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At the beginning of June, York-based doctoral candidate Alice Flinta organised and chaired an event on contemporary Palestinian Literature, as part of the annual York Festival of Ideas. The event brought together Ghazzawi writer Sondons Sabra and Comma Press editor James Harker for a conversation and live readings from Voices of Resistance. Diaries of Genocide (Comma Press, 2025). James spoke about the context and editorial development of this powerful collection of testimonies, whilst Sondos read from her entries in the book, as well as some new, unpublished writings of hers. She recalled her time in Gaza from 2023, up until she moved to the UK, in November 2025, to study a Masters in Creative Writing at Lancaster University. Sondos’s writing is expectedly raw, loaded, as the depth of the spectrum of human emotion in troubled times like ours comes through unfiltered via a literary style that holds the weight of experience. The lecture theatre, which often remained in supportive, contemplative silence, resonated with shared, deeply felt emotions. These were reflected in the mindful and caring questions, and words of thanks, and hope, the public addressed to the speakers during the final Q&A. The public, which boasted university staff, students and the York city community, were deeply appreciative of the event, which ended in a standing ovation. As we all walked out of it metaphysically bruised, we could not ignore the renewed sense of resistance, political commitment and human connection brewing within, and amongst, ourselves. The event is a result of a long-standing collaboration with Manchester-based, independent publishing house Comma Press, first established by Dr Nicoletta Asciuto (English and Related Literature) in 2020. The EUTERPE Project: European Literature and Gender from a Transnational Perspective consolidated this partnership, as Comma Press is York’s official industry partner. The recording of the event is available on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVeAtOG0GOw With thanks to the York Festival of Ideas Team for making this event possible.

During May 18th and 21th, doctoral candidates Marina Casado Guerreo (CEU) and Olga Fenoll Martinez (UŁ) attended and presented their PhD projects at the international interdisciplinary conference – “Borders: Literary, Cultural and Political Dialogues” – taking place in the University of Athens, Greece. The conference, organised by the Department of English Language & Literature of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and the Hellenic Association for the Study of English (HASE), sought to offer “a space for experimental and innovative approaches to borders as well as for a critical dialogue which will unravel the complexity and multifariousness of borders across time and space”.

On June 1st and 2nd, different members of the EUTERPE Project attended and participated at the 13th International Feminist New Materialisms Conference: Enfleshing Literature Beyond Words. The conference aimed to plore the vibrant "interferences" between feminist new materialisms and literature, moving beyond the idea of literature as mere text enclosed in words so as to approach it as a modality of knowledge —an apparatus "yet-to-come" that allows us to revisit our pasts, inhabit our current experiences, and reimagine our futures in deeply affective and imaginative ways. Dr. Beatriz Revelles Benavente and Dr. Adelina Sánchez Espinosa—from the University of Granada—were both part of the organising and scientific committee, as wel as Dr. Angela Harris Sánchez who was part of the organising committee. Doctoral Candidates who were also part of the organising committee are Marina Casado Guerrero (CEU), Olga Fenoll Martínez (UŁ) and Séamus O’Kane (UGR). During the conference, Dr. Dorota Golańska gave one of the plenary sessions of the conference with a paper titled “Thinking small: the politics of minor remembrance”. On the other hand, DC’s Marina Casado Guerrero (CEU), Tamara Cvetković (CEU) and Olga Fenoll Martínez (UŁ) also presented part of their research undertaken within the EUTERPE project.

Interdisciplinarity and Interpretation: Concepts, Boundaries, and Contradiction with Ato Quayson This episode of the EUTERPE podcast features a lecture by Ato Quayson, the Jean G. and Morris M. Doyle Professor in Interdisciplinary Studies, Professor of English, and Chair of the Department of African and African American Studies at Stanford University. The lecture was delivered at the third biannual EUTERPE Doctoral School, held at Central European University in Vienna, Austria. The episode includes an introduction to the lecture given by Sandra Ponzanesi, a EUTERPE Consortium member and the Principal Investigator for Utrecht University. Sandra is also a Chair and full Professor of Media, Gender and Postcolonial Studies and the Founding Director of the Postcolonial Studies Initiative at Utrecht University. In this lecture, Quayson explores the conceptual landscape of interdisciplinarity, identifying two central principles at its core. The first is the notion of integrative epistemologies that apply across all fields of knowledge – sciences, social sciences, humanities, and the arts. The second involves collaborative modes of knowledge production aimed at addressing real-world issues, such as environmental degradation, urban complexity, water scarcity, public health crises, migration and refugees, international security, and the vagaries of globalization. He argues that meaningful interdisciplinary work requires a clear understanding of the concepts, methods, and propositional protocols borrowed from other disciplines, and an understanding of how these shape one’s own configuration of interdisciplinarity. True interdisciplinarity, he suggests, demands familiarity with the methods of all the disciplines involved, as well as humility and a self-awareness of one’s own disciplinary limits. Quayson illustrates these ideas using examples from his own scholarship and from influential thinkers in the humanities and social sciences, including Hayden White, Christopher Norris, Gillian Beer, Edward Said, and Karen Barad. This lecture was originally delivered on 10/09/2024. The episode transcript can be accessed here . This episode is part of the EUTERPE Podcast Library on European Literatures and Genders from a Transnational Perspective The podcast is powered by the European Union, UKRI, and the Central European University Library. Grant Agreement: 101073012 EUTERPE HORIZON-MSCA-2021-DN-01 Project. For more information about the EUTERPE project please refer to the official project webpage https://www.euterpeproject.eu/ , or follow us on Instagram @euterpe_project_ or Facebook at EUTERPE Doctoral Network Project . This episode was produced and edited by: Evangeline Scarpulla Thank you to Alexander Walker for the music and to Alice Flinta for the voice over. Thank you also to Ninutsa Nadirashvili and Kris Orszaghova for designing the podcast covers.

“Use the Words You Have to Get the Words You Need” with Kimberly Campanello This lecture is dedicated to the memory of Susan Stanford Friedman. Susan Stanford Friedman's work was seminal for the conception of EUTERPE, and we deeply grieve her passing. She was not only a highly respected and influential scholar, but also a special friend known for her warm personality and intellectual generosity. This lecture series was created in her honour, to celebrate her legacy and to keep her presence alive. This episode features a lecture given by Kimberly Campanello, which weaves together her recent published and unpublished writing and her reading in neuroscience and literary criticism, including Susan Stanford Friedman’s writing on H.D., who has significantly influenced Campanello's work. During the performance-lecture, the audience participated in a multilingual circumlocution activity, the prompts for this activity are included in the accompanying lecture slides for listeners who would like to follow along. Kimberly Campanello is a poet, performer, and writer, and a professor of poetry at the University of Leeds. The performance-lecture includes an introduction given by Nicoletta Asciuto, a Senior Lecturer in Modern Literature at the University of York, translator, and co-investigator at York for the EUTERPE consortium. This lecture was originally delivered on 20/04/2025 at the fourth biannual EUTERPE Doctoral School, held at the University of York in York, United Kingdom. The accompanying slides can be accessed here . The slides include the full titles of work by Campanello and others that are featured or referenced in the lecture. Campanello’s “Paradiso 4” from “Beginning Imperfectly Wanting,” Book 1 of This Knot: a new version of Dante’s Commedia with the Poet K , dedicated to Nicoletta Asciuto, Bobby Alexandrova, and Alice Flinta, can be read here . Excerpts of this work were read by the poet during the lecture. The episode transcript can be accessed here . Please note that due to the performance aspect of the lecture some parts of the audio may be less clear than others. For more information on Kimberly Campanello’s events and publications, see her official website https://www.kimberlycampanello.com/ . This episode is part of the EUTERPE podcast Library on European Literatures and Genders from a Transnational Perspective. The podcast is powered by the European Union, UKRI, and the Central European University Library. Grant Agreement: 101073012 EUTERPE HORIZON-MSCA-2021-DN-01 Project. For more information about the EUTERPE project please refer to the official project webpage https://www.euterpeproject.eu/ , or follow us on Instagram @euterpe_project_ or Facebook at EUTERPE Doctoral Network Project . This episode was edited by Evangeline Scarpulla. Thank you to Alexander Walker for the music and to Alice Flinta for the voice over. Thank you also to Ninutsa Nadirashvili and Kris Orszaghova for designing the podcast covers. Photo Credit: Olivia Braggs.

Decolonisation and Caste: Untold Hierarchies In this episode of the EUTERPE Podcast, doctoral candidate Uthara Geetha (University of Oviedo) speaks with Dr. Malavika Binny (Kannur University) and Dr. Tintu Joseph (Mahatma Gandhi University) about the long history of caste as a system of hierarchy and exclusion. Beginning with B.R. Ambedkar’s seminal insights, the conversation traces caste from its Vedic origins and the Aryan migrations to its intersections with patriarchy, slavery, colonialism, and Christianity in Kerala. The episode examines how caste was reinforced under British rule, compares it with racial apartheid and white supremacy, and shows how it continues to structure oppression today. Listeners are invited to rethink caste as central to both colonial histories and decolonial futures. The episode transcript can be accessed here: https://acrobat.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:sc:EU:394e091c-b94f-4c65-a5d7-138da9a0e450 . This episode is part of the EUTERPE podcast Library on European Literatures and Genders from a Transnational Perspective. The podcast is powered by the European Union, UKRI, and the Central European University Library. Grant Agreement: 101073012 EUTERPE HORIZON-MSCA-2021-DN-01 Project. For more information about the EUTERPE project please refer to the official project webpage https://www.euterpeproject.eu/ , or follow us on Instagram @euterpe_project_ or Facebook at EUTERPE Doctoral Network Project . This episode was produced and edited by: Uthara Geetha . Thank you to Alexander Walker for the music and to Alice Flinta for the voice over. Thank you also to Ninutsa Nadirashvili and Kris Orszaghova for designing the podcast covers.