Global Issues Through Literature: Authors Under Authoritarianism with Osama Alomar

06 Nov 2017

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This year's Global Issues Through Literature series, a reading group designed for K-12 educators to learn and use new texts in the classroom, will travel the world through the eyes of authors writing under authoritarianism to try to understand the role of literature as document, commentator, and critic of restrictive regimes.

Osama Alomar is a prominent Syrian writer of al-quisa al-quasira jiddan, or what has been called "flash fiction." These extremely short stories (sometimes only one or two sentences) have the appeal of a fable. Prof. Uma Satyavolu (English) will introduce the text at City of Asylum (40 W. North Ave) from 6-7pm, and then we will hear from Alomar, currently an exiled writer-in-residence at City of Asylum, from 7-8pm. Books and Act 48 credit hours provided. Dinner TBA. Register by October 1 here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd7kOKi1yCXGZsbY1niJ8u6fGPbrGgw...

Event Date: 
Monday, November 6, 2017 - 6:00pm
Institution(s): 
Sponsored By: 
Global Studies Center
Contact: 
Lisa Bromberg (lisarbromberg@pitt.edu)
Location: 
4130 Posvar Hall
Target Audience: 
Elementary and Secondary Education