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During the symposium, Jelinek\u0027s plays, novels, and essays will be used as an entry point for discussion.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Elfriede Jelinek and Sustainable Development Mini Symposium aims to explore a gap in the research on her work and add to previously published research such as the short entry by Christian von der Steeg on \u201cNatur\u201d in the \u003Cem\u003EElfriede Jelinek Handbuch\u003C\/em\u003E (2013). We will investigate aspects of the author\u2019s work that are aligned with the United Nations\u0027 Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs). These include goals such as quality education (#4), gender equality (#5), reduced inequalities (#10), responsible consumption and production (#12), climate action (#13), peace, justice, and strong institutions (#16), and others.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe symposium is co-sponsored by the Interuniversit\u00e4res Forschungsnetzwerk Elfriede Jelinek and the Elfriede Jelinek-Forschungszentrum.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAustrian Studies scholars discuss the ecological dimension in the works of Nobel Laureate Elfriede Jelinek in several research panels.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Austrian Studies scholars discuss the ecological dimension in the works of Nobel Laureate Elfriede Jelinek in several research panels."}],"uid":"36009","created_gmt":"2024-01-23 18:04:51","changed_gmt":"2024-01-26 15:20:18","author":"cwhittle9","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2024-03-11T09:00:00-04:00","event_time_end":"2024-03-12T16:00:00-04:00","event_time_end_last":"2024-03-12T16:00:00-04:00","gmt_time_start":"2024-03-11 13:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2024-03-12 20:00:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2024-03-12 20:00:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"location":"TBA and Online","extras":[],"hg_media":{"672881":{"id":"672881","type":"image","title":"Elfriede Jelinek and Sustainable Development Mini Symposium.png","body":null,"created":"1706282392","gmt_created":"2024-01-26 15:19:52","changed":"1706282392","gmt_changed":"2024-01-26 15:19:52","alt":"Event flyer","file":{"fid":"256208","name":"Elfriede Jelinek and Sustainable Development Mini Symposium.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2024\/01\/26\/Elfriede%20Jelinek%20and%20Sustainable%20Development%20Mini%20Symposium.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2024\/01\/26\/Elfriede%20Jelinek%20and%20Sustainable%20Development%20Mini%20Symposium.png","mime":"image\/png","size":1282893,"path_740":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2024\/01\/26\/Elfriede%20Jelinek%20and%20Sustainable%20Development%20Mini%20Symposium.png?itok=s4P6wSQN"}}},"media_ids":["672881"],"related_links":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.ifvjelinek.at\/","title":"Interuniversit\u00e4res Forschungsnetzwerk Elfriede Jelinek"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.elfriede-jelinek-forschungszentrum.com\/home\/","title":"Elfriede Jelinek-Forschungszentrum"}],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"},{"id":"1284","name":"School of Modern Languages"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1789","name":"Conference\/Symposium"}],"invited_audience":[{"id":"78761","name":"Faculty\/Staff"},{"id":"174045","name":"Graduate students"}],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EBritta Kallin\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:britta.kallin@modlangs.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ebritta.kallin@modlangs.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}