[Discussion] CFP: Inscriptions in the Sand: All Topics (Cyprus) (2/11/05; 5/12/05-5/13/05)

[Sule Tarakcioglu]

Subject: CFP: All Topics (2/11/05: Inscriptions in the Sand; 5/12/05 -
5/13/05)

CFP: Inscriptions '05 (Cyprus) (2/11/05; 5/12/05 - 5/13/05)

The Eight International Literature and Humanities Conference at Eastern
Mediterranean University will be an arts and culture, conference and
festival.

See http://www.emu.edu.tr/elh/inscriptions

This May 12th and 13th 2005, the Department of English Literature and
Humanities at Eastern Mediterranean University will host Inscriptions
'05, an arts and culture conference and festival, following on from the
successes of Inscriptions '03 and '04 which were held in the last two
summers.

Inscriptions '05 will embrace literature, film, music, dramatic and
performance art, performance events, exhibitions and creative
presentations, as well as critical analyses and interpretations of
literary, philosophical, and other kinds of texts. In this way, we
intend to provide an academic environment and atmosphere charged with
the energy of creative experience. We welcome in particular panel
discussions, presentations and creative work/performances which
problematize, question, challenge, and expose the shifting, littoral
ground on which traditional social, disciplinary and ideological
boundaries are inscribed. As such, we welcome those interested
in such diverse fields as literature/theory, the visual and performing
arts, architecture, music, historiography, science, law, politics, and
communications media.

Proposed areas of interest:
   -    relations between text and cinematic or dramatic performance
   -    the semiotics of music video
   -    performance, installation, and digital art
   -    body art, tattooing and mutilation
   -    jazz, atonal music, noise
   -    art and pornography; obscenity, voyeurism
   -    panopticism/ideological manipulations of architectural space
   -    modern and postmodern artistic avant-gardes
   -    counter- and sub-cultures
   -    cults, occultism, the popular imagination
   -    "pseudosciences," superstition or irrationalism vs. reason and
science
   -    magic, shamanism, religious/mystical discourse
   -    media (TV, Internet, etc.) intrusion: censorship, privacy
   -    critical legal studies: ideology and objectivity in law
   -    deracinations: bedouin, gypsy, nomadic, immigrant or indigenous
spaces/borders
   -    races, ethnicities and nationalisms
   -    gender agendas: transvestitism, transsexuality, queering
   -    Cyborgs and cultural systems

   I. Panel Discussions (15-20 minute presentations)
We invite submissions for panel discussions in any of the areas of
interest listed above. Although we will be publishing selected
presentations from Inscriptions '05, we encourage participants to move
away from the  standard prewritten, "finished paper" format, towards a
more open-ended  presentation, which will provoke and contribute to a
genuine exchange of research and ideas during the panel sessions. Our
aim is to create a forum and publishing venue for inspiring work in
progress, that will develop and move in new and unforeseen directions as
a result of the exchange of ideas with fellow academics participating in
the conference, so that scholarly and critical interaction will
contribute to the final form of participants' work.

  Prospective panelists are invited to send 250-word abstracts/proposals
for 15/20 minute presentations on any aspect of the areas above by 11th
of February, 2005 to: rodney.sharkey@emu.edu.tr.  I look forward to
learning about your research, and to a provocative discussion.


   II. Individual Research Presentations (30-45 minute presentations)
We would also like to hear from individuals with recognized expertise
who may be interested in presenting their research in fields other than
those listed. Our aim for Inscriptions in the Sand is to encourage
presentation of and engagement with the best contemporary work in the
fields of philosophy, theory, and literary criticism. Submissions for
potential panel discussions are also welcome, but ideally we are
interested in presentations from individuals who have carved out
innovative and exciting research in disparate fields.

Please send 250-word abstracts/proposals by 11th February, 2005 to:
rodney.sharkey@emu.edu.tr

  III. Creative/Performance Work
We look forward to receiving submissions for creative work in various
disciplines. Drama, poetry, narrative and performance events are =
welcome, as are video/digital art, film, exhibitions and musical
renditions. The proposed topics list for Inscriptions in the Sand should
give some indication of the nature and style of the type of performance
events we are interested in.

Please send details by 11th February, 2005 to: rodney.sharkey@emu.edu.tr

For more information about Inscriptions in the Sand, please visit
http://www.emu.edu.tr/elh/inscriptions



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