The AnonymClassic project recently (25–27 Nov. 2020) hosted virtual events focusing on narrative in premodern Arabic literature and adjacent literary traditions. These events are part of the series “Framing Narratives: New Perspectives on Premodern Textual Production in Arabic,” a collaboration of team member Dr. Johannes Stephan with Prof. Beatrice Gründler and the EXC 2020 “Temporal Communities: Doing Literature in a Global Perspective.” The series opened with a public keynote lecture by Prof. Ulrich Marzolph of Göttingen University, titled “The Frame Tale: Potentials and Limitations.” Following this were two days of panel sessions. In total, 23 scholars, affiliated with universities across Europe, the Middle East, and North America, participated in the workshop. (A copy of the program can be accessed [here].) Panelists delivered short presentations about their ongoing research projects that relate, in one way or another, to the issue of narrative framing. The presentations led to a number of fruitful conversations regarding the analysis and history of particular frame narratives, such as Kalīla and Dimna, The Thousand and One Nights, The Seven Sages, and Barlaam and Josaphat, as well as broader concepts of narrative framing, while tackling notions of anthology and encyclopædism, textual reflexivity, readership, fictionality, genre, translation, paratextuality, materiality, and temporality. The current plan is for the participants to meet again in June/July 2021, in person, to share further progress on their research, and then to prepare their papers for publication in an edited volume or journal special issue. Please contact Johannes Stephan with any questions.