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Ali Smith

Summer

Presented by:Paul Stewart

Migrations

Second world war

Refugees

COVID pandemic

UK politics

Art

Internment

Political discourse

Antisemitism

Annie Ernaux

Les Années 

The Years

Presented by:Tomasz Mizerkiewicz

Petty-bourgeoisie

Sexual revolution

French postwar politics

Feminism

Anna Burns

Milkman

Presented by:Craig Jordan-Baker

The Troubles

Northern Ireland

Gender politics

Sectarianism

Paramilitarism

Class

F. E. Sillanpää

Hurskas Kurjuus: Päättynyt Suomalainen Elämäkerta

Meek Heritage

Presented by:Eric Bergman

George Orwell

1984

Nineteen Eighty-Four

Presented by:Tea Hodaj

Dystopic Europes

Authoritarianism

Totalitarianism

Politicisation of fear

Vladan Desnica

Zimsko ljetovanje

The Winter Summer Vacation

Presented by:Marina Protrka Štimec

Wars

Second world war

Racism

Balkanism

Morlacism

Class hegemony

Samuel Beckett

Molloy 

Molloy

Presented by:Paul Stewart

Violence

Marginalisation

Subjectification

Identity

Sarah Waterfeld

Sex mit Gysi

Sex with Gysi

Presented by:Ivana Perica

Political elections

female politicians

left-wing parliamentarism

political disenchantment

careerism

Pierre Michon

Les Onze

The Eleven

Presented by:Nenad Ivić

French Revolution

Historiography

History

Politics

Image

Benjamin Zephaniah

Refugee Boy

Presented by:Ivana Perica

Migrations

Racism

Institutional racism

Political asylum

Pan-Africanism

Rastafari

Black identity

Sharon Dodua Otoo

Adas Raum

Ada’s Room

Presented by:Kyung-Ho Cha

The Holocaust

Colonialism

Ismail Kadare

Nënpunësi i pallatit të ëndrrave

The Palace of Dreams

Presented by:Ivana Perica

Political corruption

Authoritarianism

Ottoman Empire

Political dictatorship

People's Socialist Republic of Albania

Materials

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Video

Thinking the Political Workshop - part 1

By: Vedrana Veličković, Oliver Marchart

Video

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

By: Zrinka Božić, Nenad Ivić, Zvonimir Glavaš, Rossitsa Terzieva-Artemis, Tomislav Brlek, Karlo Držaić, Milica Resanović

Video

What is the Political Novel: Defining the Genre - day 1

By: Zrinka Božić, Mark Devenney, Zvonimir Glavaš, Tomasz Mizerkiewicz

Video

What is the Political Novel: Defining the Genre - day 2

By: Polina Mackay, Marina Protrka Štimec, Mirela Dakić, Magda Potok, Vedrana Veličković, Rahul Putty

Video

Thinking the Political Workshop - part 4

By: Prathama Banerjee, German Primera

Video

What is the Political Novel: Defining the Genre - day 3

By: Andrea Milanko, Ana Tomljenović, Paul Stewart, Shambhavi Prakash, Rossitsa Terzieva-Artemis, Błażej Warkocki, Nenad Ivić

Topics

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Image

Antagonism

Refugees

Public / private

French postwar politics

Northern Ireland