Organized by CLASS, Academy of Mobility Humanities (Konkuk University), Kritika Kultura (Ateneo de Manila University), and UNITAS (University of Santo Tomas)
Mobility in Islandic Geographies and Textual Representations
in Literature, Culture, and Media Forms
Conveners
Maria Luisa T. Reyes(University of Santo Tomas)
Inseop Shin(Konkuk University)
The 2023 International Colloquium on Literary and Cultural Studies (CLASS) seeks to
encourage inter-and trans-disciplinary conversations crossing mobility research and island
studies by inviting critics, scholars, and educators in the fields of literary, cultural, and media
studies. It addresses mobilities in, of, on, over, and across Islandic geographies and their
complexities in terms of im/mobile, solid/fluid, and/or smooth/striated textualities inscribed
in their representations in literature, culture, and media forms. The 2023 CLASS colloquium is
interested in how islandic geographies are configured, signified, and politicized through
literary, cultural, and media practices and performances.
The theme of the 2023 CLASS colloquium, “Mobility in Islandic Geographies and Textual
Representations in Literature, Culture, and Media Forms,” presents an opportunity for
scholars to share their ideas and inquiries at the intersection of mobility research and island
studies, transcending conventional regional, disciplinary, and cognitive distinctions and their
contributions and relevance to today’s education.