Literary Studies in the European Framework: Looking Ahead

Philology studies are institutionalised in university degrees, subcategorised according to languages and cultures and consolidated in conferences and associations. However, higher education is undergoing a major transformation throughout Europe and this has introduced a shadow of doubt and concern on how to adjust the roles of professors and students that Europe demands from us. The scope of Literary Studies is being extended creating a tension leading to questions raised both inside and outside the discipline. In this conference we will attempt to seize the importance of this epoch-making crusade in order to convert this critical juncture into an opportunity.

The cultural and social changes that the Internet has provoked, and the information society in which we are living now, compel us to reflect on the premises on which literary education and its assessment methods have always been based and to consider other ways and possibilities in tune with the new era. Perhaps the question that we need to ask is what the nature of literature teaching has been in order to salvage from old practices those new ways of learning that will allow us to move forward.

Participants

• Sam Abrams (Literary critic and UOC consultant)
• Joan Elies Adell (Lecturer of Literary Theory and Comparative Literature, UOC)
• Jaime Alejandro Rodríguez (Lecturer, Universidad Javiarana de Colombia)
• Laura Borràs (Lecturer of Literary Theory and Comparative Literature, UOC and Director of HERMENEIA)
• Ruggero Campagnoli (Lecturer of French Philology, U. de Bologna, DESE Coordinator and Director of Rilune)
• Josep Anton Fernàndez (U. de London)
• Pilar García Carcedo (Lecturer of Literary Didactic, UCM)
• Dimitrios Kargiotis (Maître de Conférences de l’Université de Strasbourg)
• Takis Kayalis (Lecturer of English Literature,’Hellenic Open University (HOU) and Director of openLit)
• Raine Koskimaa (Lecturer of Digital Culture, U. Jvakslya)
• Anastasia Natsina (Lecturer, HOU and openLit researcher)
• Raffaele Pinto (Lecturer of Italian Philology, UB and UOC consultant)
• Amelia Sanz (Lecturer of French Philology, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, UCM)
• Domingo Sánchez-Mesa (Lecturer of Literary Theory and Comparative Literature, U. Carlos III)
• Anna Soncini Lecturer of French Philology, U. de Bologna; DESE Coordinator and Director of Rilune)
• Rui Torres (Department of Communication Sciences, U. Fernando Pessoa, Porto, Portugal)
• Virgilio Tortosa (Lecturer of Literary Theory and Comparative Literature, U. d’ Alacant)
• Teresa Vilariño (Lecturer of Literary Theory and Comparative Literature, U. de Santiago)

Executive board:
Joan Elies Adell
Laura Borràs (workshop coordinator)
Roger Canadell
Carles Lindín

Secretary:
Mònica Benhamou
Gemma Carrera
Eva Galdón
Pilar Miquela
Antonio Ponce