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"The World is Reborn With Your Eyes" – 2007 AFRICA ASIA LITERATURE FESTIVAL – Jeonju, Korea – Nov. 7-14

From The Paleonymy Project, a wonderful new blogsite that combines literature, music, the arts, with engaged scholarship, a notice about the 2007 AFRICA ASIA LITERATURE FESTIVAL that will be held at Chonbuk National University in Jeonju, Korea Nov 7-14.

Jeonju, an ancient historical city and venue of the Jeonju International Film Festiva, is a South Korean education and cultural center (and a sister city to Kanazawa, a Japanese education and cultural center). This festival, which reflects the dynamic and open spirit of Jeonju, is one of a growing number of glocal (combining the global with the local) conferences, spearheaded by engaged scholars, that also includes events for younger students and the community at large.

The titles and topics of the academic programs are compelling:

"Open the Hidden Notebook" and "The World is Reborn With Your Eye" participants will discuss diaspora (exile, nomadic life, and human rights) – language (language ecosystems, languages of refugees, endangered languages) – women (languages of the body, ruling ideologies and women) – peace (the pain of human beings, "lonely shoutings to the world," religious fundamentalism, and political imagination) – and conflicts (writers from troubled regions in Asia and Africa).

During "Conversation with Writers," Asian and African writers will address the human dimension of suffering and grief that accompany conflicts and wars and discuss visions of peace and the future.

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