The EUTERPE Summer School 2024 has ended, but we're still excited about the incredible week we spent together in Vienna.
We're grateful to everyone who joined us for this year's summer school, including our participants, speakers, and organisers. Your energy, enthusiasm, and contributions were not just appreciated, but they were integral to making the week genuinely unforgettable.
An amazing lineup of speakers enriched us, each bringing their unique insights and expertise. From Sandra Ponzanesi's thought-provoking discussion on "Postcolonial Europe and its intellectuals: feminist and transnational perspectives", which highlighted the need to rethink and reimagine the spaces and ideals of Europe, to Ato Quayson's insightful exploration of "Interdisciplinarity and Interpretation: Concepts, Boundaries, and Contradiction", which emphasised the importance of specifying concepts, methods, and propositional protocols in interdisciplinary work, and Rebecca Walkowitz's inspiring talk on "Reshuffling: Feminist Collaboration and Transnational Solidarity", which introduced the concept of "reshuffling" as a methodology for feminist collaboration across differences, we were broadened in our perspectives. The workshops, discussions, and networking sessions further fostered collaboration and connection among participants.
We celebrated the launch of "Pluriversal Conversations on Transnational Feminisms: And Words Collide from a Place", a book that brings together transnational feminisms in conversation with intersectional and decolonial approaches. The book launch, which featured editors Redi Koobak, Petra Bakos, Nina Lykke, Swati Arora, and Kharnita Mohamed, as well as contributors Adriana Qubaiova, and Jasmina Lukić was a highlight of the week, and we were grateful to have the opportunity to engage with the authors and their work.
We were also treated to a captivating performance by Kinga Tóth, a writer, visual and sound-poet, performer, and teacher, who presented her work "When the Word Comes Alive: Sacrality, Eco-Feminism, Performative Poetry". We also had the pleasure of hearing from Olga Dimitrijević, a playwright, director, and dramaturg, who shared her insights on "Melodrama and Solitarity: (dr)a(ma)rtist talk". Her talk explored the intersection of melodrama, folk music, and the culture of memory, and we were grateful for the opportunity to engage with her work.
We would also like to extend our gratitude to the Department of Gender Studies at Central European University for their support in organising the wine and cheese receptions that accompanied the keynote lectures and book launch.
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