Living with Kafkaβs Asbestos Factory: Sights, Sounds and
Textures with Arthur Rose
Tuesday 10 March, 5pm - Oxford / Online
BOOK NOW! tinyurl.com/yx8x89pa
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Award-winning Polish filmmaker Agnieszka Holland will come to Oxford on 4 March for the first public UK screening of her recent biopic FRANZ.
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Tonight! β°Friday 20 February, 5.30pm
Before World Fame: Commemorating Franz Kafka in 1920s Central Europe with Ines Koeltzsch
Join us in person (Taylor Institution, Oxford) or online: tinyurl.com/mp8taxdf
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π’Join us in person or online for two Kafka talks!
20 February, 5.30pm - Before World Fame with Ines Koeltzsch tinyurl.com/ydbcjfvk
10 March, 5pm - Living with Kafkaβs Asbestos Factory with Arthur Rose tinyurl.com/yx8x89pa
πTaylorian, Oxford & Microsoft Teams
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C. Day-Lewis and the Kafka-esque, co-presented by our project's post-doctoral researcher Dr Ian Ellison!
Wadham Library's latest film centres on Franz Kafka and Wadham alum Cecil Day-Lewis's encounters with the Kafka-esque.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pqX...
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The Metamorphosis. Edward Watson as Gregor Samsa Β©ROH_Tristram Kenton, 2011
π’2026 Kafka Undergraduate Essay Prize competition!
Open to: German undergrads at a university in the UK
Theme: 'Bodies'
Prize: Β£1,000 π
Deadline: 6 April 2026
Further details: tinyurl.com/59y4czrf
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Salman Rushdie reveals that his new short story 'Oklahoma' was inspired by visiting our Kafka: Making of an Icon exhibition at the Morgan Library:
www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
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'Looking for Kafka in Oxford', an interview with Carolin Duttlinger on the θ·³ε² FM (Talking Literature) Podcast, is now available on our YouTube Channel:
www.kafka-research.ox.ac.uk/article/caro...
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Dog feeding bowl with the word Kafka written on it.
π’FREE LECTURE ON FRIDAY!
β°Friday 7 November, 5pm
πTaylor Institution
Join us for a talk by philosopher Aaron Schuster, 'How to Research like a Dog: Kafka's New Science'
Book here: tinyurl.com/4sa3d9n2
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π’FREE LECTURE ON FRIDAY!
β°Friday 24 October, 5pm
πTaylor Institution
Join us for a talk by Professor Dirk Oschmann, 'The Two Beginnings of Kafka's The Castle'.
Limited spaces available on door!
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π’Free workshop for German students @ox.ac.uk with playwright Ed Harris!
β°Thursday 23 October, 4pm-6pm
πC Day Lewis Room, Wadham College
Meet at Portersβ Lodge 4pm (no need to sign up)
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π’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
β°5pm
πTaylorian, Oxford
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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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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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Katie Robinson
Josephine Kalwij
Kafka manuscript (Getty Images)
π£Congratulations to the winners of the Kafka Undergraduate Essay Prize 2025! π
First prize: Katie Robinson
Joint second prize: Josephine Kalwij, Anna Tonge
Read more here: tinyurl.com/y79su32b
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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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A year on, highlights from our interviews with artists! youtu.be/I2qJRfLq8qs
Can Bilir π΅
Tessa Farmer π¨
Ed Harris π
Anna Kelly π
Frank Moon πΉ
Arthur Pita π©°
More details: tinyurl.com/yc3326me
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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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Congratulations to βͺ@naomialderman.bsky.socialβ¬ 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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Ten versions of Kafka
Taylor Institution, 6pm, 13 June tinyurl.com/4x265bbs
Join Ian Ellison in conversation with prize-winning author MaΓ―a Hruska.
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Dix versions de Kafka with MaΓ―a Hruska
***Please note that the event will now start at 6pm***
Taylor Institution, Friday 13 June
tinyurl.com/4x265bbs
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Ten versions of Kafka
Taylor Institution, 5pm, 13 June
tinyurl.com/4x265bbs
Join Ian Ellison in conversation with prize-winning author MaΓ―a Hruska, followed by a Q&A and drinks reception.
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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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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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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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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
youtu.be/Zdz4fgRr3Qs
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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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