CFP: Scandals as Cultural Phenomenon (02/15/02; 08/30/02-09/03/02; ESSE =
Strasbourg)
This is a call for papers for members of ESSE (European Society for the =
Study of English) for a section in this year's ESSE conference in =
Strasbourg on "Scandals" (August 30 to September 3). The seminar aims to =
explore the problem of scandals: What makes a scandal? Who makes a =
scandal? What types of scandal are there? What are their dynamics, and =
what are their media? What are, at different points in history, the =
stakes - the perils and the benefits - in creating scandals, both for =
those who name and publish the scandal, and for those who are designated =
as scandalous? Rather than focusing on particular genres or periods, we =
are looking forward to contributions that would allow us to sketch the =
rough outlines of a 'history of the conditions of possibility' of =
scandals. Materials might include: fictionalised accounts of (actual) =
scandals; literature or films either falling victim to scandal or =
courting it for its market value; 'enfants terribles' (from Byron to =
Quentin Tarantino); literary debates on potentially scandalous canonical =
texts (from Shakespeare's Sonnets to Leaves of Grass). Contributions are =
invited to address questions such as these and may deal with all sorts =
of scandals, literary or other, old or new, famous or forgotten.=20
Send proposals by 15 February, 2002 to =
ingrid.hotz-davies@uni-tuebingen.de or =
Anton.Kirchhofer@anglistik.uni-muenchen.de in the form of a short =
synopsis (1 page or 350 words max.), accompanied by a short biographical =
note. A longer e-mail version (4 pages or 1400 words max.) or the full =
paper (8 pages or 2800 words max.)will be expected before 15 April, =
2002, to be distributed in advance by each convener to the participants =
in the seminar. Applicants will be informed by the conveners about =
acceptance of their papers before 15 May 2002. ESSE seminars are =
structured around a discussion of the papers' concerns and insights but =
the papers themselves will not be read out at the meeting. Possibilities =
for publication may be considered.=20
Ingrid Hotz-Davies
Eberhard-Karls-Universit=E4t T=FCbingen
Wilhelmstr. 50
D--72074 T=FCbingen
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