Conference organizing committee: The Cultural Center of Sofia University
Alexander Kiossev, Department of History and Theory of Culture, Sofia University
Alexandra Glavanakova, Department of English and American Studies, Sofia University & Executive Director of AFEAS
PROGRAM
9.00 – 9.30 Conference opening
Alexander Kiossev, Sofia University – Virtual Communities vs Imagined Communities Twenty Years Later
9:30-10:15 – Keynote speech
Tatiani Rapatzikou, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki – Reading Digital Poetry: the Cases of Between Page and Screen and slippingglimpse
10:15-11:15 – Panel I │ Chair: Alexander Kiossev
Darya Lazarenko, Ukranian Shakespeare Center & Sofia University – “My Most Painted Word”: Illustrating Hamlet in the Digital Age
Reneta Bozankova, Sofia University – Reading the Readers’ Texts: Fanfiction and Classical Novels
11:15-11:30 – Coffee break
11:30-12:30 – Panel II │ Chair: Alexandra Glavanakova
Miglena Nikolchina, Sofia University – Books and Libraries in Video Games
Vassilis Delioglanis, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki – Challenging Reading Practices through Location-Based Games: The Case of Ingress
12:30 – 13:00 – Discussion
13:00-14:00 – Lunch break
14:00-14:45 – Keynote speech
Talan Memmott, Winona State University – Reading Beyond Writing: Signifying Strategies in Post-Digital Literary Production
14:45-16:15 – Panel III │ Chair: Reneta Bozankova
Alexandra Glavanakova, Sofia University – Screading += Crwriting: Collaborative Reading on Social Platforms
Georgy Niagolov, Sofia University – From Literacy To Postliteracy, Or To Multi/Transliteracy?
Darin Tenev, Sofia University – The Implied Reader as an Analytical Tool. Methodological Remarks
16:15-16:30 – Coffee break
16:30-18:00 – Panel IV │ Chair: Darin Tenev
Alexander Popov, Bulgarian Academy of Science – Vector Semantics and Algorithmically-assisted Close Reading
Danai Tselenti, University of Athens – The “Paradigm of the Gift”: a Framework for Assessing Collective Reading Practices in the Digital Era
Georgi Alexandrov, Sofia University – Book Reading Practices Among Children and Teenagers
18:00 – 18:30 – Discussion
Конференцията е финансирана от Научноизследователския сектор на Софийски университет “Св. Климент Охридски”