Oxford Kafka24
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
Monstrosities and Metamorphosis in More-Than-Human Worlds
20 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Metamorphosis is constantly taking place in the worlds of people and other animals. A freewheeling discussion featuring shape-shifting leopard men in ...
Extraordinary Bodies, Disability Justice, and Metamorphosis
12 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
All of our bodies are gradually undergoing metamorphosis. Yet, many people with extraordinary bodies and minds experience discrimination in everyday l...
Keynote: Time traveling with Gregor Samsa, or what you can do with six legs
07 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Professors Rosemarie Garland-Thomson and Eben Kirksey use Gregor's transformation in 'Metamorphosis' to muse on the everyday changes we all experience...
CRISPR, Gene Editing, and Metamorphosis
26 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Biotechnology is transforming the human condition. A molecular tool called CRISPR-Cas9 is being used to edit human DNA. Scientists will join influenti...
Hunger Artistry: Kafka and the Art of Starvation
10 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Kafka’s provocative story “The Hunger Artist” explores starvation, art, and the nature of human existence. Experts discuss the story and its rec...
Hunger Artistry: Kafka and the Art of Starvation
10 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Kafka’s provocative story “The Hunger Artist” explores starvation, art, and the nature of human existence. Experts discuss the story and its rec...
‘Franz Kafka’s ‘Metamorphosis’: Insects and Disgust and Repulsion’
12 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Franz Kafka exploited people’s disgust at insects as his protagonist, Greger Samsa, was transformed into a giant insect. Is this disgust innate, wid...
Tuberculosis: vaccines, diagnostics and experience
12 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Kafka died in 1924 of tuberculosis, which remains one of the world’s deadliest infectious diseases. This talk looks at the various aspects of tuberc...
Oxford Reads Kafka
12 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A collective public reading of 'Metamorphosis' to celebrate the 100-year anniversary of Franz Kafka’s death. Bringing together literary figures, civ...
'Kafka's Ape' and 'Words and Music'
07 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Interview with the creatives behind two shows inspired by Kafka's story 'A Report for an Academy' which explore race, migration, ageing and "humanimal...