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  1. Category: Fellowships, stipends, scholarships etc.
    Application deadline: 01.07.2019
    Fellowship, Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study (scas), Uppsala University
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    Located in the Botanic Garden in Uppsala, the Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study (scas) is a national institute for advanced study.The collections of Carolina Rediviva Library and other scientific facilities at Uppsala University are situated...

    Fields of research Literature and cultural studies
    Created on: 24.06.2019
  2. Category: Projects
    Institutions: Uppsala universitet / Uppsala University (UU)
    Expressing Siberian Exile: Literature, Language, and the Resistance of the Real
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    In this project I explore nineteenth century narratives of Siberian exile. The writers that I work with––Anton Chekhov, George Kennan, Peter Kropotkin, Henry Lansdell, and others—were all facing difficulties in their attempts to represent the social...

    Fields of research World Literature,  Literature and cultural studies,  Literature and theology/study of religions
    Created on: 03.06.2019
  3. Category: Projects
    Institutions: Uppsala universitet / Uppsala University (UU)
    Chinese literature: the short stories and novels by Lu Xun, Lao She and Ba Jin
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    In this study, I will examine how Lu Xun, Lao She and Ba Jin in novels and short stories written between 1900-1950 draw on ancient Chinese cosmopolitan literary traditions as well as indigenous vernacular and popular modes of storytelling, in...

    Fields of research East Asian literature,  World Literature,  Literature and cultural studies and 2 more
    Created on: 03.06.2019
  4. Category: Projects
    Institutions: Uppsala universitet / Uppsala University (UU)
    Tropical Engagements: Vernaculars in French Early Modern Travel Writing (Africa and the Caribbean 1645-1728)
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    "Tropical Engagements" examines how vernacular languages are incorporated into and impact upon early modern French travel writing from Africa and the Caribbean, by means of lexical inclusions of foreign words and of reported dialogues. The purpose is...

    Fields of research Postcolonial studies,  World Literature,  Multilingualism studies / Interlinguality and 4 more
    Created on: 03.06.2019