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of this powerful collection of testimonies, whilst Sondos read from her entries in the book, as well as some new, unpublished writings of hers.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.

Bodies in poetry, territorial dysphoria, collective politics : A conversation with Aurora H. Camero In this podcast episode, DC Marina Casado invites the poet and collagist Aurora H. Camero to talk about a wide variety of topics: poetry, migration, art, transness, erotics, and everything in-between that needs to be thought and built collectively, hand in hand. The conversation is a shapeshifting poem, where the pauses and brackets give insights on contemporary poetry and different writing strategies. Together they also converse about Camero’s two poetry collections: Violeta and La vía sutil. The conversation also merges poetry with politics and gender with territory, generating reflections about the inseparability of identity categories and the urgency of moving our bodies and our theories beyond white-centered trans and queer imaginaries. The transcript of the podcast (both in Spanish and in English) can be found here . To learn more about the Aurora H. Camero please visit: https://www.labellavarsovia.com/aurora-h-camero/ https://www.instagram.com/borealis_camero/ 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 Marina Casado Guerrero . Thank you to Alexander Walker for the music and to Alice Flinta for the voice over. Thank you also to Ninutsa Nadirashvili, Evangeline Scarpulla and Kris Orszaghova for designing the podcast covers.

Kimberly Campanello: "I don't want to be the poet who never thought about the meanwhile" On overlapping chronologies, intersecting geographies, translation and how writing can bring this all together. Kimberly Campanello - poet, performer, writer and professor at the University of Leeds - converses with Alice Flinta about her transnational belongings between the US, the UK and the south of Italy, and how this all comes together in her most recent project, a rewriting of the Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri. For more info on Kimberly Campanello’s events and publications, see her official website https://www.kimberlycampanello.com/ An Interesting Detail (poetry collection): https://www.kimberlycampanello.com/an-interesting-detail Use the Words You Have (novel): https://www.kimberlycampanello.com/use-the-words-you-have-debut-novel Cover photo: Olivia Braggs. 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: Alice Flinta Thank you to Alexander Walker and Lilu 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.

A Conversation with Author Chérissa Iradukunda In this podcast, doctoral candidates Evangeline Scarpulla and Maria Auxiliadora Castillo Soto, converse with transnational author Chérissa Iradukunda, a first time published author who recounts her migratory experience from Burundi to the Netherlands in her book titled Broken Object. Her book was published in 2023 by Austin Macauley Publishers, and it presents readers with the difficulties experienced by a teenage girl while adapting to her new home and Dutch culture. Throughout their conversation, Iradukunda talks about what being a transnational author means to her. She also discusses the process of publishing her book, and her motivation for choosing English as the language of publication. Lastly, they discuss specific themes related to the plot and characters of her creative novel. We hope that you enjoy listening to this podcast. The episode transcript can be accessed here: https://acrobat.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:sc:EU:527c700e-693d-4ff3-a6e9-16e6cbe2d061. 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 and María Auxiliadora Castillo Soto. 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.