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Oxford Kafka24

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A series of lectures and talks from across the University celebrating the literary works and enduring global legacy of Franz Kafka. 100 years after the death of Franz Kafka (1883-1924), the University of Oxford celebrated the life and work of one of the most influential writers of all time. Since the posthumous publication of his work and ‘rediscovery’ in the middle of the twentieth century, Kafka became a truly global writer who embraced his own multicultural identity. His novels and short stories were translated into multiple languages. His body of work offered profound insights into the human condition, alienation, relationships, and transformation. Oxford is the natural home for a centenary celebration of Franz Kafka: the Bodleian Libraries has the world’s laest Kafka archive; and the University is a leading centre for Kafka studies led by the Oxford Kafka Research Centre. For more approaches to Kafka and 'The Metamorphosis', the ‘Conversations on Kafka’ interviews (https://podcasts.ox.ac.uk/series/conversations-kafka) explore race, comedy, dance, ecology, and much more with world experts on the author from different contexts and traditions.

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Recent Episodes

August 20, 2024

Monstrosities and Metamorphosis in More-Than-Human Worlds

Metamorphosis is constantly taking place in the worlds of people and other animals. A freewheeling discussion featuring shape-shifting leopard men in Nigeria, gut microbes that shape the human condition, and circus freakshows. This episode references Kafka’s 'Report for An Academy'.

August 12, 2024

Extraordinary Bodies, Disability Justice, and Metamorphosis

All of our bodies are gradually undergoing metamorphosis. Yet, many people with extraordinary bodies and minds experience discrimination in everyday life. Our speakers imagine metamorphosis and transformations on a grand societal scale.

August 7, 2024

Keynote: Time traveling with Gregor Samsa, or what you can do with six legs

Professors Rosemarie Garland-Thomson and Eben Kirksey use Gregor's transformation in 'Metamorphosis' to muse on the everyday changes we all experience and their relations to disability, design justice and ableism. The parable of Gregor Samsa’s sudden transformation from an average man to a monstrous vermin is a larger-than-life, grim version of the everyday changes we all experience moving through life. This lecture muses about other possible lives navigated, futures imagined, communities entered, environments created, and flourishing cultivated. Rosemarie Garland-Thomson is professor emerita of English and bioethics at Emory University. RGT is a senior advisor and fellow at the Hastings Center, where she is also chief project advisor for “The Art of Flourishing: Conversations on Disability and Technology,” a project supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities. She is also a 2020 National Endowment for the Humanities Public Scholar and a Phi Beta Kappa Visiting Scholar for 2021-22. Professor Eben Kirksey (Anthropology, University of Oxford) is a cultural anthropologist who is perhaps best known for his work in multispecies ethnography—a field that situates contemporary scholarship on animals, microbes, plants, and fungi within deeply rooted traditions of environmental anthropology, continental philosophy, and the sociology of science. Questions related to science and social justice animate his most recent book, 'The Mutant Project' (2020), which offers an insiders account of the laboratory in China that created the world’s first children whose genes were edited with CRISPR-Cas9.

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What is Oxford Kafka24?: A series of lectures and talks from across the University celebrating the literary works and enduring global legacy of Franz Kafka. 100 years after the death of Franz Kafka (1883-1924), the University of Oxford celebrated the life and work of one of the most influential writers of all time.

Since the posthumous publication of his work and ‘rediscovery’ in the middle of the twentieth century, Kafka became a truly global writer who embraced his own multicultural identity. His novels and short stories were translated into multiple languages. His body of work offered profound insights into the human condition, alienation, relationships, and transformation. Oxford is the natural home for a centenary celebration of Franz Kafka: the Bodleian Libraries has the world’s laest Kafka archive; and the University is a leading centre for Kafka studies led by the Oxford Kafka Research Centre.

For more approaches to Kafka and 'The Metamorphosis', the ‘Conversations on Kafka’ interviews (https://podcasts.ox.ac.uk/series/conversations-kafka) explore race, comedy, dance, ecology, and much more with world experts on the author from different contexts and traditions.
How often does this podcast release new episodes?: This podcast updates weekly.
Where can I listen to this podcast?: This podcast is available on 6 platforms including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and more. You can also use the RSS feed directly.
Does this podcast accept guests?: Yes, this podcast regularly features guests.

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