This event will be held virtually. Registration required.
Institute for Comparative Literature and Society
Columbia University’s Arabic Studies Seminar
Institute for Comparative Literature and Society
Sheikh Zayed Book Award
Brill Academic Publishers
Foundations and Trans/Formations of Arabic Literary Theory is a conference, held on December 14-17, in memory of Jaroslav Stetkevych.
The full event program can be found here.
There are multiple webinar sessions throughout the day; you must individually register for each Zoom you wish to attend.
Registration for opening remarks and the first keynote talks can be found here.
Registration for Panel 1 can be found here.
Registration for Tahera Qutbuddin’s keynote talk can be found here.
9:00 – 9:15am
Opening Remarks
Muhsin J. al-Musawi, Columbia University
9:15-10:10am
Keynote Talk
Faisal Darraj
Modern Arabic Literary Criticism
النقد الادبي العربي الحديث
10:10-10:45am
متحف الادب The Museum of Literature
شكري المبخوت Choukri Mabkhout
10:45-12:15pm
Panel 1: Opening Panel in Honor of Jaroslav Stetkevych
Chairperson: Muhsin J. al-Musawi, Columbia University
Yaseen Noorani, University of Arizona
Michael Sells, University of Chicago
Roger Allen, University of Pennsylvania
Moneera al-Ghadeer, Senior Advisor of International Cultural Relations, Ministry of Culture, Riyadh
12:30-1:30pm
Keynote Talk
Tahera Qutbuddin, University of Chicago
