A major project on Islamism is now archived on the Centre’s website. Visit our new page on the Islamism project to find an overview of ‘Islamism and Arab Cultural Expression’ and links to the Lancaster University website presenting the initial archiving and preliminary analysis project, entitled Islamism in Arab Fiction and Film, 1947 to the Present,… Continue reading Islamism and Arab Cultural Expression
Category: Research Activities
How Uganda’s female writers found their voice
Beeatrice Lamwaka, one of the earliest Crossing Borders participants, has been featured in an Observer article, “How Uganda’s female writers found their voice,” by Elizabeth Day, 26th May 2013, recounting how “a pioneering foundation called Femwrite has helped a new generation of Ugandan women tell – or at least record – often harrowing stories of… Continue reading How Uganda’s female writers found their voice
Contemporary Poetry in Public Spaces
Contemporary Poetry in the Public Spaces takes place on 22nd May 2013, 9 am – 5 pm in County Main SR 1. This interdisciplinary workshop at Lancaster brings together researchers based in the UK and Canada for an afternoon of presentations and debates on contemporary poetry in the public space. Contributions will focus on poetry and poetic practices… Continue reading Contemporary Poetry in Public Spaces
Researching Africa: Fieldwork and UK-based research
Researching Africa: this workshop is aimed at postgraduate students in all disciplines with research interests relating to Africa. The workshop will include presentations and group discussions around two main topics. Organized by Lancaster University African Studies Group, this event will take place on Wednesday 24th April 2013. Fieldwork in Africa The morning session of the workshop… Continue reading Researching Africa: Fieldwork and UK-based research
Gillian Slovo reads from her work
South African-born novelist, playwright and memoirist Gillian Slovo will read from her work on Thursday 22nd November 2012, 5.30 pm in LICA Event Studio A27. This event is part of the Centre for Transcultural Writing and Research’s Writing for Liberty series. It is presented in partnership with LitFest, and has been made possible by the generous support… Continue reading Gillian Slovo reads from her work
CTWR Associate Membership
Associate Membership: The Centre is now developing an Associate Membership scheme, which will be free for the first year of operation (October 2012 – October 2013). The purpose of the scheme is to make writers and academics with an interest in transcultural issues more visible to each other internationally and to extend the possibilities for… Continue reading CTWR Associate Membership
New Book by Sara Maitland
Sara Maitland‘s new book, Gossip from the Forest, will be published by Granta in November 2012. In honour of the 200th anniversary of the first edition of the Grimm Brothers’ collection of fairy tales, it explores the idea that fairy stories come out of forests. The book includes a series of walks in forests (ancient and… Continue reading New Book by Sara Maitland
Women, Culture, and the 25th January 2011 Egyptian Revolution
“Women, Culture, and the 25th January 2011 Egyptian Revolution”: Workshop 15-17 November 2012, The University of Manchester. The programme will include the novelist Ibrahim Nasrallah as well as others. There is going to be another workshop in March in Cairo on the same theme but with a greater focus on literature. Click here for poster… Continue reading Women, Culture, and the 25th January 2011 Egyptian Revolution
Capturing Witches Conference
2012 will mark the 400th anniversary of the trial and execution of the Lancashire Witches. This interdisciplinary conference uses the Lancashire witches as a focal point to engage with wider questions about witchcraft, and in particular how witchcraft is theorised and represented in and through history and across cultures. Continue Reading
Grassroutes e-catalogue
The first phase of the Arts Council’s Grassroutes: Contemporary Leicestershire Writing has now ended with the launch of the Grassroutes e-catalogue. The e-catalogue is an open access database of transcultural writing in Leicestershire with information about titles, authors, genre, year and place of publication. You can browse the entries or search for a particular author or title. If… Continue reading Grassroutes e-catalogue