[Bilimsel Haber] Politics of Memory Conference

[Sule Tarakcioglu]

CFP: Politics of Memory Conference (grad) (1/16/06)

The Centre for Comparative Literature at the University of Toronto
invites abstracts for its 17th annual graduate student conference

The Politics of Memory
to be held from
March 31st to April 2, 2006.

Susan Rubin Suleiman will be the keynote speaker.

Papers may address interdisciplinary issues related to, but not limited 
to, the
following questions:

- In what ways does literature illuminate the historical construction and
remembering of particular identities, events, and nations?
- How do different genres and media (poetry, theatre, film, graphic novels,
etc.) depict history? How does their language (verbal, visual, etc.) 
influence
or challenge collective historical memories?
- How do different readers receive a historical narrative? What happens 
when one
reader is more familiar with the depicted historical event?
- What is the responsibility of the author/reader toward history as it 
concerns
real people and events?
- How does interdisciplinarity today offer new techniques for studying the
relationships among literature, memory, and history, as well as their 
political
implications?

New Deadline: Abstracts of 500 words should be sent to:

complit_colloq06@yahoo.ca

by January 16, 2006.

Graduate students from various disciplines are encouraged to apply. Please
observe the following procedures to enable blind peer review: 1) attach 
a short
biographical note on a separate page, 2) do not include your name on the 
same
page as your abstract, and 3) type 'abstract' in the subject line of 
your email.
Also, indicate at the end of your abstract if you will require any special
resources for your presentation.

Papers may be given in English or French with citations in any language. The
Centre will publish a selection of papers from the conference in 
TRANSverse: A
Comparative Studies Journal.

For more information on the Centre for Comparative Literature, please visit:

www.chass.utoronto.ca/complit/

Centre for Comparative Literature
University of Toronto
Email: complit_colloq06@yahoo.com

Visit the website at http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/complit/colloquium.html