Kafka 2024

One Hundred Years of Kafka


Opening Remarks

08:30(London)/09:30(Rome)

Giuseppe Ucciardello (University of Messina)


Morning Session


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Panel 1: 8:45-10:30 (London) / 9:45-11:30 (Rome)

Chair: Aisling Reid (Queen's University Belfast)


Caterina Resta (University of Messina)
Kafka e la “malattia della tradizione”. Il divergente accordo tra Benjamin e Scholem
Natascia Mattucci (University of Macerata)
Kafka pro and contra. Critical profiles of membership
Sandro Gorgone (University of Messina)
The vertigo of guilt. Günther Anders’ duel with Kafka.
Flash Presentation Chiara Vita (University of Messina)
The attentiveness to creatures. Walter Benjamin interpreter of Kafka
Discussion

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Panel 2: 10:40-12:00 (London) / 11:40-13:00 (Rome)

Chair: Craig Wallace (Queen’s University Belfast)


Rebecca Bamford (Queen's University Belfast)
Kafka and Nietzsche on perspectivism and affect
Analisa Caputo (University of Bari)
Una letteratura minore? Kafka come cartina di tornasole
Flash Presentation Dominic Harkin (Queen’s University Belfast)
Gracchus among the Eleatics: Notes on an Aspect of Kafka’s Humour
Discussion

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Lunch Break: 12:00-14:00 (London) / 13:00-15:00 (Rome)


Afternoon Session


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Panel 3: 14:00-15:15 (London) / 15:00-16:15 (Rome)

Chair: Sandro Gorgone (University of Messina )

Valentina Surace (University of Messina)
Kafka’s between Law and exile
Aisling Reid (Queen’s University Belfast)
The Edge of Endurance: Kafka's A Hunger Artist and the Hunger Strikes on The Argenta Prisonship
Craig Wallace (Queen's University Belfast)
The “logic of a dream… or a nightmare”:
Animated Film Adaptations of Kafka’s The Trial and Metamorphosis.
Discussion

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Closing Remarks

Closing Remarks Aisling Reid and Valentina Surace

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