Lecture – “Learning to Speak English”: Displays and Displaces of Vulnerability in Contemporary Migrant Literature
Lecture – “Learning to Speak English”: Displays and Displaces of Vulnerability in Contemporary Migrant Literature
This talk will explore the role of linguistic borders and border crossings in self-expression and in social and communal identity as witnessed in recent performed and written migrant literature. The focus will be on US-based writers.
In the lecture, Ana Elisa Gomez Laris will address multilingual works and spaces and underline the importance of language usage as means to express vulnerability.
Ana Elisa Gomez Laris studied Comparative Literature and American Studies at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz. She identifies as an activist researcher, engaging where possible in endeavors uniting her academic and social interests. As such, knowledge transfer and the symbiotic relationship between academia and society play a pivotal role in her research approach at the University of Duisburg-Essen.
Guest lecture within “Riverine Borders – On rivers and other border materialities”: The accompanying program to Zoe Leonard’s exhibition “Al río / To the River” organized by The Contemporary Art Museum of Luxembourg and the UniGR-Center for Border Studies.
12 April 2022, 4.15-5.45pm
Online (Zoom)
Registration via e-mail: sawallisch@uni-trier.de or S2lameye@uni-trier.de
The lecture is open to the public and aimed at citizens, students and researchers.
Free admission, lecture in English
More information about the lecture and the accompanying program "Riverine Borders – On rivers and other border materialities" here
Contact
Nele Sawallisch
Department of English Studies
University of Trier