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Joseph Conrad

Under Western Eyes

Presented by:Ivana Perica

Revolution

Terrorism

Autocracy

Despotism

Political espionage

Reformism

Espionage

The Russian Revolution of 1905 (First Russian Revolution)

Cynicism

Sarah Waterfeld

Sex mit Gysi

Sex with Gysi

Presented by:Ivana Perica

Political elections

female politicians

left-wing parliamentarism

political disenchantment

careerism

Robert Menasse

Die Hauptstadt

The Capital

Presented by:Alexandra Irimia

Political corruption

European transnational integration

Refugees

The Holocaust

Nationalism

Daša Drndić

Canzone di guerra: nove davorije

Canzone di guerra

Presented by:Mirela Dakić

Economic downfall and scarcity

Gender

Migrations

Totalitarianism

Second world war

Yugoslav wars

Karin Struck

Klassenliebe

Class Love

Presented by:Christoph Schaub

Gender

Feminism

Class

Students’ movement

Public / private

Second-wave feminism

David Albahari

Gec i Majer

Götz and Meyer

Presented by:Karlo Držaić

Second world war

Antisemitism

The Holocaust

Nationalism

Michael Scharang

Charly Traktor

Presented by:Ivana Perica

Class

Public / private

Workerism

Autonomism

Province / periphery

Political parties (SPÖ, ÖVP, KPÖ)

East vs. West

Upward mobility

Antje Rávik Strubel

Blaue Frau

Blue Woman

Presented by:Alrik Daldrup

Gender

Centres and peripheries

East vs. West

Natasha Brown

Assembly

Presented by:Polina Mackay

Cancer

Racism

Intersectional politics

Contemporary Britain

Annie Ernaux

Les Années 

The Years

Presented by:Tomasz Mizerkiewicz

Petty-bourgeoisie

Sexual revolution

French postwar politics

Feminism

George Orwell

1984

Nineteen Eighty-Four

Presented by:Tea Hodaj

Dystopic Europes

Authoritarianism

Totalitarianism

Politicisation of fear

Carlo Levi

L'orologio

The Watch

Presented by:Silvia Valentini

Second world war

Revolution

Reactionism

Italy

Materials

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Video

Thinking the Political Workshop - part 4

Video

Political Novel in Historiographical and Sociological Perspective: Structures and Analogies - part 1

Video

Thinking the Political Workshop - part 1

Video

Literature in Times of Crisis: What Can the Novel Do?

Video

Political Novel in Historiographical and Sociological Perspective: Structures and Analogies - part 2

Article

CAPONEU - behind the scenes

Topics

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Literary market

Centres and peripheries

Yugoslav wars

Political elections

Espionage

Economic downfall and scarcity