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Vjekoslav Kaleb

Divota Prašine

Glorious Dust

Presented by:Krystyna Pieniążek-Marković

Yugoslavia

Communism

Partisans

Tadeusz Konwicki

Mała apokalipsa

The Minor Apocalypse

Presented by:Zofia Paetz

Dissidence

Anti-communism

Censorship

Dubravka Ugrešić

Ministarstvo boli

The Ministry of Pain

Presented by:Ewa Szperlik

Identity

Migrations

Yugoslavia

Louis Aragon

Les Communistes

Presented by:Aurore Peyroles

History

Nazism

Fascism

Communism

Partisans

France

Milan Kundera

Kniha smíchu a zapomnění

The Book of Laughter and Forgetting

Presented by:Anna Gawarecka

Marxism–Leninism

Public / private

Prague Spring 1968

Warsaw Pact Invasion of Czechoslovakia

Everyday Life

Theis Ørntoft

Jordisk

Earthly

Presented by:Troels Thorborg Andersen

Capitalism

Geopolitics

Climate Crisis

Consumerism

Ivo Brešan

Ispovijedi nekarakternog čovjeka

Confessions of an Amoral Man

Presented by:Andrea Milanko

Annie Ernaux

Les Années 

The Years

Presented by:Tomasz Mizerkiewicz

Sexual Revolution

Petty-bourgeoisie

France

Miloš Crnjanski

Dnevnik o Čarnojeviću

The Journal of Čarnojević

Presented by:Krystyna Pieniążek-Marković

Class

First World War

Elizabeth Bowen

The Last September

Presented by:Paul Stewart

Wars

Irish Independence

Colonialism

Irish War of Independence

Belén Gopegui

La conquista del aire

Conquering the Air

Presented by:Marta Gburzyńska

Class

Capitalism

Democracy

August Cesarec

Careva kraljevina

Emperor’s Kingdom

Presented by:Zrinka Božić

Prison Fiction

Materials

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Video

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

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

Working Paper

Stefan Segi: “Vlastimil Vondruška and the Inevitable Demise of Europe.” & Błażej Warkocki: “Being East European (from a Polish perspective). Response to Stefan Segi.”

By: Stefan Segi, Błażej Warkocki

Video

Thinking the Political Workshop - part 3

By: Mark Devenney, Tanay Gandhi, Ricardo Camargo Brito

Article

Mirela Dakić: What is a novel in the political novel? The perspectives of contemporary feminist theory

By: Mirela Dakić

Article

Ivana Perica and Aurore Peyroles: Who’s afraid of the political novel? An introduction

By: Ivana Perica, Aurore Peyroles

Article

Błażej Warkocki: From Poland with love: Politics of queerness in the time of neoliberal post-socialism (the case of Michał Witkowski)

By: Błażej Warkocki

Topics

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Right-Wing Restoration

People's Republic of China

Post-foundational politics

Terrorism

Antisemitism

Precariousness