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Symposium Archive 2006

Symposium & Festival: "The World Republic of Literature"

The 2006 Lannan Symposium brings together an outstanding group of world-renowned and emergent writers from across the globe to discuss the changing function of the public writer in the early 21st century. The World Republic of Literature explores the transmission of literature beyond the bounds of the nation, raising important questions about the changing functions of the artist, the writer, and the intellectual in the early 21st century.

MONDAY, APRIL 10

4:00 - 6:00 PM (ICC 241)
The World Republic of Literature and the Role of the Writer in the 21st Century:
A Seminar
University Professor Emeritus Norman Birnbaum
Professor Ahmad Dallal
Professor Paul Smith
Professor Andrew Rubin (moderator)

TUESDAY, APRIL 11

9:45 AM - 12:00 PM(Gonda Theatre)
SYMPOSIUM I: LITERATURE AND THE INTELLECTUAL
Chris Abani, Ammiel Alcalay, Elias Khoury, Rob Nixon

1:00 - 3:00 PM(Gonda Theatre)
SYMPOSIUM II: POETICS OF MEMORY AND SILENCE
Etel Adnan, Antje Rávic Strubel, Zaia Alexander, Semezdin Mehmedinovic,
Suhail Shadoud

3:00 - 5:00 PM(Gonda Theatre)
READINGS
Suhail Shadoud, Antje Rávic Strubel, Zaia Alexander, Shahrnush Parsipur

5:00 - 6:30 PM
BREAK FOR DINNER

6:30 - 7:45 PM(Gonda Theatre)
READINGS
Chris Abani, Elias Khouri
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8:00 - 9:30 PM(Gonda Theatre)
POETICS FOR THE FUTURE
Adonis
In Arabic and English
(translations read by Mark McMorris)
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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 12

10:00 - 12:00 N (ICC 241)
SYMPOSIUM III: TRANSLATING THE PAST
José Manuel Prieto, Jacqueline Loss, Shahrnush Parsipur, Nathalie Handal

1:30 - 3:30 PM (ICC 241)
READINGS
Nathalie Handal, José Manuel Prieto, Rob Nixon

3:45 - 5:00 PM (ICC 241)
A POETICS FOR THE FUTURE
A Discussion with Adonis
Suhail Shadoud (Moderator)
Professor Ahmad Dallal (Translator)

6:30 - 7:50 PM (Gonda Theatre)
READINGS
Semezdin Mehmedinovic, Ammiel Alcalay

8:00 - 9:00 PM (Gonda Theatre)
READING
Etel Adnan
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Co-sponsored by the Department of English, the International Writers' Workshop, the Center for Contemporary Arab Studies, the Office of the Provost, the Office of the College Dean, the Department of Arabic Language, Literature, and Linguistics, the Prince Alwaleed Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding, Program in African-American Studies, the Program on Justice and Peace, the Department of German, the Women's Studies Program, and the Humanities & Human Rights Initiative