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Danilo Kiš

Peščanik

Hourglass

Presented by:Krystyna Pieniążek-Marković

Totalitarianism

Antisemitism

Second World War

Holocaust

Miloš Crnjanski

Dnevnik o Čarnojeviću

The Journal of Čarnojević

Presented by:Krystyna Pieniążek-Marković

Class

First World War

Hilary Mantel

The Wolf Hall Trilogy

Presented by:Ante Andabak

Zofia Nałkowska

Romans Teresy Hennert

The Romance of Teresa Hennert

Presented by:Dawid Borucki

Feminism

Military

Marxism

Interwar period

Romance

Sharon Dodua Otoo

Adas Raum

Ada’s Room

Presented by:Kyung-Ho Cha

Colonialism

An Gorta Mór

Slavery

Great Famine (Ireland)

Holocaust

Benjamin Zephaniah

Refugee Boy

Presented by:Ivana Perica

Migrations

Racism

Pan-Africanism

Rastafari

Political Asylum

Black Identity

Georges Simenon

Le President

The President

Presented by:Dorota Walczak-Delanois

Political Corruption

Crisis

France

Amélie Nothomb

Le Sabotage Amoureux

Loving sabotage

Presented by:Yoana Ganowski

Diplomacy

Communism

Cold War

People's Republic of China

Dualla Misipo

Der Junge aus Duala. Ein Regierungsschüler erzählt…

The Boy from Douala. A Government School Student Tells his Story...

Presented by:Sandra Folie

Racism

Colonialism

Postcolonialism

African Authors in Europe

Afropea

Theis Ørntoft

Jordisk

Earthly

Presented by:Troels Thorborg Andersen

Capitalism

Geopolitics

Climate Crisis

Consumerism

F. E. Sillanpää

Hurskas Kurjuus: Päättynyt Suomalainen Elämäkerta

Meek Heritage

Presented by:Eric Bergman

Kallia Papadaki

Δενδρίτες / Dendrítes

Dendrites

Presented by:Niki Sioki

Identity

Racism

Economic Downfall and Scarcity

Crisis

Emigration

Materials

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Audio

Podcast: Periphery and banishment

By: Ivana Perica, Aurore Peyroles

Working Paper

“Reimagining Political Peripheries in Pišťanek’s and Boldizar’s Siberian Slovakia” & “Response”

By: Charles Sabatos, Nina Weller

Audio

Podcast: Anti-fascist Literature

By: Ivana Perica

Article

Fundamental operations of the political in Beckett’s Molloy

By: Paul Stewart

Special collection

Thinking the Political: Theory, Literature, Practice

By: Craig Jordan-Baker, Joanna Kellond

Video

Rethinking the Political: Narrative, Protest and Fiction in the 21st Century

Topics

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Cancellation

Globalization

Autocracy

Nightlife

Political Corruption

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