CFP: Copyright, Censorship, Authorship, Publishing (grad) (9/30/05; 1/21/06)

Call for Papers

Creativity and the Law
A Graduate Student Colloquium at the University of Toronto
Keynote Speaker: Professor Ira Nadel (University of British Columbia)
21 January 2006

Copyright and censorship are flux. The acceleration of electronic
communication has necessitated new legislation in jurisdictions around
the world in order to improve the exchange of ideas. Stirring new
currents into cultures and economies, the technological innovation has
re-opened questions of central importance to society. What is the
relation between creativity and the law? What is a fair definition of
intellectual property? When does creativity become obscenity? How will
governments legislate freedom of expression while still dealing with
violence, hate literature and pornography? In so far as the law controls
the circulation of cultural productions, it determines artists’ impact
on their society; it is therefore crucial to investigate the connections
between cultural productions and the legal and economic context out of
which they arise.
The history of literature and the arts is rich with answers to these
questions. The Toronto Centre for the Book and the students of the
Collaborative Program in Book History and Print Culture at the
University of Toronto invite proposals from graduate students for papers
on any contemporary or historical aspect of the relation between art and
law. The colloquium will take place on Saturday 21 January 2006 at the
University of Toronto. Panels may address such topics as copyright,
censorship, international trade, career authorship, or publishing.
Papers should not exceed 20 minutes in length. Please send a proposal of
approximately 250 words by 30 September 2005 to <eli.maclaren_at_utoronto.ca>.

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