LEA! - Reading in Europe today – Reading and Writing Literary Texts in the Age of Digital Humanities

In face of what was called, too hastily, the “decline” of the Human Sciences, reflected throughout Europe through institutional situations, often critical, the researchers of LEA! who met frequently during other exchange programs or that are currently associated to other projects wished to join forces to contribute to the international spreading of literature and literary studies.

Their common subject is French and Francophone Literature, often overshadowed by a narrow “Franco-French” point of view, from the margins and borders. Far from trying to dilute the reflection on literature and its teaching in the “all cultural” (Communication “Cultural Studies”), the research group LEA! intends to emphasize on theoretical research and continuing education, and is therefore particularly open to young researchers and PhD students interested in these issues.

Since its foundation, LEA! has organized multiple meetings and initiatives, including numerous international symposia, publications and a series of  summer schools, the last of which took place in Braga (Portugal) on “Les Études littéraires aujourd’hui? Enjeux et atouts d’une indiscipline” (“Literary Studies today? Issues and strengths of indiscipline”) (July 2019), and the next one will be held at the Universitat de València (Spain) on the theme “Mutations”, in July 2020 (see Intensive Programs).