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

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From: Eli MacLaren <eli.maclaren@utoronto.ca>


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&#65533;
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@utoronto.ca>.



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