CALL FOR PAPERS
FIXED IDEAS
An Interdisciplinary Graduate Student Conference
March 01 & 02, 2002
Harvard University
Keynote Speaker: Thomas Laqueur, University of California, Berkeley
Sponsored by the English Department and the Humanities Center
Graduate students from all disciplines are invited to submit papers
exploring the multivalence of "fix." Papers should translate into 15 minutes
of presentation time (7-8 pages).
Abstracts of 200-300 words are due by January 18, 2002 and should be emailed
to prowse@fas.harvard.edu or sent to Gillian Prowse:
Harvard University,
12 Quincy Street, Barker Center,
Dept of English,
Cambridge, MA 02138.
Please include your name, contact information, institution, department and
status (i.e. graduate year, postdoc, etc.). Also indicate which of the
prospective topics listed below interest you as possible contexts for your
work. This list of topics is preliminary and subject to change.
A pdf version of this call for papers can be downloaded at
http://www.people.fas.harvard.edu/~hschott/fixed.pdf
permanent fixtures:
convention
preservation
fixatives
canonicity
in a fix:
predicaments
dilemmas
fixate:
close reading
examination
penetration
fixation:
obsession
idée fixe
fixing the game:
bribery
collusion
predetermination
conspiracy
fixing the text:
editing
neutering
bowdlerizing
needing a fix:
addiction
desire
drugged states
all the fixings:
accessories
trimmings
fixions:
authenticity
truth
can you fix this?
repair
solution
patching
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