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Oxford Kafka @oxfordkafka.bsky.social · 22d

📢Booking is now open for two free events!

24 October - The Two Beginnings of Kafka's The Castle with Dirk Oschmann tinyurl.com/3bwuvnjk
7 November - How to Research Like a Dog: Kafka's New Science with Aaron Schuster tinyurl.com/4sa3d9n2

⏰5pm
📍Taylorian, Oxford

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Oxford Kafka @oxfordkafka.bsky.social · 29d

16 October: Kafka Study Day @stjohnsox.bsky.social with playwright Ed Harris! Y12 students of Modern Languages, English and Drama from non-selective state schools can apply here: tinyurl.com/3an6whus

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Oxford Kafka @oxfordkafka.bsky.social · Aug 21

Our post-doctoral researcher Ian Ellison has recorded a podcast episode with @ppfideas.bsky.social about The Trial - now available online!

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Past Present Future Podcast @ppfideas.bsky.social · Aug 21

NEW EPISODE OUT NOW!

Today’s episode in Politics on Trial is about the most famous trial in literature and one that never actually takes place. David talks to writer and literary scholar Ian Ellison about Franz Kafka’s The Trial, first published in 1925.

Find us at...🎧 ppfideas.com

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Oxford Kafka @oxfordkafka.bsky.social · Jun 25

📣Congratulations to the winners of the Kafka Undergraduate Essay Prize 2025! 👏

First prize: Katie Robinson
Joint second prize: Josephine Kalwij, Anna Tonge

Read more here: tinyurl.com/y79su32b

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Oxford Kafka @oxfordkafka.bsky.social · Jun 9

Professor Ruth Gross (North Carolina State University) on working with the words and finding something new every time you read Kafka's stories.
youtu.be/EeEsZbL9GFo

Video: Film Shed Media Ltd

More interviews with Kafka Transformed delegates on our YouTube channel!

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Kafka Transformed interview with Ruth Gross

YouTube video by Kafka's Transformative Communities

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Oxford Kafka @oxfordkafka.bsky.social · Jun 3

A year on, highlights from our interviews with artists! youtu.be/I2qJRfLq8qs

Can Bilir 🎵
Tessa Farmer 🎨
Ed Harris 🎭
Anna Kelly 📚
Frank Moon 🎹
Arthur Pita 🩰

More details: tinyurl.com/yc3326me

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Highlights from artist interviews at Kafka Transformed

YouTube video by Kafka's Transformative Communities

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Oxford Kafka @oxfordkafka.bsky.social · Jun 2

Next up, Martin Lindner (University of Oxford) explores colonialist themes and narrative ambiguities in Kafka's texts.
youtu.be/Z9AuihBOoh8

Kafka Transformed International Conference, September 2024.
Video: Film Shed Media Ltd

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Kafka Transformed interview with Martin Lindner

YouTube video by Kafka's Transformative Communities

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Oxford Kafka @oxfordkafka.bsky.social · May 22

Congratulations to ‪@naomialderman.bsky.social‬ whose story in A Cage Went in Search of a Bird has been shortlisted for the ALCS Tom Gallon Trust Award, administered by the @societyofauthors.bsky.social

Find out more about our collaboration with Abacus Books here: tinyurl.com/4ys8h6fp
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Publication Day of A Cage Went in Search of a Bird: Ten Kafkaesque Stories

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Oxford Kafka @oxfordkafka.bsky.social · May 20

Ten versions of Kafka
Taylor Institution, 6pm, 13 June tinyurl.com/4x265bbs
Join Ian Ellison in conversation with prize-winning author Maïa Hruska.
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Oxford Kafka @oxfordkafka.bsky.social · May 20

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Oxford Kafka @oxfordkafka.bsky.social · May 15

Dix versions de Kafka with Maïa Hruska
***Please note that the event will now start at 6pm***

Taylor Institution, Friday 13 June
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Oxford Kafka @oxfordkafka.bsky.social · May 7

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Oxford Kafka @oxfordkafka.bsky.social · May 7

Ten versions of Kafka
Taylor Institution, 5pm, 13 June
tinyurl.com/4x265bbs

Join Ian Ellison in conversation with prize-winning author Maïa Hruska, followed by a Q&A and drinks reception.

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Oxford Kafka @oxfordkafka.bsky.social · May 1

An interview with Dr Sahib Kapoor (Jawaharlal Nehru University): youtu.be/B9SOq2OMrzU

Dr Kapoor explores book illustrations of Kafka and video games as emerging areas of research.

Kafka Transformed International Conference, September 2024.
Video: Film Shed Media Ltd

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Kafka Transformed interview with Sahib Kapoor

YouTube video by Kafka's Transformative Communities

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Oxford Kafka @oxfordkafka.bsky.social · Apr 8

In the spotlight this week: Dr. Hebatalla Elakkad (Cairo University): youtu.be/RMVsPtvYW30

Dr. Elakkad explores why Kafka is an enigma and how to reframe him.

Kafka Transformed International Conference, September 2024.
Video: Film Shed Media Ltd

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Kafka Transformed interview with Hebatalla Elakkad

YouTube video by Kafka's Transformative Communities

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Oxford Kafka @oxfordkafka.bsky.social · Mar 25

An interview with Professor Kiyoko Myojo (Seijo University) at Kafka Transformed International Conference, Oxford, UK, September 2024: youtu.be/aoLvBcETERQ

Video: Film Shed Media Ltd

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Kafka Transformed interview with Kiyoko Myojo

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Oxford Kafka @oxfordkafka.bsky.social · Mar 20

A discussion between participating artists at Kafka Transformed International Conference:

Tessa Farmer, artist
Ed Harris, playwright
Anna Kelly, publishing director, Little, Brown
Arthur Pita, choreographer
Chair: Professor Lucia Ruprecht

Video credit: Film Shed Media Ltd

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Kafka Transformed podium discussion

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Oxford Kafka @oxfordkafka.bsky.social · Mar 19

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Oxford Kafka @oxfordkafka.bsky.social · Mar 19

Our Kafka: Making of an Icon exhibition catalogue is available to purchase from the Bodleian Shop: bodleianshop.co.uk/products/kaf...

This collection of essays, illustrated with manuscripts, archival material, postcards and family photographs, is a must read!

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Oxford Kafka @oxfordkafka.bsky.social · Dec 16

We are delighted to announce this year's Undergraduate Kafka Essay Prize competition!
Theme: Identities
Prize: £1,000
Deadline: 1 April 2025
Details: tinyurl.com/m299ckka
The Oxford Kafka Research Centre is grateful to Nigel Jones for generously funding this prize.
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Photographic image of Franz Kafka with pop art style pixilation and bright colours (orange and pink).

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Oxford Kafka @oxfordkafka.bsky.social · Feb 20

In New York tomorrow, members of our project team will discuss 'Kafka and the Non-Human' with Ross Benjamin, Mark Christian Thompson,Mark Anderson and Luca Arens.
germanic.columbia.edu/events/kafka...
Deutsches Haus, New York
21 February, 9.30am
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Oxford Kafka @oxfordkafka.bsky.social · Feb 19

As we go to New York to view our Kafka: Making of an Icon exhibition at the Morgan Library, here is a reminder of how amazing our exhibition at The Bodleian was.
Music: The Metamorphosis by Frank Moon.
Video: Zoe West-Taylor and Ioan Ings.
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Kafka: Making of an Icon Exhibition, Oxford

YouTube video by Kafka's Transformative Communities

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Oxford Kafka @oxfordkafka.bsky.social · Dec 16

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Oxford Kafka @oxfordkafka.bsky.social · Dec 16

We are delighted to announce this year's Undergraduate Kafka Essay Prize competition!
Theme: Identities
Prize: £1,000
Deadline: 1 April 2025
Details: tinyurl.com/m299ckka
The Oxford Kafka Research Centre is grateful to Nigel Jones for generously funding this prize.
#oxfordkafka2024 #franzkafka

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