📢FREE LECTURE ON FRIDAY! ⏰Friday 7 November, 5pm 📍Taylor Institution Join us for a talk by philosopher Aaron Schuster, 'How to Research like a Dog: Kafka's New Science' Book here: tinyurl.com/4sa3d9n2 @oxfordgerman.bsky.social @oxfordgermannet.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk @bodleian.ox.ac.uk

📢FREE LECTURE ON FRIDAY! ⏰Friday 24 October, 5pm 📍Taylor Institution Join us for a talk by Professor Dirk Oschmann, 'The Two Beginnings of Kafka's The Castle'. Limited spaces available on door! @oxfordgerman.bsky.social @oxfordgermannet.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk @bodleian.ox.ac.uk #franzkafka

📢Free workshop for German students @ox.ac.uk with playwright Ed Harris! ⏰Thursday 23 October, 4pm-6pm 📍C Day Lewis Room, Wadham College Meet at Porters’ Lodge 4pm (no need to sign up) #franzkafka @oxfordgerman.bsky.social @oxfordgermannet.bsky.social franzkafka.web.ox.ac.uk/event/kafka-...

📢Booking is now open for two free events! 24 October - The Two Beginnings of Kafka's The Castle with Dirk Oschmann tinyurl.com/3bwuvnjk 7 November - How to Research Like a Dog: Kafka's New Science with Aaron Schuster tinyurl.com/4sa3d9n2 ⏰5pm 📍Taylorian, Oxford #franzkafka @bodleian.ox.ac.uk

16 October: Kafka Study Day @stjohnsox.bsky.social with playwright Ed Harris! Y12 students of Modern Languages, English and Drama from non-selective state schools can apply here: tinyurl.com/3an6whus @oxfordgerman.bsky.social @oxfordgermannet.bsky.social @engfac.bsky.social #franzkafka

Our post-doctoral researcher Ian Ellison has recorded a podcast episode with @ppfideas.bsky.social about The Trial - now available online! #franzkafka

📣Congratulations to the winners of the Kafka Undergraduate Essay Prize 2025! 👏 First prize: Katie Robinson Joint second prize: Josephine Kalwij, Anna Tonge Read more here: tinyurl.com/y79su32b @ox.ac.uk @bodleianlibraries.bsky.social @oxfordgerman.bsky.social @oxfordgermannet.bsky.social

Professor Ruth Gross (North Carolina State University) on working with the words and finding something new every time you read Kafka's stories. youtu.be/EeEsZbL9GFo Video: Film Shed Media Ltd More interviews with Kafka Transformed delegates on our YouTube channel! #franzkafka #KafkaTransformed

A year on, highlights from our interviews with artists! youtu.be/I2qJRfLq8qs Can Bilir 🎵 Tessa Farmer 🎨 Ed Harris 🎭 Anna Kelly 📚 Frank Moon 🎹 Arthur Pita 🩰 More details: tinyurl.com/yc3326me @ox.ac.uk @oxhumanities.bsky.social @oxfordgerman.bsky.social @oxfordgermannet.bsky.social

Next up, Martin Lindner (University of Oxford) explores colonialist themes and narrative ambiguities in Kafka's texts. youtu.be/Z9AuihBOoh8 Kafka Transformed International Conference, September 2024. Video: Film Shed Media Ltd #franzkafka #KafkaTransformed

Congratulations to ‪@naomialderman.bsky.social‬ whose story in A Cage Went in Search of a Bird has been shortlisted for the ALCS Tom Gallon Trust Award, administered by the @societyofauthors.bsky.social Find out more about our collaboration with Abacus Books here: tinyurl.com/4ys8h6fp #franzkafka

Ten versions of Kafka Taylor Institution, 6pm, 13 June tinyurl.com/4x265bbs Join Ian Ellison in conversation with prize-winning author Maïa Hruska. @oxfordcct.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk @oxhumanities.bsky.social @oxfordgerman.bsky.social @engfac.bsky.social @mfoxford.bsky.social @torchoxford.bsky.social

Dix versions de Kafka with Maïa Hruska ***Please note that the event will now start at 6pm*** Taylor Institution, Friday 13 June tinyurl.com/4x265bbs @ox.ac.uk @bodleianlibraries.bsky.social @engfac.bsky.social @torchoxford.bsky.social @oxfordgerman.bsky.social @oxfordgermannet.bsky.social

Ten versions of Kafka Taylor Institution, 5pm, 13 June tinyurl.com/4x265bbs Join Ian Ellison in conversation with prize-winning author Maïa Hruska, followed by a Q&A and drinks reception. @oxfordcct.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk @oxhumanities.bsky.social @oxfordgerman.bsky.social @engfac.bsky.social

An interview with Dr Sahib Kapoor (Jawaharlal Nehru University): youtu.be/B9SOq2OMrzU Dr Kapoor explores book illustrations of Kafka and video games as emerging areas of research. Kafka Transformed International Conference, September 2024. Video: Film Shed Media Ltd #franzkafka #KafkaTransformed

In the spotlight this week: Dr. Hebatalla Elakkad (Cairo University): youtu.be/RMVsPtvYW30 Dr. Elakkad explores why Kafka is an enigma and how to reframe him. Kafka Transformed International Conference, September 2024. Video: Film Shed Media Ltd #oxfordkafka2024 #franzkafka #KafkaTransformed

An interview with Professor Kiyoko Myojo (Seijo University) at Kafka Transformed International Conference, Oxford, UK, September 2024: youtu.be/aoLvBcETERQ Video: Film Shed Media Ltd Subscribe to our YouTube channel for more videos! #oxfordkafka2024 #franzkafka #KafkaTransformed

A discussion between participating artists at Kafka Transformed International Conference: Tessa Farmer, artist Ed Harris, playwright Anna Kelly, publishing director, Little, Brown Arthur Pita, choreographer Chair: Professor Lucia Ruprecht Video credit: Film Shed Media Ltd youtu.be/Zdz4fgRr3Qs

Our Kafka: Making of an Icon exhibition catalogue is available to purchase from the Bodleian Shop: bodleianshop.co.uk/products/kaf... This collection of essays, illustrated with manuscripts, archival material, postcards and family photographs, is a must read! #oxfordkafka2024 #franzkafka

We are delighted to announce this year's Undergraduate Kafka Essay Prize competition! Theme: Identities Prize: £1,000 Deadline: 1 April 2025 Details: tinyurl.com/m299ckka The Oxford Kafka Research Centre is grateful to Nigel Jones for generously funding this prize. #oxfordkafka2024 #franzkafka

In New York tomorrow, members of our project team will discuss 'Kafka and the Non-Human' with Ross Benjamin, Mark Christian Thompson,Mark Anderson and Luca Arens. germanic.columbia.edu/events/kafka... Deutsches Haus, New York 21 February, 9.30am @columbiauniversity.bsky.social

As we go to New York to view our Kafka: Making of an Icon exhibition at the Morgan Library, here is a reminder of how amazing our exhibition at The Bodleian was. Music: The Metamorphosis by Frank Moon. Video: Zoe West-Taylor and Ioan Ings. #oxfordkafka2024 #franzkafka youtu.be/uvQRPZymxvU

We are delighted to announce this year's Undergraduate Kafka Essay Prize competition! Theme: Identities Prize: £1,000 Deadline: 1 April 2025 Details: tinyurl.com/m299ckka The Oxford Kafka Research Centre is grateful to Nigel Jones for generously funding this prize. #oxfordkafka2024 #franzkafka