2nd Call for Papers
An International
and Interdisciplinary Conference:
About Gothics: Imagery, Horror and Cruelty
(Lodz, May 15-18, 2001)
'Gothic' is one of the literary terms having a tendency to
broaden their meaning. We would like to address a wide range
of issues inspired by Gothics or, in different ways, tied to
them. Recently, in popular culture (especially among
youths), one can observe a growing interest in some motives
connected with the Gothic. It is an interesting phenomenon
from perspectives of various disciplines. Hence we decided
to organise an interdisciplinary conference, in which
philologists, theorists of film, anthropologists,
philosophers, historians of the arts, psychiatrists and
others could participate.
We are interested in:
- rather Gothic inspirations, not strict Gothic conventions
- Gothic forms: the classical Gothic novel, horror stories,
ghost stories, horror film, Gothic music, horror drama and
cruelty theatre
- Gothic motives in the contemporary culture (in literature,
the arts, film, theatre, advertisement, music and its
surroundings) e.g. hunted castles, houses, dungeons,
labyrinths, intimidated and persecuted women and children,
human beings in madness, paranoia etc.), ghosts, vampires,
werewolves, images of death
- Gothic aesthetics: artistic representations of cruelty and
violence, and other ways of artistic evocation of horror
- Gothic theology: interpretation of the supernatural and
its comparison with other spheres of culture
- Gothic anthropology: a function of representations of
cruelty and horror in different cultures
- psychology of horror and cruelty
- philosophy of fear and cruelty
- national and international approaches
- monographic as well as comparative approaches, comparing
different media, genres, arts and cultures
- theoretical and historical approaches
Keynote speakers: Manuel Aguirre,
Alina Kowalczykowa
Lars Loennroth
Charles Russell
Conference language: English and Polish
Deadlines: January 31 - deadline for submitting a brief
information on the content of
a 20-min. presentations (the registration form reaches the
organisers)
February 28- acceptance of a presentation
March 31 - deadline for submitting abstracts of 20 minutes
presentations (in English, up to 500 words)
Conference co-ordinators: Dr. Agnieszka Izdebska (tel. +48
(0) 42 654 42 47), Dr. Jaroslaw Pluciennik (tel. +48 (0) 42
617 13 42, e-mail: jarrek@krysia.uni.lodz.pl).
Department of Theory of Literature, Theatre and Film
University of Lodz
ul. Sienkiewicza 21
PL 90-114 Lodz, Poland
Registration Form
An International Interdisciplinary Conference
About Gothics:
Imagery, Horror, Cruelty
(Lodz, 15-18 maja 2001)
Name (with title):
Address, telephone, e-mail:
Title of presentation:
Content:
Please confirm the equipment you will need:
Registration Fee: 60 ZLP (ca 13 USD) (includes the
conference materials, coffee, tea, and refreshments during
days of the conference). Paid after arrival to the
organisers.
We would like to reserve for you banquet, lunches and
dinners at the Conference Center:
May 15, 2001 lunch 20 NZL Yes No
dinner 18 NZL Yes No
May 16, 2001 lunch 20 NZL Yes No
banquet 50 NZL Yes No
May 17, 2001 lunch 20 NZL Yes No
dinner 18 NZL Yes No
May 18, 2001 lunch 20 NZL Yes No
dinner 18 NZL Yes No
Vegetarian meals, please . Yes No
Please, reserve a place at the Conference Centre:
Place in a room for 1 person 70 NZP Yes No
or higher standard 70NZP Yes No
Place in a room for 2 persons 50 NZP Yes No
or higher standard 70 NZP Yes No
2-person room for 1 person 80 NZP Yes No
or higher standard 110 NZP Yes No
Please, book the place for the following days:
May 14, 2001 Yes No
May 15, 2001 Yes No
May 16, 2001 Yes No
May 17, 2001 Yes No
May 18, 2001 Yes No
Check in is at 14, check out at 12. Sessions will end in
the afternoon on the 18th of May.
Please send the registration form to the address of either
conference co-ordinators. It can be faxed as well. Please,
do not send it by e-mail. Beside this, we encourage all
correspondence by e-mail.
Dept. of Theory of Literature, Theatre and Film
University of Lodz
ul. Sienkiewicza 21
PL 90-114 Lodz, Poland
Conference co-ordinators: Dr. Agnieszka Izdebska (tel. +48
(0) 42 654 42 47), Dr. Jaroslaw Pluciennik (tel. +48 (0) 42
617 13 42, e-mail: jarrek@krysia.uni.lodz.pl).
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