One Culture? The Thematics of Art, Science and Change in the Twenty-First
Century.
A One Day-Conference on Saturday 27th May 2000 at the School of Arts and
Humanities of the University of North London on the relationship of Art and
Science and the Depiction of Science in Narrative and Cultural Products.
CALL FOR PAPERS
Organized by The London Network for Modern Fiction Studies in conjunction
with the University of North London this one-day conference considers
broadly issues of Culture & Science, and Science and the Arts.
The often gendered division between art and science, romanticism and
utilitarianism, fact and fiction, the split typified between the two
cultures of F. R. Leavis and C. P. Snow has persisted for more than two
centuries: now perhaps with recent developments in chaos theory, complexity
theory and neuroscience in the last twenty to thirty years we find ourselves
on the edge of a new scientific revolution in which what counts as science
and the rational is shifting or about to change. Are we moving toward
talking of one culture and one life-world? Is a new critical sensibility
emerging that will affect the nature of study, research and exegetical
structures?
The conference attempts to explore a variety of aspects concerned with these
themes and the general relationship of narrative, depiction and theory with
images and knowledge of science. Interdisciplinary, textual and theoretical
contributions are particularly welcome, but clearly the range of subject
areas relevant to the day would be plural. The following is suggestive
rather than inclusive: the so-called hard sciences, mathematics, social
sciences, political sciences, neurosciences, psychology, cultural studies,
literary theory, textual exegesis, film studies, philosophy, the philosophy
of science etc..
The range of topics and/or panels might include:
Philosophy of Science
The Logic and Implications of Chaos
Complexity Theory
Authorizing Science – telling the tales of scientific experiment and
development
Facts as Fictions
Science and Narrative
The Psychoanalyst as Narrative Presence
The Literary Mind/the Brain as Text
Neuroscientific Stories
Bio-poetics and Bio-aesthetics
Fictions in Science
Beam Me Up Scottie! Science Fiction and the Ongoing Development of
Technology
Mad Scientists, Body Snatchers and Intellectuals
The Social and Political Narratives of Science
Demon Seeds and Baby Milk: Eugenics, Bio-technologies and the GM world
This conference is part of a sequence that takes place during six days in
May/June 2000, a further part of an ongoing successful series of literary
and theoretical events organized by the London Network for Modern Fiction
Studies. The One Culture? conference is situated near the heart of London at
the University of North London adjacent to underground links minutes from
the research facilities of the New British Library at Euston, and so offers
an ideal opportunity for the scholar to contribute to the critical and
literary culture of London while pursuing their own ongoing research.
Deadline for Submissions: Monday 3rd April 2000
Anticipated registration fee: £16 (£11 students, postgraduates and
concessions)
Contact for Submissions or Further Details (e-submissions preferred and
should be disk or file attachments Word/Wordperfect pc format):
Dr. Philip Tew
Co-Director: London Network for Modern Fiction Studies
22a Fairmead Road
LONDON N19 4DF
0956 951930
tewp@clara.net
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