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Podcast Moving Europe: Literary Interventions
/in News and Events /by ChantalWe are proud to announce the publication of the first two episodes of Moving Europe: Literary Interventions, a podcast series hosted by Astrid Van Weyenberg (Leiden University) and Margriet van der Waal (RUG/UvA) for the Netherlands Research School for Literary Studies (OSL). In each episode, students explore how literature reflects, challenges, and responds to the narratives of Europe that circulate in the public sphere. Episode 1, […]
ASCA Workshop 2025: Re-Imagining Universality in the Pluriverse
/in News and Events /by Alberto GodioliOrganizers: Laila Bouziane & Serra Hughes. Call for Papers ASCA International Workshop 26-28 May 2025 Deadline for submissions: February 28, 2025 Contact: ascaworkshop2025@gmail.com Confirmed Keynote Speakers: Prof. dr Markus Messling, Saarland University, Professor of Romance literatures and Comparative Literary and Cultural Studies Prof. dr Barnita Bagchi, University of Amsterdam, Professor of World Literatures Dr […]
OSL Seed Money Grant 2025
/in News and Events /by Alberto GodioliThe OSL seed money grant aims to foster collaboration within and beyond the OSL community. The OSL Board will make € 1000,- available as seed money for the most promising initiative, including for instance: Planning of symposia, workshops and conferences in 2026 or 2027 Publications (e.g. contribution to publishing fees, editing services, etc.) Assistance for […]
Call for Papers: OSL PhD Day
/in News and Events /by Alberto GodioliRegistration for the OSL PhD Day opens on April 2nd, 9am VIA THIS LINK Dear OSL PhDs, We are excited to announce that the upcoming OSL PhD day will take place in Amsterdam (Vrije Universiteit, NU 5A57) on Friday, 13 June 2025. The day’s theme will be “Crossing Borders.” The program will consist of a […]
OSL Course: Creative Writing – Activist Approaches to Fiction Writing
/in News and Events /by ChantalÀpril – May 2025 | University of Groningen
This course will introduce students to a range of very contemporary flash fiction and short stories while inviting students to develop their own fiction writing practice. Participants will read recent short fiction from the small-press literary scene that does urgently important activist work using a variety of formal strategies and genre engagements, from stories that use epistolary structures, employ translanguaging, or borrow from the conventions of scientific or social media writing to pieces that present fresh takes on speculative, dystopian, and gothic narrative.
OSL Skills Course: Computational Literary Studies
/in News and Events /by ChantalApril-May 2025 | University of Amsterdam
The first part of the course explores the new horizons and possibilities as well as the limitations of computational approaches in literary studies. Several computational tools will be demonstrated such as concordance software that can be used for discourse analytical approaches and specialized R-scripts for authorship attribution and stylistic analysis.
OSL/NICA Workshop with Anthony Elliott: Navigating the Digital Revolution: A Practical Guide for Literary Scholars from a Social Theory Perspective
/in News and Events /by Chantal7 May 2025 | Utrecht University
In this 2 hours workshop, renowned sociologist Anthony Elliott will delve into the intricate relationship between power, subjectivity, and the digital. Drawing on his extensive research in cultural studies and social theory, Elliott will explore how digital transformations can be a powerful tool for both shaping and challenging dominant power structures.
OSL Symposium: Creative-Critical Approaches to the Health Humanities
/in News and Events, Research Groups /by Alberto GodioliDate: Friday 9 May 2025 Venue: Perdu, Amsterdam Open to: PhDs and (Re)MA students as well as early-career and established researchers; OSL members have first access. Credits: 1EC, see more information below Registration: VIA THIS LINK (Registration will open on 17 February 2025) Keynote speaker: Hanna Meretoja (Professor of Comparative Literature, University of Turku, Finland) Call […]
PhD Ceremony – Floor Buschenhenke: Entering stories: decoding born-digital writing through keystroke logging
/in News and Events, PhD Defences /by Chantal17 January 2025 | University of Amsterdam
On January 17th, 2025, OSL-member Floor Buschenhenke will defend her thesis Entering stories: decoding born-digital writing through keystroke logging. This thesis delves into the intricate dynamics of digital writing processes to explore how eleven Dutch and Flemish fiction writers create their texts.
OSL Sustainable Humanities Lecture: Prof. David Sergeant
/in News and Events /by Alberto GodioliThe OSL Sustainable Humanities research group invites you to a lecture by David Sergeant. Date: 12 December 2024, 4-5:30 Location: Utrecht University, Janskerkhof 2-3, room 019 Registration via neh@ru.nl by December 10 For more information, please contact Professor Michael Boyden (michael.boyden@ru.nl) ‘The truth was, most biodiversity was redundant’: human and nonhuman relations during the […]