Centre for Comparative Literature’s Annual Conference: Witnessing/Becoming
When and Where
Description
The Centre for Comparative Literature is hosting its 2024 Annual Conference "Witnessing/Becoming" at the University of Toronto on March 22-23, 2024.
More information, including the full schedule, can be found at: https://witnessingbecomingconference.com
Conference Keynote:
Dina AI-Kassim (University of British Columbia)
“Parataxis or Ekphrasis? : The Politics of Form in Sonallah Ibrahim’s Beirut Beirut and Adania Shibli’s Minor Detail”
5:00 PM, Friday, March 22, 2024
Faculty Keynote:
Conrad James (University of Toronto)
“Murder Plays: The Politics of Violence on the Cuban Stage”
3:00 PM, Saturday, March 23, 2024
The Conference Organizing Committee would like to thank the following sponsors for their generous financial support:
Centre for Comparative Literature, Cinema Studies Institute, Comparative Literature Course Union, Department of East Asian Studies, Anne Tanenbaum Centre for Jewish Studies, Department of English, Department of French, Department of Art History, Department of Philosophy, Department of Near & Middle Eastern Civilizations, Department of Classics, Department of Italian Studies, Women & Gender Studies Institute, Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures, Department of Spanish & Portuguese, the Literature and Critical Theory program at Victoria College, and the Department for the Study of Religion.
* See the event poster: 
Centre for Comparative Literature’s Annual Conference - Poster.pdf