Leiden University: 'Literature is Our Compass in a Turbulent World'
November 07, 2025
November 07, 2025
LEIDEN, The Netherlands, Nov. 7 -- Leiden University issued the following news:
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'Literature is our compass in a turbulent world'
Literature - and films and social media too - helps us understand ourselves and society. That makes literary studies an eternally modern discipline, especially if you dare to combine it with other disciplines, says Nidesh Lawtoo.
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Nidesh Lawtoo is Professor of Modern/Contemporary European . . .
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'Literature is our compass in a turbulent world'
Literature - and films and social media too - helps us understand ourselves and society. That makes literary studies an eternally modern discipline, especially if you dare to combine it with other disciplines, says Nidesh Lawtoo.
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Nidesh Lawtoo is Professor of Modern/Contemporary European . . .