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A two-day conference tracing new developments in global poetry performance research

13th-14th June 2025
University of Vienna, Austria and Literaturhaus Wien, Austria

This is a free, on-site conference with the possibility for remote attendance.

The preliminary schedule for the conference in available now!

Registration* is open for the two-day academic conference “Poetry Off the Page, Around the Globe” as well as the evening programme “Verse On”, which will take place on 13 June at Literaturhaus Wien. Please make sure to have a look at the registration information below!

Keynote speakers:

Shantanu Anand (poet, co-founder of Airplane Poetry Movement, India)
Dr. Cornelia Gräbner (Lancaster University, UK)

To find out more about Poetry Off the Page, please visit www.poetryoffthepage.net!

Convenors:

Shefali Banerji MA
University of Vienna

Dr. Rachel Bolle-Debessay
University of Vienna

Assoc. Prof. Julia Lajta-Novak
University of Vienna


Registration Information

*By registering for ‘Poetry Off the Page, Around the Globe’ you consent to having your images used for promotional / record-keeping purposes by ‘Poetry Off the Page’. If you would like to opt out of this, please approach one of the organisers on the day of the conference.

Registration is mandatory for conference attendance.

Please note that registration for the conference and the evening programme are separate. If you wish to attend both, please make sure to register for both.