-day Comparative Literature Symposium is composed of 24 presentations by Postgraduate Students relating to:

• Intertextuality
• Imagology
• Literature and Drama Studies
• Literature and History
• Literature and Myth
• Literature and Postcolonial Studies
• Literature and Translation
• Literature and Visual Arts
• Reception
• Poetry

Keynote Lecture
"Anna Banti and Virginia Woolf: The Grammar of Responsibility"
Lucia Boldrini
Goldsmiths College, University of London

Conference Details:

1. Conference programme - PDF
2. List of Speakers - PDF
3. Papers - PDF
4. Useful Information - PDF
5. Conference  Poster - PDF
6. Conference Abstracts - PDF
7. Conference Registration - PDF
8. Useful Information - PDF
9. Accomodation - PDF

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