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1.CFP Trans/Formations of Arabic Literary Theory at ICLS Columbia

Trans/Formations of Arabic Literary Theory conference series hosted by ICLS Columbia University and the Sheikh Zayed Book Award Committee. 

 

Preliminary Virtual Discussion Panel:
March 19, 2021, Arabic Literary Theory: Prospects and Limits [ Please Register Here ]

First in-person Session:
October, 14-17, 2021, Columbia University
Second in-person Session:
June 14-17, 2021, Columbia University Global Center, Reid Hall, Paris

[Dates subject to change due to current health situation.]

 

The primary focus of this conference is on Arabic literary theory, engaging with its development from the pre-modern era up to the present. We invite scholars to explore a plethora of thematic issues tied to the challenges of mapping, reconstructing, and studying varied sets of Arabic literary theoretical frameworks with the aim of identifying cross-temporal and trans-local conceptualizations and terms for a genealogy of Arabic literary theory. While focusing on the formation, transformation, re-organization and enduring legacy of pre-modern literary conceptualizations across the Arabic literary continuum, the conference approaches modernist literary explorations as invitations to the study of paradigmatic shifts in Arabic literary theory. The conference aspires to cement a dialogue between classical and modern epistemic systems while questioning their boundaries.

 

For more information, please email arabicliterarytheory@gmail.com .

 

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