Lev Usyskin conceives the "Russian scene" in terms of colonization and purposes a re-colonization to fight the population loss in Russian territories. Michail Butov considers Russian politics, culture, talent, and collective identity when...
Kavery Nambisan describes the migrant writer's thought-space, not losing rootedness whether traveling in the real or in the imagination. Saša Stanišić's talk is titled, "How You See Us: on Three Myths about Migrant Writing," and covers the myth...
Farhad A.K. Sulliman Khoyratty of Mauritius begins the panel by stating that satire is an “instrument guaranteeing the health of society.” He also discusses the nature of satire, particularly the insider/outsider element and the subversive...
Rogelio Saunders, a Cuban, reads from his essay “The Second Realization.” The title derives from his classification of two moments of globalization in human history – the more recent phenomena of international relations and when Columbus...
Véronique Tadjo describes the path that led her to the Négritude literary movement and her writing on the Rwandan genocide. Mathilde Clark tells the story of her search for a patron to fund her writing efforts. Partaw Naderi speaks about...