Kyoko Yoshida tackles the topic of fantasy and reality through identifying "disorientalism" in four parts, taking his audience on a journey that beings with a story by Edgar Allen Poe and ends with Coleridge pursuing the real, rebuilt, Xanadu....
Aziz Nazmi Shakir-Tash suggests general meanings of the terms "migration," "diaspora," and "exile," relating stories of his own experiences--as well as those of Bulgarian Turks--to these meanings. Verena Tay's talk is titled, "You Are What You Eat:...
Alice Pung's talk, titled "A White Dude That Sparkles: Awkward Desire in the Coming of Age Novel," and delves into the embarrassing details of new sexual terrain, especially as described in Young Adult literature. Miloš Djurdjević's talk is...