In 2009 deBuren and Passa Porta launched the first edition of The Balkans and Europe, a series of cultural debates hosted by the Serbian journalist Dejan Anastasijevic (Time). Together with writers from the former Yugoslavia, Anastasijevic looks into several aspects of the European and Balkan culture.
Guest speaker for the third edition is Jasmina Tešanović, a Serbian feminist writer, translator, publisher and political activist.
Georgian poet and performance artist Zurab Rtveliashvili meets writer Carola Hansson to discuss the theme of exile, at Kulturhuset in Stockholm, 24th February at 7 pm. Exile is a reality lived by Rtveliashvili, while Hansson treats the theme in her latest novel "Med et namn som mitt" ("With a name like mine").
"Threatened words" ("Hotade Ord") is a series of literary encounters at Kulturhuset, introducing ICORN Guest Writers living in Sweden.
(Photo: Cato Lein)
Between 22nd and 25th February, as part of the Shahrazad project, over 200 students at schools across Norfolk will be working with a professional writer and a refugee to compose a series of Letters to Europe. These missives from the young people of the UK to their counterparts in Europe will form part of the international conversation about the future of Europe, and the hopes and dreams young people harbour for it.
These workshops follow on from those in October last year in which the young people looked at the story of the Strangers, refugees from the Low Countries who came to Norwich in the 16th century. Together they aim to raise awareness of Norwich as a City of Refuge, encourage understanding about refugees, and engage young people in creative writing activities.
