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Igor Štiks

Elijahova stolica

The Judgment of Richard Richter

Presented by:Ewa Szperlik

Identity

Migrations

Second World War

Nationalism

Yugoslavia

Carlo Levi

L'Orologio

The Watch

Presented by:Silvia Valentini

Revolution

Second World War

Reactionism

Italy

Sarah Waterfeld

Sex mit Gysi

Sex with Gysi

Presented by:Ivana Perica

Careerism

Political Disenchantment

Left-Wing Parliamentarism

Female Politicians

Political Elections

Tadeusz Konwicki

Mała apokalipsa

The Minor Apocalypse

Presented by:Zofia Paetz

Dissidence

Anti-communism

Censorship

Liviu Rebreanu

Răscoala

The Uprising

Presented by:Alina Bako

Class

Uprising

Parties

Amélie Nothomb

Le Sabotage Amoureux

Loving sabotage

Presented by:Yoana Ganowski

Diplomacy

Communism

Cold War

People's Republic of China

Janko Polić Kamov

Isušena kaljuža

The Dried-out Mire

Presented by:Andrea Milanko

Ismail Kadare

Nënpunësi i pallatit të ëndrrave

The Palace of Dreams

Presented by:Ivana Perica

Authoritarianism

Ottoman Empire

People's Socialist Republic of Albania

Political Dictatorship

Political Corruption

Ignazio Silone

Fontamara

Presented by:Zrinka Božić

Political Corruption

Italy

Fascism

Anti-fascist resistance

Ivo Brešan

Ništa Sveto

Nothing Sacred

Presented by:Andrea Milanko

Yugoslavia

Elvira Navarro

La trabajadora

A Working Woman

Presented by:Magda Potok

GFC (Global Financial Crisis) of 2008

Neoliberalism

Precariat

Anna Burns

Milkman

Presented by:Craig Jordan-Baker

Gender

The Troubles

Sectarianism

Paramilitarism

Class

Northern Ireland

Materials

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Verónica Paula Gómez: Beyond the Idea of Nation: The Political Domicile of Digital Literature in the Interzone

Video

Migration in the Age of Anthropocene - Interview with Mark Devenney

By: Dawid Borucki, Mark Devenney

Puo-an Francisca Wu Fu: Digital Platforms and the Geopolitics of English in Mithu Sanyal’s Novel "Identitti"

Video

Workshop: Political Novel in Europe and Migration/Exile

By: Caponeu Team

Storytelling

The Political Novel: A Palimpsest

By: Ivana Perica

Reading Group Resources

Questions for Reading Groups

By: Sarah Colvin, Tara Talwar Windsor

Topics

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Warsaw Pact Invasion of Czechoslovakia

Protest

Medical and Environmental Crises

Political Disenchantment

Autonomism

Organised action