Opportunities in the Eye of a Storm : New Pathways in Anglophone Literary and Cultural Studies in Pandemic Times Conference Report

KRÁSNÁ, Denisa, Tereza ŠMILAUEROVÁ and Lenka ŽÁRSKÁ. Opportunities in the Eye of a Storm : New Pathways in Anglophone Literary and Cultural Studies in Pandemic Times Conference Report. Theory and Practice in English Studies (THEPES). Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2020, vol. 2020, No 2, p. 45-52. ISSN 1805-0859.

Basic information

• Original name: Opportunities in the Eye of a Storm : New Pathways in Anglophone Literary and Cultural Studies in Pandemic Times Conference Report
• Authors: KRÁSNÁ, Denisa, Tereza ŠMILAUEROVÁ and Lenka ŽÁRSKÁ.
• Edition: Theory and Practice in English Studies (THEPES), Brno, Masarykova univerzita, 2020, 1805-0859.

Other information

• Original language: English
• Type of outcome: Article in a journal (not reviewed)
• Field of Study: 60206 Specific literatures
• Country of publisher: Czech Republic
• Confidentiality degree: is not subject to a state or trade secret
• WWW: URL
• Organization unit: Faculty of Arts
• Keywords in English: conference; report; Anglophone studies; pandemic
• Tags: conference report, Pandemic, Virtual Conference
• Tags: International impact, Reviewed

Abstract

Report on the international conference “New Path-ways in Anglophone Literary and Cultural Studies in Pandemic Times” that took place in Brno, Czech Republic. The event was organized by the Department of English and American Studies of Masaryk University and hosted graduate students and re-searchers from various countries across the world including the United States, the Czech Republic, India, and Brazil. The keynote speeches were delivered by PhDr. Thomas Don Sparling, from Central European Association for Canadian Studies, Dr. Mathias Clasen of the English Department at Aarhus University, and Dr. Sagar Deva from the University of Leeds. Three of the department’s graduate students, Denisa Krásná, Tereza Šmilauerová and Lenka Žárská, constituted the organizing committee. “New Pathways in Pan-demic Times” was the second installment in “New Pathways,” a series of the de-partment’s biannual conferences for emerging scholars.

Links

• MUNI/A/1204/2019, interní kód MU: Name: Researching Communication in English: Paradigms, Strategies, Developments - II (Acronym: ReComE 2020)

Investor: Masaryk University, Category A