Casual/Language
In collaboration with the symposium Violence, Translation and Testimonial Authority: Ethics and Transmediality in Life-Writing, 17–18 September 2026, organised by the Centre for Literary and Intermedial Crossings (CLIC, VUB), in cooperation with the Centre for Literature in Translation (CLIV, UGent/VUB) and the Centre for Teaching and Research in Postcolonial Studies (CEREP, ULiège).
Interested to join us ?
RSVPWhat happens to violence when its story is translated, retold, or turned into an image? The symposium Violence, Translation and Testimonial Authority: Ethics and Transmediality in Life-Writing brings together voices across disciplines to explore how testimony changes as it travels between languages and media, and who gains the authority.
Program:
- 15:30–15:45 Welcome and opening
Stéphanie Engola, Arvi Sepp - 15:45–16:30 Narrative Architectures of Violence: Towards a Conceptual Framework
Katrien Vanlerberghe (VUB) - 16:30–18:00 Workshop of Arab calligraphy on tote bags
with Ismail Matar, artist
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