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Georges Simenon

Le President

The President

Presented by:Dorota Walczak-Delanois

Political Corruption

Crisis

France

Väinö Linna

Täällä Pohjantähden alla

Under the North Star

Presented by:Eric Bergman

History

Civil War

Communism

Anti-communism

Max Winter

Matters II

Presented by:Anna Zsellér

Precariousness

Precariat

Working poor

Globalization

Herta Müller

Atemschaukel

The Hunger Angel

Presented by:Cristina Spinei

Internment

Prison Fiction

Collective Memory

Gulag

Juan Goytisolo

Señas de identidad

Marks of Identity

Presented by:Magda Potok

Authoritarianism

Centres and Peripheries

Spanish Civil War

Francoism

Vassilis Vassilikos

Ζ, φανταστικό ντοκυμανταίρ ενός εγκλήματος (Z, phantastikó dokimantaír enós englímatos)

Z

Presented by:Niki Sioki

Authoritarianism

Military

Civil War

Fascism

Carmen Laforet

Nada

Presented by:Florentia Antoniou

Economic Downfall and Scarcity

Existentialism

Civil War

Bildungsroman

Jaan Kross

The Czar's Madman

Keisri hull

Presented by:Daria Banasiewicz

Authoritarianism

Revolution

Terrorism

Antje Rávik Strubel

Blaue Frau

Blue Woman

Presented by:Alrik Daldrup

Gender

Centres and Peripheries

East vs. West

Tibor Déry

G. A. úr X-ben

Mr. G. A. in X

Presented by:Richárd Vincze

Dubravka Ugrešić

Ministarstvo boli

The Ministry of Pain

Presented by:Ewa Szperlik

Identity

Migrations

Yugoslavia

Pier Paolo Pasolini

Ragazzi di vita

The Street Kids

Presented by:Pietro Turinetti

Class

Second World War

Economic Downfall and Scarcity

Capitalism

Cold War

Materials

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Conference Collection

Literary Acts of Agency: Negotiating the Rule of Law

By: Ivana Perica, Catriona Corke, Philipp Wegmann

Working Paper

“Vlastimil Vondruška and the Inevitable Demise of Europe” and “Being East European (from a Polish perspective). Response”

By: Stefan Segi, Błażej Warkocki

Book

The Political Uses of Literature: Global Perspectives and Theoretical Approaches, 1920–2020

By: Ivana Perica, Benjamin Kohlmann

Storytelling

CAPONEU - behind the scenes

By: Marko Vuković

Video

What’s Novel about a Novel? Storytelling and Travelling Knowledge

By: Miriam Schwarz, Tara Talwar Windsor

Reading Group Resources

Questions for Reading Groups

By: Sarah Colvin, Tara Talwar Windsor

Topics

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dispossession

Upward Mobility

Perception

Sectarianism

Democracy

Berlin