[Discussion] 6 calls for papers

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I.  EUROPE AND THE ISLAMIC WORLD: CULTURAL TRANSFORMATIONS, 1453-1798

Early Modern Research Centre, University of Reading

14-16 July 2004

CALL FOR PAPERS

This conference seeks to explore the intriguing relationships
between Europe and its Islamic neighbours in historical perspective,
from the capture of Constantinople to the invasion of Egypt.

We wish to look at the Mediterranean as a region which facilitated
cultural cross-currents, trade relations, and diplomatic exchanges.
England's first engagements with Eastern countries in cultural,
political, and economic terms provide another possible starting
point. We are interested in official encounters as much as individual
go-betweens, private histories, and travel narratives. It is our
concern to balance Western accounts ("The glorious Empire of the Turkes,
the present terrour of the world", to cite the influential early modern
historian Richard Knolles) with Eastern/Islamic perspectives.

We appeal to scholars from Oriental Studies, art historians, and
specialists in the fields of architecture, literature and the
performing arts.

We call for papers on any of the following topics:

Perceptions of the Ottoman Empire, its politics and culture in the West
Persia, India, North Africa
Communication and intelligence networks
'Western' or 'oriental' stereotypes in literature, drama, and the arts
Travel writing
Trade in the Mediterranean
Globalization in historical perspective
Diplomatic and political relations
Theatre and performance in Islamic cultures
Cross-cultural exchange

The organisers

Dr Mark Hutchings, School of English & American
Literature, and Early Modern Research Centre,
University of Reading

Dr Barbara Ravelhofer, Centre for History and
Economics, University of Cambridge

Deadline for submission of proposals: 1 March 2004

Please direct all proposals and enquiries to
Mark Hutchings
School of English & American Literature
University of Reading
Whiteknights
Reading RG6 6AA, U.K.
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II. Extended deadline: March 1, 2004
Call for Papers
METROPOLIS IN THE SPACE BETWEEN

The sixth annual conference

THE SPACE BETWEEN: LITERATURE AND CULTURE 1914-1945

Exploring the myriad and often conflicting meanings of "the city"
as expressed in literature, film, photography, theater, creative reportag=
e,
history, and art history. Inspired by Fritz Lang's film, we are calling
for papers that examine relationships between the many written and
pictorial forms that represent the city and its artistic, rhetorical, and
symbolic meanings, in a given moment or as reflecting cultural and
historical change and crisis.

 From Lang's Weimar to Mina Loy's Paris, from the Harlem
Renaissance to Leni Reifenstahl's Berlin, and from Martha Gellhorn's
Barcelona to Elizabeth Bowen's Blitz and Marguerite Duras's "Hiroshima Mo=
n
Amour," and beyond, we will examine the construction and deconstruction o=
f
such terms as habitat, haven, ghetto, and muse as well as Metropolis as t=
he
center and periphery of civilization, as the inspiration for an idealized
Rural, and even as anti-Metropolis.

The conference will be held at the Ohio State University,
Columbus, Ohio
June 5-6, 2004.


Please send 300 word abstracts or 10 double-spaced papers
by March 1, 2004 to:

GOTOBUTTON BM_1_ Rissler.1@osu.edu=20
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Email submissions are preferred, but hard copy proposals may be
sent to:
Robin Rissler, Dept. English, Ohio State University, 461 Denney Hall,
164 West 17th Ave., Columbus, OH 43202

For inquiries only, please contact :
Phyllis Lassner: GOTOBUTTON BM_2_ phyllisl@northwestern.edu=20
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Kristin Bluemel: kbluemel@monmouth.edu=20
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For information about our journal and membership in The Society for the
Space Between, please visit our website: www.precursors.org/home.htm


Phyllis Lassner
Northwestern University, Evanston, IL. USA
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III. 21-22 May 2004
Dissolving and Emerging Communities
The Culture of Periodicals from the Perspective of the Electronic Age

International conference hosted by the
Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Dept. of Sociology
Media Research Centre.

The conference aims to explore the traditions, modes of operation of=20
periodicals
with an emphasis on the perspective of netculture. We expect scholars in=20
the
humanities and social sciences, as well as editors, web experts to read=20
a paper
and take part in discussions.


Proposals should include name, postal and e-mail addresses, institutional
affiliation if any, curriculum vitae and an abstract of 300 words or less=
.
Proposals should be submitted by e-mail: periodicals_regis@mokk.bme.hu=20
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Submission deadline is 15 February 2004.
Acceptance will be confirmed by 15 March 2004.
Registration without reading paper at the above e-mail address by 31 Marc=
h
2004.


Further information/proposed sections, topics:
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IV. "Ideologies and practices of critique in postsocialist states"

There was a time when criticism was inseparable from power and it had an
impact on power relations. This meant that, often, decent people did not
criticize something they didn't like so as not to bring harm to other
people, and cowards often criticized things they did like so as not to
bring harm to themselves. This time is long past, yet many behave as
though it has persisted, and they are still willing to characterize every
attempt at open criticism as naked terrorism, and every clear opinion as
the new face of dogmatism.
-V=E1clav Havel, "On Evasive Thinking," originally published in 1968

The term "critique" numbered among the keywords of governments adhering t=
o
pursuing Marxist-Leninist ideological projects. Criticism and
self-criticism were promoted as mechanisms of socialist democracy and mea=
ns
to progress. The practice of criticism in these states, however, led to
contrary ends both within the party and among dissenters. As Havel has
pointed out, an apparently critical statement may perform other functions=
;
likewise, a true critique may be disguised in apparently apolitical
language. Havel's statement continues to be relevant, both in- and outsid=
e
of postsocialist contexts. Papers in this panel will examine ideologies
and practices of critique in postsocialist states, in locations where
individuals have experienced changing cultures of critique. For the
purposes of this panel, we define critique as a type of communicative
process, rather than as a single instance of judgment. The act of
criticizing entails dialogue with another individual, group of individual=
s,
or imagined group; suitable construction of critique for a particular
audience is often a complicated linguistic production. Because critique i=
s
so often a linguistic exercise, papers on this panel will engage concerns
familiar to linguistic anthropology, such as dialogicity, performance, an=
d
language ideology, among others, though participants need not be linguist=
ic
anthropologists nor explicitly engage with work in the subfield. The
ethnographic examples in this panel from across the post-socialist world
will provide a comparative picture of contemporary forms, interpretations=
,
and ideologies of critique.

Please email a paper abstract to Jonathan Larson (jllarson@umich.edu=20
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Deanna Poos (dpoos@umich.edu=20
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before February 23, 2004. We will finalize
the panel and respond to you by March 8.


V. Call For Papers

Black and White - Representing the Other in Early Cinema

This conference grows out of the growing interest in questions of=20
representation
in Early (Silent) cinema. We wish to explore the filmic construction of
'Otherness' in the films of the period (1895-1927), that is the manner=20
in which
challenges to the dominant social order or subjectivity are represented.=20
Papers
may deal with thematic, social or technical approaches to the topic and=20
might
include, for instance, discussion of immigrant audiences and early film,=20
the use
of music, stereotypes and the evolution of specific genres, questions of
modernity, explorations of gender, setting, race and ethnicity. We=20
particularly
welcome proposals which deal with representations of Ireland and the Iris=
h.

The conference will take place on October 7th and 8th 2004 in the Huston=20
School of
Film at the National University of Ireland, Galway.
(*This immediately precedes the opening weekend of the Pordenone Silent=20
Film
Festival 2004)

Please forward (250-300 word) proposals - stating 'Early Cinema=20
Conference' in the
subject line - before May 16th 2004 to:

Tony Tracy
Huston School of Film and Digital Media
National University of Ireland Galway, Ireland

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Tel: 353 91 512188


VI. CFP: Session "The Marketing of Cities," Social Science History
Association, 18-21 November 2004, Chicago

Within the general conference topic, "Markets as Sites of
Interdisciplinary History," this session seeks to investigate and critiqu=
e
the relationships between urban space, commodification, and identity,
departing from the idea of a "competition" among global cities for
transnational capital, private investment, and to house corporate
headquarters - a proposition developed by theorists like Saskia Sassen,
among others. Not only global cities, but smaller places as well resort t=
o
history and identity in order to market themselves as tourist
destinations, or centers of culture, technology, or services. Strategies
to make cities attractive range from urban beautification to advertising
techniques and configure a veritable "market" of cities. In turn these
processes reflect in real estate and land value within cities, influencin=
g
intra-urban markets and spurring urban renewal, gentrification, and socia=
l
conflict.

This panel is open to all geographical regions and time periods, as well
as diverse disciplinary backgrounds. Papers might present critical case
studies or focus on theoretical discussions. Themes might include, but ar=
e
not limited to:

- The resort to local identity, culture, community or history as
urban selling points
- The "disneyfication" of urban spaces and social practices
- Cities and regions striving to become poles of tourism,
technology, culture or finance
- Urban candidacies to house Olympic Games, the World Cup,
international fairs, etc.
- The relationship between the influx of money/resources and local
populations
- Gentrification and social exclusion
- The "Bilbao effect"
- The privatization of urban space
- The critical work of Saskia Sassen, David Harvey, Sharon Zukin,
Michael Sorkin, Mike Davis, Fredric Jameson, among others
- Other forms of competition among cities (e.g. religious,
political, or military competition)
- Urban space as stage-setting

250-word abstracts should be sent to Daniela Sandler at
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by February 15th, 2004.

Graduate students may apply for conference travel grants (see the
Social Science History Association web site, http://www.ssha.org ).

Daniela Sandler
Graduate Program in Visual and Cultural Studies
Department of Art and Art History
University of Rochester
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