Guest lectures and seminars - Page 2
Lecture by Professor Dr. Ilka Lensen-Saal (University of Erfurt) about American political theatre in the neoliberal age.
Rasmus Vangshardt presents his research on the literary culture of early modern Europe
Kodwo Eshun (Goldsmiths, University of London) will give a guest lecture at St. John’s, University of Oxford, 2. April 2025. The lecture will take place in the Auditorium at St. John’s College at 5.30 pm. Musicologist Adam Harper (University of Oxford) will introduce the lecture. The lecture will be open. All are welcome to attend!
Tatiana Cojocari will examine the impact of EU’s “engagement without recognition” policy on the region’s foreign policy and its population.
"Word, Sound and Power" hosts a film screening of the British classic directed by Franco Rosso in Oslo
A discussion of representations of flight, homelessness, border crossing, belonging and identity formation in recent as well as older literature, with an emphasis on literature's connections to the world of politics and ethics.
Welcome to a talk by Dr. Monica Pearl (University of Manchester) on rage and generational tensions in recent cultural texts about the AIDS epidemic.
Join President of Moldova Maia Sandu for a discussion on Moldova's perspective on Russia's war against Ukraine and Europe's security.
Migration, superdiversity and conspiracy theories.
Emily J. Lordi (Vanderbilt) will give a lecture about the life and work of Whitney Houston in the "Word, Sound and Power" Lecture 2024.
Hemispheric and Global Dialogues on the Transnational American West
How can we use drawings and graphic narratives to develop and communicate our research? The Border Readings group at ILOS has invited researchers and artists, guest researcher Kari Korolainen and ILOS researcher Fabian Heffermehl, to share with us their thoughts and experiences of using drawing and graphic storytelling to think about their research problems – and thinking with their research materials – in visual and bodily ways. Welcome to this open discussion, if you are interested in exploring these possibilities or already have experiences which you might share.
Lecturer Dr. Barbara Siller, University College Cork, will give a talk on “Kafka Tales of the Twenty-First Century – Doors, Walls, and Fences in The Gurugu Pledge (2017) by Juan Tomás Ávila Laurel and Lights in the Distance. Exile and Refuge at the Borders of Europe (2018) by Daniel Trilling”.