Corpse Exhibition: Iraqi Literature after 2003

The American occupation of Iraq produced a boom in dystopian novels and short stories. Trauma from two preceding wars, sanctions, and draconian censorship by the Ba'athist regime flood these works. This symposium brings together writers and scholars to discuss the role of cultural production in reflecting upon the symposium in Iraq after the 2003 US invasion.

Symposium Schedule

Thursday, Sept 28th | 7:00 PM - East Duke 209

Film Screening of Ahlaam

Friday, Sept 29th | 1:30PM-6:00 PM - East Duke - Pink Parlor

Introduction | Abdul Sattar Jawad - Iraqi Literature under the Ba'ath
Louis Yako - Poetry Reading

Panel | Chaired by miriam cooke
Sinan Antoon - writing Iraq after 2003
Ikram Masmoudi - The Poetics of Space
Louis Yako - Death & Exile in Balasim's Writing
Amanda Al-Raba'a - Translators, Ethics, and Gender in Iraq War Literature

Reading | Introduced by Nancy Armstrong
Sinan Antoon - novelist and author of The Baghdad Eucharist