New Session of the Literary Criticism Workshop

A new session of the Literary Criticism Workshop will take place on Friday, 20 March at 12:00 in Room B3.2 at the Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, Universidad de Zaragoza.

The session, titled “Autotheory and Kate Zambreno’s short story: Insekt or Large Verminous Thing,” will be led by Rubén Peinado Abarrio.

This workshop series provides a collaborative space where students and researchers can engage with different approaches to literary theory and criticism through the discussion of specific texts. In this session, participants will explore the concept of autotheory through the work of contemporary writer and critic Kate Zambreno, whose experimental writing often blurs the boundaries between literary criticism, personal narrative, and creative practice.

The discussion will focus on Zambreno’s short story Insekt or Large Verminous Thing, examining how autotheoretical writing challenges conventional distinctions between scholarship and personal reflection while opening new possibilities for literary analysis.

The Literary Criticism Workshop aims to foster a dynamic and welcoming environment for discussing literature and critical theory.

📍 Location: Room B3.2, Facultad de Filosofía y Letras
🗓 Date: Friday, 20 March 2026
Time: 12:00

The session is open to anyone interested in literature and literary criticism. 📖✨

Call for Papers: Unbound, Unfinished, Ongoing: A Kate Zambreno Symposium

We are pleased to share a Call for Papers for the symposium Unbound, Unfinished, Ongoing: A Kate Zambreno Symposium, a one-day online event dedicated to the work of Kate Zambreno, one of the most distinctive voices in contemporary experimental writing and literary criticism.

The symposium will take place online on 23 October 2026 and is hosted by the Complutense University of Madrid and the University of Zaragoza. The event is organized by literary scholar Rubén Peinado, a member of our research team.

Zambreno’s work—spanning fiction, autofiction, literary criticism, and hybrid writing—has played a significant role in reshaping contemporary discussions around authorship, archives, feminist criticism, and the boundaries between life writing and literary scholarship. This symposium seeks to bring together scholars working on Zambreno’s oeuvre as well as those interested in the broader questions her work raises about contemporary literary culture.

We welcome proposals that engage with topics such as:

  • Autofiction and hybrid literary forms
  • Feminist criticism and experimental writing
  • Archives, fragments, and literary memory
  • Contemporary literary criticism and creative practice
  • The intersections between scholarship and creative writing

Researchers from a wide range of disciplines within literary and cultural studies are encouraged to submit proposals.

🗓 Abstract deadline: 1 July 2026
📅 Symposium date: 23 October 2026
💻 Format: Online

For the full Call for Papers and submission guidelines, please visit:
https://sites.google.com/view/kate-zambreno-symposium/inicio

We warmly encourage colleagues and researchers interested in contemporary experimental literature, feminist criticism, and hybrid writing to consider submitting a proposal and to share this call with their networks.

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Keynote “Literature(s) in English (I): Imaginative Encounters”

Our team member Miriam Fernández Santiago will be delivering the keynote “The Neo-Apollonian: A Posthumanist Sign of the Digital Times” next Wednesday as part of the cycle of conferences Literature(s) in English (I): Imaginative Encounters.

Literature(s) in English (I): Imaginative Encounters is a seminar organized by the Master in Advanced English Studies at the University of Salamanca and the University of Valladolid. It brings together experts from several international universities working on different periods of English and American literature.

The Literature(s) in English (I) seminar will be mostly held online, via Zoom. Anyone who wishes to attend the seminar is expected to register, using the following link.