‘Writing as a way of resistance’

26 + 27
Oct.'17

Congress on Contemporary Arabic Literature

Arab writers have often been at the forefront of the critical view adopted by their society of its political and religious representatives, sometimes being exposed to censorship or even prosecution by the courts, imprisonment and exile. The aim of this conference is to present a number of Arab writers who, through fiction or poetry, have contested power in all its forms.

First day (Thursday October 26)

9:00: Welcome
9:30: Introductory address by the Darwich Chair Committee

First panel:
10:00: General Introduction by Johannes DEN HEIJER (UCL), Perrine PILETTE (UCL) and Xavier LUFFIN (ULB)
10:30: Kadhim Jihad HASSAN (INALCO, Paris): Sous l’invocation des Anciens: les poètes arabes médiévaux dans la poésie de Mahmoud Darwich
11:00: Najla NAKHLE-CERRUTI (INALCO): Vers un nouveau théâtre politique en Palestine: raconter le territoire sur la scène, dépasser le territoire par la scène 
11:30: Discussion

12:00: Lunch

Second panel
14:30: Miloud GHARRAFI (Université Rennes 2): Le récit de la migration: une littérature contestataire
15:00: Rima SLEIMAN (INALCO): La résistance des silencieux dans l'œuvre de Mohamad El-Bisatie 
15:30: Discussion

Second day (Friday October 27)

Third panel
10:00: Elisabeth VAUTHIER (Université Lyon III): L’esthétique de la violence dans al-Ghulâma d’A. Mamdouh
10:30: Marcel PIRARD (UCL): Adonis: Notre terre arabe pend en lambeaux sur le mur du monde
11:00: Adnan ADIL (ULB): La violence dans le roman irakien après 2003
11:30: Discussion

12:00: Lunch

Fourth panel
14:00: Laurence DENOOZ (Université de Lorraine - ULB): Zaynab Hifni, une critique de la société saoudienne conservatrice
14:30: Olivia ELIAS (author), Écriture de l'exil, pratique de résistance
15:00: Discussion

15:30: Close

Practical information

Location

Terarken

Rue Ravenstein 23 1000 BRUSSELS

Language

  • French

The congress is under the auspices of the 'Mahmoud Darwish Academic and Cultural Chair’ of the Federation Wallonia-Brussels, the Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Université Catholique de Louvain (UCL) and BOZAR, in homage to the poet Mahmoud Darwich, at the initiative of Rudy Demotte, the Minister-President of the Federation Wallonia-Brussels.