Hassan Hilmy to contribute to Issue 9 of Interlitq

Hassan Hilmy, Professor of English at Hassan II University, Casablanca, whose translations of Arab poets into English have been published in a number of periodicals such as “Banipal”, and also in anthologies such as “Language for A New Century: Contemporary Poetry from the Middle East, Asia and Beyond”, will be contributing his English-Arabic translation of Richard Berengarten’s poem, “Volta”, to Issue 9 of “The International Literary Quarterly”.

 

Paola Musa shortlisted for prestigious “Premio Città di Cuneo per il Primo romanzo”

Paola Musa, the Sardinian-born author who will be contributing an example of her poetry to Issue 9 of “The International Literary Quarterly”, has been shortlisted for the prestigious”Premio Città di Cuneo per il Primo romanzo” (Cuneo city prize for a First Novel) for her “Condominio occidentale”. The prizegiving ceremony will be held in the “Circolo ’L Caprissi” on Friday, November 13th, 2009 at 6.30pm.

Confirmation of new Interlitq Consulting Editors with effect from Issue 9

The Board of Editors of “The International Literary Quarterly” is delighted to confirm the incorporation of the following distinguished figures from the fields of literature and the arts as Consulting Editors of the review with effect from Issue 9:  Frank Ankersmit, Reza Aslan, Michael Barry, Jean Boase-Beier, Mario Biagioli, Stanley Cavell, Hollis Clayson, Sarah Churchwell, Kristina Cordero, Drucilla Cornell, André Dombrowski, Klaus Ebner, Orlando Figes, Nancy Fraser, Maureen Freely, Michael Fried, Lydia Goehr, Lawrence Grossberg, Elizabeth Grosz, Valerie Henitiuk, Martin Kern, Joseph Koerner, Mabel Lee, Linda Leith, Edie Meidav, Jack Miles, Laura Mulvey, Azar Nafisi, Sari Nusseibeh, Clare Pettitt, Robert Pinsky, François Rigolot, Carla Sassi, Hadaa Sendoo, Miranda Seymour, Mimi Sheller, Elaine Showalter, Penelope Shuttle, Julian Stallabrass, Marjorie Trusted, Lidia Vianu, Victor Vitanza, David Wellbery.

André Dombrowski to be a Consulting Editor of Interlitq

The Editors of “The International Literary Quarterly” are delighted to announce that André Dombrowski, an Assistant Professor of 19th-Century European Art at the University of Pennsylvania, who is currently completing a book manuscript entitled “Cézanne, Murder and Modern Life”, for which he recently won the 2009 Phillips Book Prize from the Center for the Study of Modern Art at the Phillips Collection in Washington D.C,  and a recipient of a two-year fellowship from the Gerda Henkel Stiftung in Düsseldorf and a J. Paul Getty Postdoctoral Fellowship for 2008-9, has kindly agreed to act as a Consulting Editor of Interlitq with effect from Issue 9.

Laura Mulvey to be a Consulting Editor of Interlitq

The Editors of “The International Literary Quarterly” are delighted to announce that Laura Mulvey, currently Professor of Film and Media Studies at Birkbeck College, University of London, during 2008-2009 the Mary L. Cornille Distinguished Visiting Professor in Humanities at Wellesley College, best known for her essay, “Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema”, whose most recent book is “Death 24x a Second: Stillness and the Moving Image”, and who has made films (co-directed with her husband Peter Wollen) such as “Crystal Gazing” and “Frida Kahlo and Tina Modotti”, and (co-directed with Mark Lewis) “Disgraced Monuments”, has kindly agreed to act as a Consulting Editor of the review with effect from Issue 9.