Fellow Project
2024–2025
Literature, History, and Society Talks
Hosted by the Haitian writer Louis-Philippe Dalembert, the Literature, History, and Society Talks co-organized by the Collegium Helveticum and the Visiting Professorship of French Literature and Culture at ETH Zurich, bring together a diverse array of journalists, sociologists, and authors to engage in stimulating dialogues that explore the intricate interplay between the ways we write and re-write our world through literature.
Historical topics, such as colonialism, slavery, World War II, become vivid and accessible to a broad audience via the mediation of historical novels. The narration of different identities, stories of oppression, extinction, or violence allow us to explore worlds that we would have no access to without literature, and to raise awareness and understanding for perspectives that are not ours. In the light of current cultural and intellectual movements, such as post-colonialism, and LGBTQ+, the challenge of telling these stories bears a unique potential and an enormous responsibility. How can authors and journalists reconcile the various expectations brought to Literature?
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