ICPL Presentations 2023

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    Name links below link to a pdf of a paper on the panel topic by each writer-in-residence:

9/1/23 • LANGUAGES ON THE FAULT LINES

• Saba HAMZAH (Yemen/The Netherlands)
• Tammy Lai-Ming HO (Hong Kong)
• Mary ROKONADRAVU (Fiji)
• Nektaria ANASTASIADOU (Turkey)

9/8/23 • NATURE ON EDGE

• Reetta PEKKANEN  (Finland)
• Aigerim TAZHI (Kazakhstan)
• SUO ER (PRC)
• Yashika GRAHAM (Jamaica)

9/15/23 • FUTURE PERFECT: IS THERE ROOM FOR OPTIMISM?

• Tzveta SOFRONIEVA  (Germany)
• Senka MARIC (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
• Iya KIVA (Ukraine)

9/22/23 • SPECTER OF PROFESSIONALIZATION (EPB 304)

• Mansoura Ez ELDIN (Egypt)
• Loren GLASS (USA) 
• Ali Al SHAALI (UAE) 

9/29/23 • WRITING THE NOT-SELF

• Azhar NOONARI (Pakistan)
• LI Kotomi (Taiwan/Japan)
• Marina PORCELLI (Argentina)

10/6/23 • STYLE  IN THE HARD LIGHT OF ALGORITHM

• Yasuhiro YOTSUMOTO  (Japan)
• Soonest NATHANIEL (Nigeria)
• SHI Yifeng  (PRC)
• Enah JOHNSCOTT (Cameroon)

10/13/23 • ON THE BODY

• Busisiwe MAHLANGU (S. Africa)
• Kevin CHEN (Taiwan/Germany)
• Wesley MACHESO (Malawi)

10/20/23 •  MUST A MIGRANT BE GRATEFUL?

• Brenda NAVARRO (Mexico/Spain)
• Guru LADAKHI (India)
• Artur DOMOSŁAWSKI (Poland)

10/27/23 •  WRITING LOVE IN THE AGE OF IRONY

• WONG Yi Eva (Hong Kong)
• Maricela GUERRERO (Mexico)
• Orit GIDALI (Israel)
• Noelle De JESUS (Singapore