Pen International announced that the execution of a poet from Iran’s Ahwazi Arab minority shows the gap between Iranian attempts to improve its international relations and the human rights situation in the country. The organisation urged the Iranian authorities to halt all executions and to release all writers, poets, journalists and bloggers held solely in connection with their peaceful exercise of their right to freedom of expression.
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The History of English Literature, 100 Years Ago (free e-books online)
| Contemporary Literature Press, under The University of Bucharest, in conjunction with The British Council, The Romanian Cultural Institute, and The Embassy of the Republic of Ireland, Johanna Bube: The Story of English Literature. F. Sefton Delmer: English Literature. Berlin-Köln 1910 Edited by Lidia Vianu All important histories have always been written from OUTSIDE, never from the INSIDE of the culture they sum up. The best histories of English literature have been written by non-English authors. We are now publishing two such books, both coming from Germany. This is not unlike the Grammars of the English language: remember Otto Jespersen, A Modern English Grammar on Historical Principles in seven parts (1909-1949); Etsko Kruisinga, A Handbook of Present-Day English (1909-1932); Hendrik Poutsma, A Grammar of Modern English in five volumes (1904-1929); Reinard Zandvoort, A Handbook of English Grammar (1945); Jan Svartvig, Leon Levițchi… We are, then, publishing these two histories of literature in an attempt to be of use, as Sefton Delmer himself puts it on the cover of his own book, to „schools, universities, and private students.” All this material is meant for both classroom and individual use. The two histories of English Literature, edited by Lidia Vianu, are formally launched on Wednesday 20 November 2013. But they are available for consultation and downloading on receipt of this Press Release, at the following internet addresses: You are kindly invited to visit the Contemporary Literature Press website at http://editura.mttlc.ro/. For comments or suggestions, please contact the publisher lidia.vianu@g.unibuc.ro.
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Johanna Bube: The Story of English Literature. F. Sefton Delmer: English Literature. Berlin-Köln 1910 editate de Lidia Vianu Toate Istoriile care contează ca valoare nu sunt niciodată scrise din INTERIOR: ele sunt întodeauna concepute, gândite și redactate din EXTERIOR. Cele mai bune istorii ale literaturii engleze sunt scrise de străini. Cele două pe care le publicăm aici sunt de pildă scrise și publicate din Germania. Este același lucru cu Gramaticile limbii engleze: remember Otto Jespersen, A Modern English Grammar on Historical Principles in seven parts (1909-1949); Etsko Kruisinga, A Handbook of Present-Day English (1909-1932); Hendrik Poutsma, A Grammar of Modern English in five volumes (1904-1929); Reinard Zandvoort, A Handbook of English Grammar (1945); Jan Svartvig, Leon Levițchi… Publicăm așadar aceste două istorii în dorința de a fi de folos, cum spune însuși Sefton Delmer pe coperta cărții sale, „universităților, școlilor și tuturor celor care învață singuri”. Cele două istorii ale literaturii engleze, editate de Lidia Vianu, se lansează oficial la data de miercuri 20 noiembrie 2013, dar volumele pot fi consultate și descărcate din acest moment la adresele de internet: Editura pentru Literatură Contemporană vă invită să accesați website-ul www.editura.mttlc.ro. Editura publică lucrări atât în limba engleză cât și în limba română. Pentru sugestii sau comentarii, vă rugăm să vă adresați Editurii, lidia.vianu@g.unibuc.ro. |
Saving a Theatre in Athens
As I said many times, cultural institutions need to be protected from official indifference of the political authorities:
„On the 11th of November 2011 Mavili Collective, a small group of artists and theorists, occupied the historical disused theatre building of Embros in Athens, deserted and left empty for years by the Greek Ministry of Culture. The aim was to re-activate and re-occupy this space temporarily with their own means and propose an alternative model of collective management and contemporary forms of cultural production.
The occupation began with an open, intense daily 12 day program that took place throughout the space with an emphasis on access and action. Just some of the events were: emerging dance and theatre makers shared tactics and methodologies for development, panels were organized by scholars as public debates on urgent issues, the archiving of undocumented and unknown “Greek new work” was initiated inviting artists to present their work. Artists, theoreticians, academics, activists, practitioners and the public came together beyond the limits of their practice and the market’s structural demands of “the artistic product”. The space operated as a constantly re-evaluated experimental common through an open system that offers the potential to re-think relations between people and possible roles for art in society.
After several attacks and closures by the Greek state Empros Theater still remains open and active two years later. Run by an open assembly this organizational model emerges from the current lacks and shortfalls of our system and attempts to interrogate the global changing landscape at this moment in time.
In September 2013, EMBROS was once again forcibly closed, this time from TAIPED -Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund (HRADF), a company responsible for the auctioning and privatizing of public assets, which appears as the new owner of the space. However, the legal documents for this transition seem vague and imprecise and the space is not properly described nor located with its exact address. Although the space re-opened a few days after its closure, on October 30th two actors were arrested and evicted with a series of charges.
Threatened yet again with closure and in solidarity with the two actors recently arrested during rehearsals in the space we are in dire need of international support. Please read the petition’s accompanying texts for more info on the space and what is going on. Thank you!
Sign the petition here.”