Department of Literary Studies

Literary Studies Workshop

The Literary Studies Workshop is a lunch initiative aimed at bringing together literary scholars across the different sections and disciplines in the department. At least twice a month, we team up to get to know our colleagues and the areas they work in. Junior and senior researchers meet to discuss papers or articles nearing completion, to listen to presentations of new and ongoing research projects, to provide feedback on funding applications or to collectively reflect on key texts and issues that matter in literary studies today. Occasionally, we also invite guest speakers.

Programme 2026

(meeting room "Camelot", third floor Blandijn, i.e. 130.007 or online via Teams)

 

  • 28 October:  FWO postdoc draft feedback session
  • 4 November: FWO postdoc draft feedback session
  • 16 November: Lunch presentation by guest researcher Bouchra Aziza Ouali: "Techno-consumer Culture and the Search for Identity in Contemporary Speculative Fiction"

  • 9-10 December: Reading session: José Alaniz’ Comics of the Anthropocene. (to bring intermediality/comis and ecocriticism scholars closer together)

The workshop is open to all interested scholars. The organizers (Lou Braibant, Giulia Coppi, Corpus Navalón Guzmán, Anna Praet, and Clara Vlessing) are always looking forward to new proposals, so do get in touch with lsworkshop@ugent.be about your ideas for new sessions or if you want to be added to the mailing list!