[Discussion] 14th annual Cultural Studies

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From: Gregory Eiselein <eiselei@ksu.edu>

Below is the call for papers for our 14th annual Cultural Studies
Conference. The 2005 topic is "Visual Culture: Image, Icon, Ideology."
It's a fun conference.

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VISUAL CULTURE:  IMAGE ICON IDEOLOGY

March 10-12, 2005, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas

Keynote Speakers:

Scott McCloud, author of Understanding Comics and Reinventing Comics,
creator of "Zot!"

Tom Huck, woodcut artist and creator of the print series The Bloody
Bucket and 2 Weeks in August

Charles Hatfield, author of Alternative Comics: An Emerging Literature
(forthcoming 2005)

This conference will examine the visual codes of cultural works as well
as the relationship between these works and their conditions of
production and reception.  How do images function within political,
social, and economic forces?  What is the cultural work that images do?
How do we theorize visual culture?

Possible topics:
Graphic Novels; Picture Books, Billboards;
Graffitti, Advertisements; Murals; Comix; Tattoos; Logos; Cartoons,
Illuminated Manuscripts; Informational Sign Icons; Diagrams; Maps,
Emoticons; Emblems, Heraldry; Cover Art, Image Theory, Photography

Conference format:  Individual papers (15 minutes each) will be
organized into 3 person panels, to be followed by discussion.
Proposals for alternative formats will be considered.

Send one-page abstracts to:
Michele Janette
Director, Program in Cultural Studies
English Department, KSU
108 ECS Building
Manhattan, KS  66506-0701

Email submissions encouraged: mjanette@ksu.edu

Deadline for proposals: October 25, 2004

http://www.ksu.edu/english/symposium/index.html

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Best wishes,

Gregory Eiselein
Kansas State University
<eiselei@ksu.edu>