Workshop-Poetry Lab: Other Forms of Understanding Language

In this workshop the focus is our language, our mother tongues, and translation. It consists of two parts. During the first hour, Daniela Vicherat Mattar and Ting Ting Hui will talk about translation. After this introductory part, Nanne Timmer will lead a poetry lab in which “misunderstanding” is the starting point for our literary creations. Among others, our starting point will be a poem by the Chinese poet Zhou Zan. Participants will experiment with very different strategies of translation and contagion as sources for creative inspiration. All types of linguistic backgrounds are welcome, and the aim is to create your own poem and a collective, instant publication.

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Impediments, disability and the university as knowledge infrastructure

Open conversation at Leiden University College about impediments, disability and the university as knowledge infrastructure with Prof. Florencia Herrera, Universidad Diego Portales (Chile), director of the Núcleo Milenio DISCA - Disability & Citizenship. Prof. Herrera will talk about the importance and relevance of disability studies to develop other forms to see knowledge.

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

From Soledad Acosta de Samper and Albalucía Angel to Hazel Robinson Abrahams and Amalialú Posso Figueroa. During the Symposium & Workshop Experience and Voice: Library of Colombian Women Writers, we focus on books written by Colombian women writers from different historical periods. The symposium and workshop will be held on Thursday, 23 May in the Vossius room of the Leiden University Library. The events will be in English (symposium) and Spanish (workshop).

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