At 10:00 a.m. on November 4, the book launch of Literature, Culture, and Colonialism—TransArea: A Global History of Literature was held in Room 234 of Zhonghe Building at Hunan Normal University. The event was organized by the Humboldt Interdisciplinary Research Center. Professor Ottmar Ette, Director of the Humboldt Interdisciplinary Research Center and author of the book, delivered the keyno...

        Professor Theo D’haen, a member of the Academia Europaea and Professor at KU Leuven, Belgium, will lead a seminar exploring the theoretical developments in the latter half of the twentieth century and the underlying logic behind the emergence of world literature. The discussion will center on his paper “Whither World Literature?”, examining the evolving directions and conceptual foun...

    The upcoming event will feature Professor Ottmar Ette, Director of the Humboldt Center for Transdisciplinary Studies at Hunan Normal University, as the keynote speaker, with Professor Ren Haiyan, Executive Deputy Director of the Center, serving as moderator. The event will focus on Professor Ette’s book TransArea: A Literary History of Globalization, exploring its perspectives on literatur...