CFP: 19th C. Worlds: Local/Global (UK) (11/1/02; INCS, 7/10/03-7/12/03)

From: INCS London (london.incs.2@nd.edu)
Date: Thu Oct 03 2002 - 14:35:28 EDT


INCS: INTERDISCIPLINARY NINETEENTH-CENTURY STUDIES
and
LONDON CENTRE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME

PRESENT

NINETEENTH-CENTURY WORLDS: LOCAL / GLOBAL

July 10-12, 2003

An Interdisciplinary Conference To Be Held In London, UK

London Centre of The University of Notre Dame

Trafalgar Square Conference Website: www.nd.edu/~incs

KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Jane Rendall, Department of History, University of York

Paper or panel proposals are invited on any aspect of the construction of
"worlds" (cultural, epistemological, scientific, discursive, geopolitical)
in the nineteenth century. INCS is an association of scholars in History,
Women's Studies, Art History, Anthropology, Science Studies, Philosophy,
various literatures, and other disciplines devoted to the interdisciplinary
exploration of nineteenth-century culture and its relation to our
contemporary world. Possible proposal topics might include but are not
limited to:
-nationalisms -histories of the world
-regional culture -worlds of knowledge
-cartography -population migrations
-imperial politics -microscopic worlds
-globalization -global commerce
-travel writing -"contact zones"
-partitioned worlds -aesthetic worlds
-museums and exhibitions -gendered worlds

Discussions and paper presentations will be in English.

Longer versions of INCS papers are regularly published in the affiliated
journal, Nineteenth-Century Contexts: An Interdisciplinary Journal.
www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/08905495.html

Send 200-400 word abstracts by November 1, 2002 to: London.INCS.2@nd.edu
Notification of acceptance will be mailed electronically in December 2002.
Sessions at the conference are devoted to discussion following 5-7 minute
presentations. Complete papers are available in advance at a
password-protected section of the conference website.

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