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Landmarks: Reading Coetzee's Maternal Lines (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Easton, K. (2016, September). Landmarks: Reading Coetzee's Maternal Lines. Paper presented at Reading Coetzee's Women, Monash University, Prato Campus

La convivencia, la mezquita and al-Andalus: an Iqbalian vision (2016)
Journal Article
Yaqin, A. (in press). La convivencia, la mezquita and al-Andalus: an Iqbalian vision. Journal of Postcolonial Writing, 52(2), 136-152. https://doi.org/10.1080/17449855.2016.1164972

This article offers a critical close reading of the Urdu poet philosopher Muhammad Iqbal’s poem “Masjid-e Qurtaba” (The Mosque of Cordoba), written in 1933 when the poet travelled to Spain. He was officially invited there to pray, a unique occurrence... Read More about La convivencia, la mezquita and al-Andalus: an Iqbalian vision.

Vessels, Voyages and Visitors: HMS Vanguard and the Royal Tour of South Africa [1947] (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Easton, K. (2015, June). Vessels, Voyages and Visitors: HMS Vanguard and the Royal Tour of South Africa [1947]. Paper presented at Royals on Tour: The Politics and Pageantry of Royal Visits, University of Sydney

Vessels, Voyages and Visitors: HMS Vanguard and the Royal Tour of South Africa [1947]

The Royal Archives at Windsor hold the official diary of the Royal Tour of South Africa in 1947. Written by King George VI’s Press Secretary, Captain Sir Lewis... Read More about Vessels, Voyages and Visitors: HMS Vanguard and the Royal Tour of South Africa [1947].

Tribute to J. M. Coetzee for SOAS Graduation 2015 (2015)
Other
Easton, K. Tribute to J. M. Coetzee for SOAS Graduation 2015

Citation for J. M. Coetzee on the occasion of the award of an honorary doctorate, presented by SOAS President Mrs Graca Machel, 24 July 2015.

Travelling Africa and the Archives (2015)
Other
Easton, K. Travelling Africa and the Archives

Conference abstracts / programmes from 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016. See my brief introduction to three of the published projects from 2013 in Journal of History and Cultures ('Archive Notes', 2015).

Archive Notes: Travelling Africa and the Archives (2015)
Journal Article
Easton, K. (2015). Archive Notes: Travelling Africa and the Archives. Journal of history and cultures, 82-83

A brief introduction to a cluster of articles in the Journal of History and Culture which are revised from SOAS MA Travelling Africa archive projects (2012-13 cohort). Conference programmes /abstracts are also uploaded here from 2013, 2014, 2015 whi... Read More about Archive Notes: Travelling Africa and the Archives.

Maps and Notebooks: J. M. Coetzee & the Texas Archives (2014)
Digital Artefact
Easton, K. (2014). Maps and Notebooks: J. M. Coetzee & the Texas Archives. [Preface and visual travelogue (video)]

Maps & Notebooks: J. M. Coetzee & the Texas Archives

Kai Easton (SOAS, University of London)


A folded map on pink cardstock is found in Container 99.2 at the Harry Ransom Center, University of Texas at Austin. It is an irregular square size,... Read More about Maps and Notebooks: J. M. Coetzee & the Texas Archives.

Karoo Country (2014)
Exhibition / Performance
Easton, K. (2014). Karoo Country. [Documentary]. 3 November 2014 - 28 November 2014. (Unpublished)

A short documentary /travelogue set to music by Abdullah Ibrahim and in dialogue with J. M. Coetzee's fictionalised autobiographical trilogy, Scenes from Provincial Life. The images were taken during my travels in the Western Cape in 2012, when Prin... Read More about Karoo Country.

Maps & Notebooks: J. M. Coetzee and the Texas Archives (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Easton, K. (2014, March). Maps & Notebooks: J. M. Coetzee and the Texas Archives. Paper presented at Coetzee Collective Colloquium, Dept of English, University of Cape Town

A preliminary presentation of the archival travelogue presented at Adelaide in November 2014 following my first visit to the Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas in 2013. A further version of this presentation in advance of the Adelaide con... Read More about Maps & Notebooks: J. M. Coetzee and the Texas Archives.

Travelling Light: Images - via Wicomb - from the Gifberge to Glasgow (2014)
Digital Artefact
Easton, K. (2014). Travelling Light: Images - via Wicomb - from the Gifberge to Glasgow. [Visual essay - preface and video]

Kai Easton

Travelling Light: Images (via Wicomb) from the Gifberg(e) to Glasgow

My main title – not original – is borrowed from a book by the South African photographer Paul Weinberg. Two other books (Remarks on Colour and International Waters... Read More about Travelling Light: Images - via Wicomb - from the Gifberge to Glasgow.

Roads to Merweville, or On the Road with Scenes from Provincial Life (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Easton, K. (2013, March). Roads to Merweville, or On the Road with Scenes from Provincial Life. Paper presented at Coetzee Collective Colloquium, Dept of English, University of Cape Town

A critical/creative travelogue related to my short video, 'Karoo Country', presented at the Coetzee Collective Colloquium at the University of Cape Town, Wednesday, 13 March 2013.

Autobiography and Muslim Women's Lives (2013)
Journal Article
Yaqin, A. (2013). Autobiography and Muslim Women's Lives. Journal of Women's History, 25(2), 171-184. https://doi.org/10.1353/jowh.2013.0020

The article presents literary criticism of the book "Lahore With Love: Growing Up With Girlfriends Pakistani-Style" by Fawzia Afzal-Khan. It references the article "Fantasy Echo: History and the Construction of Identity" by historian Joan Wallach Sco... Read More about Autobiography and Muslim Women's Lives.