Trans/Formations of Arabic Literary Theory: Prospects and Limits
Columbia University
December 14 – 17, 2021
Hosted by Columbia University’s Arabic Studies Seminar, Institute for Comparative Literature and Society, Sheikh Zayed Book Award, and Brill Academic Publishers
In Memory of Jaroslav Stetkevych
Hosted at Columbia University’s Faculty House and available virtually for all.
Columbia University affiliates are eligible to attend in person with the ReOpen CU green pass, space is limited – register for in person attendance here. Virtual registration is open to all.
All times listed are EST – New York. A PDF copy of the program is linked here.
Registration for Panel 6 can be found here.
9:00-10:45am
Panel 6: THE CIRCULATIONS OF THEORY
Chairperson: Wen-Chin Ouyang, SOAS
“A Balm for Sorrows? Permutations of Arabic Literary Theory in Hebrew
Poetics,”
Daniel Behar, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
“’High Treason Against Arabic Literature and Criticism’ Ghālib Hālasa’s Translation of Gaston Bachelard’s La poétique de l’espace.”
Fernanda Fischione, Sapienza University of Rome
“Doing New Criticism in Baghdad.”
Emily Drumsta, University of Texas, Austin
“The Absence of Mahfuz’s Economies in Criticism,”
Karim Malak, Columbia University
Registration for the closing keynote talk can be found here.
10:45-12:00pm
Closing Keynote talk
Suzanne Stetkevych, Georgetown University