Photos From The 2012 Novel Worlds Conference

From April 27-28 last year, Duke University was abuzz with one of the biggest literary conferences that ever took place on its grounds. International and local literary scholars gathered at the lovely Washingtong Duke Inn to think and talk about the novel's "capacity to fabricate specific models of the world."  

The highlights of the 27th were talks given by two keynote speakers. Columbia University's Rebecca Walkowitz gave a lecture on translation and cosmopolitan style. Later that day, Indian novelist Amitav Ghosh (Ibis Trilogy) shared his sense of what history as a narrative form brings to the novel.

The following day, French philosopher Jacques Ranciere gave an illuminating talk on various ways of linking truth to fiction. 

Check out the photos.