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  • Iraq: Corporeality & Memory: Iraqi literature, 20 years after 9/11

    The aftermath of September 11th 2001, which brought about the “war on terror” and the invasion of Iraq, also led the destruction of the Iraqi state and its social structure. Authors, translators and scholars Sinan Antoon, Dunya Mikhail, Adnan Al-Sayegh, Jenny Lewis, and Haytham Bahoora meet to read from their work and discuss how Iraq in contemporary literature ‘writes back’ in the face of destruction and assaults on culture.

  • Kitab Talk: “The Arabic Collections Online Project” with Guy Burak and David Millman (NYU Libraries)

    Arabic Collections Online (ACO) is a partnership of several major research libraries in the United States and the Middle East to digitize the Arabic monographs in their collections and make them freely accessible to the world. ACO consists of more than 17,000 volumes from most Arabic-speaking countries, Turkey and Iran. Our presentation will offer an overview of the project and the collection. We will also discuss some of the challenges we have faced over the years.

  • Performative Essay: Arabic Letter Seen Arabic Letter Wow

    What does it mean to exist as an image, as something seen but never comprehended? What happens when a language is visible yet continually misread, or made illegible? ‘Arabic Letter Seen Arabic Letter Wow’ is a performative essay that investigates the relationships between image, language, and power. Presenting a collection of found materials, Urok Shirhan […]

  • World Kid Lit Translator Social

    Tuesday 14 September 18:30 UTC (19:30 BST) Free Zoom social event for translators into English from any language with an interest in writing for young people. Places will be limited. September is #WorldKidLitMonth, and we're celebrating with a meet-up for translators who share an interest in writing for young people. About this event Join us […]

  • Aftermath Bodies: Corporeality in Contemporary Iraqi fiction

    Ever since the US-led invasion of Iraq, local and diaspora authors have been engaging with new aesthetics of corporeality. In this seminar, Hanan Jasim Khammas, CCL Visiting Doctoral Scholar, in discussion with Ikram Masmoudi (University of Delaware) and Hanna Simpson(University of Oxford), reviews aspects of corporeality in contemporary Iraqi fiction and shows how new representation of the body suggest a development in the perceptions of the body as a cultural sign.