Poetry Off the Page, Around the Globe

This conference will be a forum for new research on contemporary poetry performance and spoken word poetry from around the globe. Attending to local/national practices as well as transnational movements, it aims to shed new light on the aesthetics, politics, medialities, and histories of performed poetry, as well as to advance the theory and methodology of poetry performance studies.

Please Note that "Poetry Off the Page, Around the Globe" takes place in two venues - the first day will be held at Literaturhaus Wien (Seidengasse 13, 1070 Vienna). The second day takes place at the University of Vienna's Department of English and American Studies (Spitalgasse 2-4, 1090 Vienna).

This is a free event with the option for remote attendance.

Registration is mandatory.

To find out more about the conference, visit our website at email us at popconf2025@univie.ac.at, or follow us on Bluesky (@poetryoffthepage.bsky.social) or Instagram (@poetry_offthe_page).

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