Updated material with deadline extension.
Rethinking the Avant-Garde: Between Politics and Aesthetics
April 14-15, 2000
University of Notre Dame
Call for Papers Deadline: November 30, 1999
ABOUT THE CONFERENCE:
Attempts to construct expansive theories of Modernism have
sometimes characterized the Avant-Garde as
either purely concerned with aesthetics-some Modernist
theorists have convicted it for being experimental for
experimentation's sake-OR as void of aesthetic content and
only concerned with political ramifications-certain
dismissals of Duchamp's work, for example, are animated by
charges of being merely anti-art (in a bad sense).
We are looking for papers that negotiate between politics
and aesthetics to provide a more nuanced
investigation of the role of the Avant-Garde in
re-evaluations of Modernism.
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:
Martin Jay
Marjorie Perloff
Susan Rubin Suleiman
Krzysztof Ziarek
With responses from:
Gerald L. Bruns
Fred R. Dallmayr
SUGGESTED TOPICS:
While our focus will be on the historical Avant-Garde
movements indigenous to Modernism (Italian and Russian
Futurism, Constructivism, Dada, Imagism, Cubism, Vorticism,
Négritude, and Surrealism), we encourage
investigations that explode these boundaries, not only
between "schools" but also between the modern/
post-modern divide. Possible topics and approaches might
include:
Women and/of the Avant-Garde
Aesthetic re-negotiations of Race, Class, and Gender
Intersections between High Modernism and the Avant-Garde
Proletariat Literature vs. the Avant-Garde
Marxism and vanguard art
Post-structuralism and radical aesthetics
Psychoanalysis and textuality
Hermeneutics and the work of art
Philosophical encounters with the Avant-Garde
Studies of individual writers/artists
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES:
The Rethinking the Avant-Garde Conference will be held at
the University of Notre Dame, South Bend, Indiana,
April 14-15, 2000. Individual submitters are asked to send
a 200-300 word abstract (by e-mail if possible).
Panel proposals should consist of a brief synopsis of the
thematic links between papers and should include
abstracts for at least three presentations. Individual
presentations should not exceed 20 minutes.
Non-submitters interested in chairing sessions should
submit brief CVs highlighting areas of expertise. Please
include postal address with submission.
Send postal submissions to:
James Hansen and Erich Hertz
Department of English
University of Notre Dame
Notre Dame, IN 46556
Web: http://www.nd.edu/~ehertz/avantgarde.htm
REGISTRATION:
Registration materials and hotel information will be sent
with confirmation of your acceptance. The conference
offers a discount for graduate students.
Fees:
Regular Rate $50
Graduate Students $30
The conference is sponsored by the William and Hazel White
Chair in English, the Keough Chair
for Irish Studies, Packey Dee Chair of Government,
Department of Gender Studies, Office of the Provost,
Continental Philosophy and Literature Program, Department
of German and Russian, and Department of
English.
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