Nurture in Conflict Zones
Werbegrafik für ein Autorengespräch der Universität Graz. Zu sehen sind Porträtfotos von Oana Aristide und Punyasloka Mohapatra sowie der Titel „Nurture in Conflict Zones“. Die Veranstaltung findet am 23. November 2026 um 17 Uhr (CET) online via Zoom statt.
"Nurture in Conflict Zones" will combine readings by Oana Aristide and Punyasloka Mohapatra with a conversation about how practices of nurture and care can emerge amid hardship and social unrest. The discussion will also consider the complex and often contested roles of artifacts such as bombs and AI in environmental, political, and humanitarian crises. The audience is warmly invited to contribute questions and thoughts to the discussion.
About the authors:
Oana Aristide
Oana Aristide was born to parents of Romanian, Greek and Yemeni descent in Transylvania, Romania. Her family moved to Sweden after the fall of communism, and she worked in Bucharest and City of London as a macroeconomist. Her debut novel, Under the Blue, was published in 2021 by Serpent’s Tail. It was one of The Times Best Books of 2021, and was shortlisted for the ASLE-UKI Book Prize and the Society of Authors’ McKitterick Prize. Until recently, Oana lived on the Greek island of Syros, where she owned and ran a small award-winning hotel. She now lives in Sweden. ASTRONAUT! is her second novel.
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Punyasloka Mohapatra
Punyasloka Mohapatra is an Indian poet whose work has appeared or is forthcoming in The Madrid Review, MerionWest, Gyroscope Review, and The Aftershock Review, among others. He was a finalist for the 2026 Brooklyn Poets Fellowship, is shortlisted for the 2026 Alpine Fellowship Poetry Prize, and is currently working on his first full-length poetry collection.