A UNIQ Trilateral Alliance Workshop: "From Manuscript to Modernity: The Afterlives and Otherlives of Pre-modern Literature"

Date: November 6, 2025

Venue: DFLL Conference Room (Humanities Building B208) National Taiwan University

More information & Registration: https://forms.gle/Arbq2iXP8pLiLBwSA (Please register soon so we may send you reading materials.)

This workshop will bring together leading scholars to discuss the enduring vitality of pre-modern texts and their resonances in modern literature. We are honored to host:

Professor Britton Elliott Brooks (Kyushu University, Japan)

Professor Elenora Stoppino (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA)

The program is divided into two sessions. Participants are welcome to attend either or both:

Morning Session: Epic vs. Experiment

The Battle of Maldon × The Wake by Paul Kingsnorth

Afternoon Session: Plague Tales, Then & Now

The Decameron by Giovanni Boccaccio × “Impatient Griselda” by Margaret Atwood

We look forward to your participation in what promises to be a stimulating exchange of ideas!

Chi-ming Hung

Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures

National Taiwan University

Tel: 02 3366 3208

Email: qiming1234@ntu.edu.tw