Congist'26: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Crisis

Session

Session 2.2 (Day 3)

D3-S2-A7

15 May 2026, 11:15

A7 (Istanbul University Faculty of Letters)

Conveners

Session 2.2 (Day 3): Edebiyat Bilimi / Literary Studies

• Deniz Dilşad Karail Nazlıcan (İstanbul University)

Diasporic Cosmopolitanism and Identity Crisis: Transnational Subjectivities in Contemporary Cuban Literature (D3-S2-A7)

Arturo Matute Castro (Kennesaw State University)

15/05/2026, 11:15

Oral Presentation

This paper explores the negotiation of identity and the reconfiguration of belonging in the face of diasporic and existential crises within contemporary Cuban literature. Through a comparative analysis of Alejandro Otero Paz’s novel Danubio (2022) and Jennine Capó Crucet’s short story “How to Leave Hialeah” (2009), I examine how contemporary diasporic Cuban writers depart from...

Reflection of Crises and Sustainability in Korean Chronicles: Case of Kings Hyegong and Wonseong (D3-S2-A7)

Arina Mrachkovskaia (Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences)

15/05/2026, 11:35

Oral Presentation

According to East Asian political ideology, a ruler is a mediator between the people and Heaven. Rulers gain the Mandate of Heaven, permission to rule. However, if the rule is ineffective, Heaven sends signals in the form of natural anomalies, which show that a crisis period has arrived, and the people have the right to revolt against the king. Heaven sends good omens to a future king, showing...

Crisis, Vulnerability, and Sustainable Memory in Translingual German Literature: Dana Grigorcea’ s Die nicht sterben and Cătălin Dorian Florescu’ s Der Feuerturm (D3-S2-A7)

Irina Ursachi (University of Alcalá)

15/05/2026, 11:55

Oral Presentation

This contribution examines two contemporary novels of translingual German literature, authored by Dana Grigorcea and Cătălin Dorian Florescu, both Romanian-Swiss writers whose works engage deeply with cultural memory and historical change in Romania. Their narratives address the legacies of communism, political repression, and the complex historical layers that shape Romanian cultural...