The first leg of my trip to Soran begins in Manchester, the city I grew up in. The plane takes me to Istanbul where East and West seem to meet and compete before bringing me to the Kurdish city of Erbil at 4.30am. It seems strange to move from memories of my past to such… Continue reading Soran, 8 November 2013
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Selma Dabbagh and Roger Bromley
On 28th November, the Centre for Transcultural Writing & Research presents a new event in our Writing for Liberty Series. The acclaimed Palestinian novelist and short fiction writer, Selma Dabbagh, will read from her recent work and will join Professor Roger Bromley in discussion. The event will take place in the Frankland Colloquium Room, Farraday Building,… Continue reading Selma Dabbagh and Roger Bromley
Mexico, 2013: Alejandro Reyes
Second Encounter: Alejandro Reyes’ La reina del cine Roma – A Transcultural Language of Resistance Our next stop is San Cristóbal de Las Casas in Chiapas, in the South of the country. We take an overnight bus from Mexico City and then a taxi into this beautiful colonial city with its pedestrianized centre and the raised… Continue reading Mexico, 2013: Alejandro Reyes
Mexico, 2013: Poetic Words and Shared Truths: The EZLN
Third Encounter: Poetic Words and Shared Truths: The EZLN Let’s sit quietly for a moment before we continue with our journey. Let’s do some reading and some talking. Someone reached out to you and it’s time that you give them some consideration. The Zapatistas, yes. They are mostly indigenous people from Chiapas. With ‘Zapatistas’ we… Continue reading Mexico, 2013: Poetic Words and Shared Truths: The EZLN
Mexico, 2013: In the Heart of the Conch: Libraries
Fourth Encounter: In the Heart of the Conch: Libraries Find each other? Where? Let’s start looking in a library, one that is situated in the centric heart of a caracol, a conch: in La Garrucha. La Garrucha is one of five administrative centres on the land that the Zapatistas have reclaimed since 1994, and that… Continue reading Mexico, 2013: In the Heart of the Conch: Libraries
Mexico, 2013: A Gift: Reading as Receiving
Dear Reader, Forgive me for disappearing on you without previous warning. I’ll be truthful and make it worse: I’m not sorry, I won’t explain myself, I won’t apologise, and I won’t change my ways. Will you bear with me in spite of my disappearances? I’d like you to, but it’s up to you. Anyway, I… Continue reading Mexico, 2013: A Gift: Reading as Receiving
Mexico, 2013: Mexico City, a Metropolis of Exile
Norma López Suárez’ War Stories So we’ve taken the plane back to Mexico City. As the plane descends – this time in daylight –, it makes it through this brownish-yellowish-orangey dome of smog that extends over the city. In the distance, the mountains; one of them is the Popocatepetl which supposedly has the shape of… Continue reading Mexico, 2013: Mexico City, a Metropolis of Exile
Multilingual French Identities
Multilingual French Identities: A colloquium organised by the Department of European Languages and Cultures, Lancaster University, UK, 24-25 January 2014. Keynote Speakers: Timothy Mathews, Professor of French and Comparative Criticism (UCL); Eric Robertson, Professor of Modern French Literary and Visual Culture (Royal Holloway, University of London). For further information see the call for papers on… Continue reading Multilingual French Identities
Cross-Cultural Crime Fiction
A new feature on cross-cultural crime fiction is now available on Crimeculture. An increasing amount of critical attention has been devoted to analysing crime and detective fiction within a wide variety of national contexts, and, from September, the Crimeculture website is featuring reviews of some of the many books and articles published in 2012-13. Critics… Continue reading Cross-Cultural Crime Fiction
Beverley Nambozo Nsengiyunva Shortlisted
Beverley Nambozo Nsengiyunva has been shortlisted in the 2013 Poetry Foundation Ghana Prize and longlisted for the Short Story Day Africa 2013 competition. Beverley, who is one of Lancaster’s former distance learning creative writing MA students, will visit the Department of English and Creative Writing in October, thanks to funding from the Alumni office, to… Continue reading Beverley Nambozo Nsengiyunva Shortlisted