From Underground to Overground, from Print to Digital: A Symposium on Unofficial Poetry from China

Four speakers who combine a love of (writing) poetry with other identities will offer personal reflections to “talk back” to Leiden University's unique collection of unofficial poetry from China, with no holds barred and plenty of room for Q&A: curator of the special collections Marc Gilbert, scholar of Chinese literature Zhou Zan, scholar of Cuban literature Nanne Timmer, and queer studies scholar Bao Hongwei (see above for their affiliations and the titles of their talks).

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Symposium & Workshop: Experience and Voice: Library of Colombian Women Writers

Carolina Olarte-Bácares, Ambassador of Colombia, donates the Biblioteca de Escritoras Colombianas to the UBL. The Biblioteca de Escritoras Colombianas (2022) is a series of 18 books by Colombian writers from a variety of historical periods, selected by a team of researchers and writers led by author Pilar Quintana. This publication gives the writers a platform and emphasizes the versatility of Colombia's literature and history. Afterwards, Ambassador Carolina Olarte-Bácares will give a lecture entitled Building a Feminist Foreign Policy in Colombia: challenges and opportunities.

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