PAST EDITIONS

The GENESIS Conferences are a series of international events dedicated to genetic criticism (critique génétique) and its applications to literature, philosophy, and the arts. Held regularly in different countries around the world, each conference is organised by a local organising committee alongside an international academic committee. Below are the themes and locations of the six past editions:

• HELSINKI 2017 Creative Processes and Archives in Arts and Humanities

• CRACOW 2019 Genetic Criticism: from Theory to Practice

• OXFORD 2022 Creative Revision: Exercises in Comparative Genetic Criticism

• TAIPEI 2023 The Draft and Its Environs

• BOLOGNA 2024 Constants and Variants in Genetic Criticism

• VILNIUS 2025 Genesis & Mimesis

For more information, see the Conferences official page.