Revisiting Antiquity in Modern European Literature and the Arts. Full programme 2026.ESCLAthensProgrammeDownload

The National Library of Athens at Stavros Niarchos Cultural Foundationhttps://www.snfcc.org/en/snfcc/national-library-of-greece/ESCLS one-day Symposium in collaboration with the MA Programme'Creative Writing, Theatre and Culture Industries', University of the PeloponneseCall for ParticipationAntiquity and modernity are mutually defined by their constructedantithesis. However, modern European literature and the arts --from theatre andcinema to fine arts, architecture, music to the performing … Continue reading Revisiting Antiquity in Modern European Literature and the Arts-Athens, Friday, 20 February 2026

"Great Immortality: Studies on European Cultural Sainthood" (Brill, 2019) edited by Marijan Dović (ZRC Zasu, Institute of Slovenian Literature and Literary Studies) and by Jón Karl Helgason (University of Iceland) received the first edition of the ESCL Excellence Award for Collaborative Research in 2021.   Key topics: Cultural Sainthood, Periphery of Europe, National Poets, France Prešeren … Continue reading Interview with Marjan Dovich and Jon Karl Helgason: Great Immortality: Studies on European Cultural Sainthood (Brill 2019)

Steen Bille Jørgensen (Aarhus University, Denmark) elaborates on how the project challenged the canon by extending the coverage of the academic approach to realism with a focus on the second volume: „Pathways through realism” (John Benjamins, 2022) edited by Svend Erik Larsen, Margaret R. Higonnet and Steen Bille Jørgensen. Both volumes of „Landscapes of Realism: … Continue reading Interview with S. B. Jørgensen on “Landscapes of Realism” (II)

Interview with Rosa Mucignat on "Landscapes of realism" (click to view it) We discuss the practice of collaborative research and the methodologies of the project with a focus on the first volume: Mapping realism (John Benjamins, 2021) edited by Rosa Mucignat, Dirk Göttsche, and Robert Weninger. Both volumes of Landscapes of Realism: Rethinking literary realism in comparative perspectives received … Continue reading Interview with Rosa Mucignat (King’s College London) on “Landscapes of realism: Rethinking literary realism in comparative perspectives” 

It is with a sense of profound sadness and loss that the ESCL is sharing the news that our dear friend and colleague Brigitte Le Juez passed away on 30 March 2025. Brigitte was involved with the Society from its inception in 2001. She served as President from 2015 to 2017 before becoming the founding … Continue reading Brigitte Le Juez obituary

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