PLEASE NOTE THE NEW DATES - 2 AND 3 MAY, 2002.
The Fifth English Literature Conference At Eastern Mediterranean =
University
Words, Wars, Worlds: Confronting the Polemics of Narration
The Department of English Literature and Humanities at Eastern =
Mediterranean University in North Cyprus announces its Fifth Annual =
Literature & Cultural Studies Conference to be held on 2 & 3 May 2002.
As the title of the conference suggests, war is a world-wide or =
planetary phenomenon which involves, willingly or unwillingly, all of =
humanity. Moreover, as the word "polemics" derives from the ancient =
Greek word for war - polemikos - serious questions surrounding the =
interface between language, violence, and human experience can be =
raised. For example, is the reality of armed conflict (especially in its =
current forms) at odds with an existing intellectual injunction which =
compels the critic to take an oppositional stance, or has the critic =
been co-opted into the dominant rhetorical structure? Are these crude =
oversimplifications, or has the Socratic dialectical search for truth =
been hijacked by the belief that good writing must position itself in a =
confrontational context, if indeed it does? By extension, does good =
writing equate to ethical writing? As information technology is now a =
pivotal communications medium, how does it affect the polemical style of =
criticism? War can be conducted on many fronts from the rhetorical, =
literary, fictional, historical, military-scientific, abstract, =
psychological, religious, cultural, as well as the physical and =
environmental dimensions. In what ways and on what grounds are these =
dimensions narrated, reinforced or confronted, and by whom?=20
With this in mind, we invite participants from as many disciplines and =
countries as possible to address approaches to perceiving, experiencing, =
writing, or articulating the manifold significance of past, present, and =
future wars. =20
While we have provided a list of possible topic areas below, we warmly =
welcome further suggestions. As the conference aims to be as =
interdisciplinary and international as possible, we invite submissions - =
either individual or as panels - not only from Literature, Humanities & =
Cultural Studies, but from International Relations, Communications, =
Media and Journalism, Political Science, Government and non-government =
organizations and any other group or individual with an interest in the =
subject. =20
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SUGGESTED TOPICS
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a.. Destruction: Deconstruction
b.. Literary Warscapes =20
c.. Rhetoric and Revenge =20
d.. The Rhetoric of the Renegade =20
e.. Violent Gesture versus Formalized Argument =
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f.. Language at the Front =20
g.. The Symbolic Prohibitions of Academia
h.. "War is Peace": New Newspeak
i.. Disunited Nations in Literature
j.. Demilitarized Zones in Literature
k.. War Journalism: Pressing the Button
l.. Present Fiction: Past Wars =20
m.. Cyberspace Wars: If only.
n.. Women in War: Women on War: War on Women: Women wage War
o.. Collaboration - A Dirty Word, or the Magic Word?
p.. The BBC liberates Kabul
q.. Photojournalism: Photo-ops
r.. Al-Jezeera: Watch This Space
s.. The Hijacking of Ethics: the Ethics of Hijacking
t.. Just (another)War
u.. Where is the Theology in Liberation?
v.. Philosophy and/as Politics
w.. Coalition: Demolition =20
x.. All you need is Law: International Law and War
y.. Architecture: Out of the Ashes
z.. Art Beyond "Guernica"
aa.. The Postwar Planet
ab.. The Greens Have Got the Blues
ac.. Myth in War: The Mythology of War=20
ad.. Refugees and/as Human Remains
ae.. Civil Rights and Wrongs
af.. The Art of War sans Sun Tsu
ag.. The Ideology of Identity (cards)
ah.. The Dizziness of the Spin Doctor=20
ai.. Revolution, Rhetoric, Resistance=20
aj.. The Anarchists are in Control
Interested participants should submit an abstract of no more than 250 =
words by March 22, 2002 (preferably by e-mail). You will be notified by =
mid-March, 2002. Paper presentations should not exceed twenty minutes. =
Proposals for full panels will be considered. Participants should bring =
copies of their papers to the conference in both hard-copy and diskette =
form (Microsoft Word). Selected proceedings will be published.
We look forward to your participation
Address: Dr. Lorraina Pinnell
Department of English Literature & Humanities
Eastern Mediterranean University
Gazimagusa, T.R.N.C.
(Via Mersin 10) Turkey
E-Mail: lorraina.pinnell@emu.edu.tr
Fax: 00 90 392 1604
Tel: 00 90 392 630 1312
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