July 2010 |
4th
Conference of the "Aphra Behn Europe Society".Recycling Myths, Inventing Nations University of Wales Conference Centre, Gregynog Hall, nr. Tregynon, Powys, UK - 14-16 July 2010 Deadline for proposals: 30 November 2009 |
 The organisers of
Recycling Myths, Inventing Nations would like to invite proposals for
panels and papers that explore myth and myth-making in all its guises.
The conference will bring together scholars working across creative and
critical disciplines, historical periods and theoretical approaches in
order to explore the links between story-telling, mythology, histories,
identities and ideologies.Key note speakers include
Professor Murray Pittock (University of Glasgow) who will be speaking
on the theme "What is a National Culture".
The organisers welcome
contributions that will explore these issues in ways that will engage
with current and emerging scholarly dialogues and demonstrate the
diverse range of approaches being adopted in the study of mythology,
both in contemporary culture and cultures of the past. Proposals should
raise new questions and ideas in relation to the cultural, social and
political functions of myth; the “recycling” of stories; the formation
of "invented" identities and the multivalent relationships between
mythology, history, fact and fiction.
Suggested themes include:· the ways in which
writers draw on myths to retell the stories of people and nations
· the re-inscription of myths in fiction as a challenge to "official" history · the use of myth by writers to represent new kinds of personal or collective identity · using myth as a way to rethink literary traditions · the fictional critique of myth and its politics · the links between story-telling, mythology, identity and history · mythologising origin or originary culture · the supernatural in relation to origin and ancestral identity · recycling mythologies to reflect contemporary political, cultural and global crises. We welcome proposals, in
the form of a 250-word abstract on any of these topics, or a related
area. The deadline for abstracts is 30 November 2009. Proposals,
expressions of interest and enquiries to: <myth2010@aber.ac.uk>.
Conference website: http://www.aber.ac.uk/en/english/myth2010/ (posted 17 Jun '09)
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19th International Thomas Hardy Conference and Festival Dorchester, UK - 24 July-1 August 2010 Deadline for proposals: 31 January 2010 |
 The
2010 Thomas Hardy Conference marks the 170th anniversary of the birth
of Thomas Hardy, and is designed to appeal both to Hardy scholars and
to the general reader. The academic sessions will be supplemented by a
wide variety of entertainments and excursions relating to the Dorset
context of Hardy’s life and work.Invited speakers will
include Prof Penny Boumelha, Prof Linda Shires, Prof Tim Armstrong, Dr
Sophie Gilmartin,, Prof Michael Millgate and Claire Tomalin, and there
will be poetry readings from Andrew Motion, Brian Patten and
Christopher Reid. We are also soliciting papers from Hardy scholars
worldwide, to be delivered as thirty-minute papers in chaired parallel
seminar sessions. Proposals for such papers, consisting of an abstract
of 250 words max., should be submitted before 31 January 2010 to the
conference director:
Dr Jane Thomas/Dept of
English/University of Hull/Hull HU6 7RX/UK
<j.e.thomas@hull.ac.uk>.
We are also seeking
papers from postgraduates and new scholars of Hardy for a postgraduate
symposium which will form part of the conference. Proposals of 300
words max. for papers of 20-minutes duration should be submitted before
31 January 2010 to the postgraduate convenor:
Prof Roger Ebbatson:
<ebbatson@tiscali.co.uk>.
A small bursary will be
offered to successful applicants and conference fees will be waived.
Reduced rates are offered to postgraduates not invited to speak.
A selection of the papers
presented at the conference will be published in the peer-reviewed Thomas Hardy Journal.
More details available on the Conference website: http://www.hardysociety.org/conference.htm (posted 23 Jun '09)
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August 2010
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 ESSE 10 Conference Turin, Italy - 24-28 August 2010 For Lectures (nomination by national organizations): deadine for proposals 1 March 2009 For Seminars and Round Tables (proposals from prospective convenors): deadline for proposals14 May 2009 Proposals for individual papers should NOT be submitted at this stage |
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Università
degli Studi di Torino, Italia
look forward to welcoming you to the ESSE 10 CONFERENCE. Dipartimento di Scienze del Linguaggio e di Letterature Moderne e Comparate AIA (Associazione Italiana di Anglistica) Città di Torino and Fondazione CRT CALL FOR SEMINARS, ROUND TABLES, LECTURES AND POSTER SESSIONS TORINO, Tuesday 24 - Saturday 28 August 2010 ESSE members are invited
to submit proposals for seminars and round tables on topics related to
our fields of study: English Language, Literatures in English, and
Cultural Studies (broadly defined). National Associations are invited
to nominate potential lecturers. Proposals may be submitted directly to
the Academic Programme Committee (APC, see address below) or through
the Presidents or representatives of the National Associations, who
will in due course forward them to the APC.
ESSE 10 PROGRAMME FORMAT SEMINARS Proposals for seminars on
specialised topics within our field should be submitted jointly by two
ESSE members, preferably from two different National Associations. The
degree of international appeal will be one of the selection - criteria
used by the APC. Proposals will not be entertained if they come from
two people in the same institution. In exceptional cases the APC may
permit one of the two convenors not to be an ESSE member (e.g. because
they come from outside Europe), if it is argued that their presence is
especially important for the seminar. Seminar proposals must include
the names, affiliations and addresses of the convenors and a 100-word
description of the topic. Unlike round tables, seminars are not
pre-constituted events and will therefore be included within the APC‚s
future call for papers, although convenors may take an active role in
approaching potential participants. The seminar format is intended to
encourage lively participation on the part both of speakers and of
members of the audience. For this reason, papers will be orally
presented in no longer than 15 minutes rather than read. Reduced
versions of the papers will be circulated beforehand among
participants. Further directions will follow in the call for papers.
NB: proposals for individual papers should NOT be submitted at this
stage.
ROUND TABLES The aim of round tables
is to present topics and problems currently seen as shaping the nature
of the discipline. At a round table a pre-constituted panel discusses
issues of fairly general scholarly or professional interest in front of
(and subsequently with) an audience. In other words, round tables are
not sequences of papers but debate sessions. Proposals should include a
100-word description of the topic and the names and affiliations of at
least three participants (including the convenor), who must be drawn
from more than one national association. The maximum number of speakers
will be five.
LECTURES A number of distinguished
keynote speakers, including at least one representing each of the three
main fields covered by ESSE (English Language, Literatures in English,
and Cultural Studies), will give plenary lectures by direct invitation
of the organisers. In addition, there will be approximately 10
sub-plenary or parallel lectures given by ESSE members nominated by
their national associations. These lectures are expected to have a wide
appeal and to reflect recent developments in scholarship in one of the
three areas mentioned above. They will be fifty minutes in length.
National associations should forward a description of their nominee‚s
proposed topic together with a brief summary of his or her CV. Each
national association can propose up to three lecturers, each of them in
one of the three main fields mentioned above, so that the APC can have
a wide range of options for the final selection.
POSTER SESSIONS A small number of poster
sessions will be devoted to research-in-progress and project
presentations. The aim is to provide additional opportunities for
feedback and personal contacts. Further details will appear in a future
issue of the Messenger, together with the call for papers.
NOTA BENE: The organisers
of ESSE 10 are especially interested in receiving proposals for
seminars and round tables on the implementation of the Bologna Process
in European Higher Education. Thus, methodological presentations and
discussions of action research and good practice in the three areas of
teaching covered by ESSE scholars will be welcome. The aim of these
proposals should be to provide opportunities for debate on first,
second and third cycle didactic innovation in the process of adjustment
to Bologna, from the perspective of different academic
traditions/contexts and their respective modus operandi.
ACADEMIC PROGRAMME COMMITTEE - Professor Giuseppina Cortese (University of Turin) (chair) - Professor Carlo M. Bajetta (Université de la Vallée d‚Aoste) - Professor Andreas H. Jucker (University of Zürich) - Professor Liliane Louvel (University of Poitiers) - Professor Dominic Rainsford (University of Aarhus) - Professor Marina Vitale (University of Naples „L‚Orientale‰) DEADLINES For Lectures (nomination by national organizations): 1 March 2009 For Seminars and Round Tables (proposals from prospective convenors): 14 May 2009 PROPOSALS SHOULD BE SENT BY E-MAIL OR REGULAR MAIL TO: ESSE-10
Email: <esse.proposals@unito.it>Dipartimento di Scienze del Linguaggio, Letterature Moderne e Comparate Università di Torino Via S. Ottavio 20 10124 Torino Italy TURIN UNIVERSITY The University has been
closely involved in Turin's history since its inception in 1404,
sharing the city's successes, adversities and growth, and has always
been open to, and active in, European cultural exchange. There is a
long tradition of English Studies at the University of Turin and today
the University places great importance on the studying and learning of
English Language, English Literature and Domain-specific English. The
discipline of English Studies in Turin has made a major contribution to
the national and international research scene with an excellent record
of publications, following the tradition set by ESSE‚s first President,
Professor Piero Boitani. Turin's list of Hon. Causa Laureates within
the field of English Studies is also worthy of note, as they include
Salman Rushdie, Harold Pinter (who received the Nobel Prize three years
later), Nobel Prize winner Wole Soyinka, and the linguist Dell Hymes.
Conference venues and
accommodation will be within walking distance of the main downtown
monuments: the Royal Palace, Palazzo Madama, the Cathedral (where the
Holy Shroud is kept), Palazzo Carignano, the Egyptian Museum, the
National Cinema Museum. With the Mole Antonelliana, the symbol of
Turin, soaring right above the conference venues, the Olympic City of
Turin is ready to host ESSE 2010.
Further details about the city, the University and conference can be found at the official conference website: http://www.unito.it/esse2010 |
| September 2010
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English and German Nationalist and Anti-Semitic Discourse Queen Mary, University of London, UK - 10-11 September 2010 Deadline for proposals: 15 January 2010 |
 The Historical Discourse Working Group would like to
announce its first international conference, to be held at Queen Mary,
University of London on 10-11 September 2010.The conference
organisers, Professor Felicity Rash and Dr Stefan Baumgarten, invite
proposals in the form of abstracts of about 150-200 words on relevant
topics in the analysis of pre-1945 nationalist, colonialist or
anti-Semitic discourse. We welcome contributions which discuss issues
of methodology or which adopt interdisciplinary approaches, and we hope
to foster debate on points of contact between linguistics and the
historical analysis of political and ideological discourse. We would be
particularly interested in contributions on nationalist figures who are
less well-represented in discourse research. It is hoped that academic
colleagues at all levels of their careers, including postgraduate
students, will offer to present papers or lead workshops.
The conference will be
one of the events organised as part of the major research project, The
Discourse of German Nationalism and Anti-Semitism 1871-1924, funded by
the Leverhulme Trust and led by Prof. Felicity Rash and Dr Geraldine
Horan.
The project website is http://www.sllf.qmul.ac.uk/research/nationalismprojectIt is intended that the
conference proceedings will be published. Please send expression of
interest and abstracts to Dr Stefan Baumgarten by 15 January 2010;
email: <s.baumgarten@qmul.ac.uk>.
(posted 1 Jun '09)
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