Workshop Political Novel and Class Distinctions

We are pleased to invite you to the conference/ workshop “Political Novel and Class Distinctions,” to be held at Faculty of Polish and Classical Philology in Adam Mickirwicz University in Poznań on 13–14 November 2025.

The workshop explores how the political novel recognizes, narrates, and theorizes class distinctions – from economic and social experience through political subjectivities to mechanisms of exclusion and avenues of mobility. We welcome both canonical approaches and innovative narrative forms that challenge entrenched hierarchies (e.g., labour and precarity, education and inherited capitals, class shame and aspiration, care and welfare, post-1989 transitions, and the aftershocks of economic crises).

The event is organized by the team led by Prof. Tomasz Mizerkiewicz within The Cartography of the Political Novel in Europe (CAPONEU), funded by Horizon Europe.

The event will also be available to watch remotely via livestream:

13 November: https://www.youtube.com/live/Mxr9ls3d-lA?si=bMkSLFpWSp26Crqs

14 November: https://www.youtube.com/live/ZIxRnpNSlvI?si=pBbBbJ325zo7myJ0