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<div style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Garamond; FONT-SIZE: 16pt" lang=EN-US>CULTURAL STUDIES SYMPOSIUM</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Garamond" lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></SPAN></div>
<div style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 5pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto" class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Garamond; FONT-SIZE: 16pt" lang=EN-US>08-10 May 2013 - </SPAN></B><st1:place><st1:City><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Garamond; FONT-SIZE: 16pt" lang=EN-US>Izmir</SPAN></B></st1:City><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Garamond; FONT-SIZE: 16pt" lang=EN-US>, </SPAN></B><st1:country-region><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Garamond; FONT-SIZE: 16pt" lang=EN-US>TURKEY</SPAN></B></st1:country-region></st1:place><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Garamond" lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></SPAN></div>
<div style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto" class=MsoNormal><B><I><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Garamond; FONT-SIZE: 16pt" lang=EN-US>Confinement, Resistance, Freedom</SPAN></I></B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Garamond" lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></SPAN></div>
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<div style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Garamond" lang=EN-US>Seemingly, the history of humanity has fashioned itself on the tri-partite relationship between confinement, resistance and freedom. Each and every epoch has its own forms of confinement which are met with its own kind of resistance which may or may not be resolved with some form of freedom. Ironically, even after the first decade of the 21st century these concepts still play a prominent role concerning the human condition. One would think that centuries of accumulated human thought and development would have opened up new avenues of discussion. Yet the potency of these notions are still felt today, despite the so-called fuzziness of borders that mark social/cultural/historical categories and the increased mobility between various ‘fields’ and ‘domains’ in critical studies. The modern discourse has long freed itself from the grand-narratives, but at
 what cost? How does the instability of centers affect our sense of belonging as modern individuals? In what way have our definitions of freedom changed in connection with new forms of confinement and resistance?<o:p></o:p></SPAN></div>
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<div style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Garamond" lang=EN-US>In this symposium we would like to provide a platform where we could discuss how these concepts interact with one another in shaping our personal and communal relationship with the world we live in. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></div>
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<div style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Garamond" lang=EN-US>Our symposium is open to academics and graduate students from all fields of study. Panel proposals chaired by colleagues from different universities are especially welcome, along with individual papers, roundtables, workshops and performances either in English or Turkish. Please note that there will be no translations during the symposium. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></div>
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<div style="LINE-HEIGHT: 15.6pt"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Garamond; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US" lang=EN-US>The deadline for proposals: </SPAN><st1:date Month="12" Day="21" Year="2012"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Garamond; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US" lang=EN-US>21 December 2012</SPAN></st1:date><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Garamond; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US" lang=EN-US> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></div>
<div style="LINE-HEIGHT: 15.6pt"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Garamond; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US" lang=EN-US>Notification for accepted papers: </SPAN><st1:date Month="1" Day="21" Year="2013"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Garamond; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US" lang=EN-US>21 January 2013</SPAN></st1:date><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Garamond; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US" lang=EN-US><BR style="mso-special-character: line-break"><BR style="mso-special-character: line-break"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></div>
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