Urban Visions, Post-Apocalyptic Landscapes, and Future Topographies Across World Literatures
A research project funded by the University of Naples L’Orientale
From past to future, fiction reveals how we shape and are shaped by our cities.
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Events
Second UPLIFT Seminar with Adam Regiewicz
From urban studies to Polish fantasy and Hebrew dystopias
The UPLIFT Project
7 May 2026 · 6 min read
Events
First UPLIFT Seminar with Aaron William Moore
Our hybrid-format meeting officially launched the project
The UPLIFT Project
20 February 2026 · 6 min read
Announcements
Cities as Stories
The UPLIFT project investigates how literature across cultures imagines space, especially cities, as both subject and method to interpret history and society
The UPLIFT Project
1 February 2026 · 6 min read