William Marx - External lectures

Statutory lectures in France and abroad

2024-2025

Tunisia

Manouba University

November 11 and 15 2024, a lecture (2 h) on : How to read world literature ?

Italy

University of Pisa

November 21 2024, a lecture (1 h) on : Lectio magistralis thinking about rearguards.

Japan

Tokyo College, University of Tokyo

In May 2025, a lecture (1 h 30) on : Challenges of World Literature.

*Under an agreement signed with Collège de France.

Czech Republic

Charles University Prague*

June 9 and 13 June 2025, a lecture (2 h) on : Problems and Issues in World Literature.

*Under an agreement signed with Collège de France.

2023-2024

Italy

University of Palermo

October 19 2023, a lecture (1 h) on : La biblioteca del mondo.

University of Trento*

November 28 and 29 2023, two lectures (2 h) on :

  • Introduction to Paul Valéry's Cours de poétique ;
  • Mental libraries.

*Under an agreement with the Collège de France.

Switzerland

University of Lausanne*

On February 20 2024, a lecture (1 h) on : Comment devenir comparatiste.

*Under an agreement with the Collège de France.

2022-2023

Belgium

Royal Academy, College of Belgium

On November 24, 2022, a lecture on : The secret architecture of the total library.

*As part of an agreement signed with Collège de France

University of Antwerp
International Francqui Professor Lectures

On October 13, November 16 and December1, 2022, three lectures on :

  • Beyond world literature ;
  • Is there a gay knowledge ? ;
  • Comparative Literatures and Possible Texts.

United Kingdom

University of London
British Comparative Literature Association (Malcolm Bowie Memorial Lecture)

On November 11, 2022, a lecture at : How to Become a Comparatist.

2021-2022

Germany

University of Bonn

From May 16 to 20, 2022, two lectures on : Mental libraries.

*Under an agreement signed with Collège de France

2020-2021

Italy

University of Trento

On April 27 and 29, 2021, two conferences on : Recherches en littératures comparatives.

*Within the framework of an agreement signed with the Collège de France

United Kingdom

Oxford University

On February 16, 19 and 23, 2021, three conferences on : Libraries of the Mind.

*Within the framework of an agreement signed with Collège de France

2019-2020

Israel

Hebrew University of Jerusalem

On March 22, 2020, a lecture on : The Plurality of Melancholies.