[Bilimsel Haber] CFP: Fundamentalism and Literature (Germany) (6/1/06; 11/19/06-11/22/06)

[Sule Tarakcioglu]

From: a.staehler@t-online.de


Call for Papers:

***Fundamentalism and Literature - Global/Local***

An International Conference at the

University of Muenster, Germany, November 19-22, 2006

Ever since, on February 14, 1989, Ayatollah Khomeini declared the notorious
fatwa that sentenced Salman Rushdie and all those involved in [the]
publication of The Satanic Verses to death, the insight must have become
global that literature and the kind of fundamentalism current in the later
decades of the twentieth century had mutual resonances which could no 
longer be
neglected or overlooked. With recent events, from the 9/11 World Trade 
Center
mayhem to the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, and the bombings in Madrid, 
London,
and Amman, as well as the still unresolved conflict in the Middle East,
fundamentalism has come to signal one of the most pressing concerns of 
our time.

Literature "itself a constitutive feature of most fundamentalisms which
usually have a strong textual focus" has emerged not only as a bone of
contention, but also a vehicle for negotiating with, and of responding to,
fundamentalisms.

So far, research into fundamentalism has been focused mostly on its 
religious,
social or political origins and implications. The aims of this 
con­ference are
to explore the manifold reverberations of fundamentalisms in literature in
English and to initiate a transdisciplinary exchange of ideas on this 
subject of
ever growing global importance. Contributors from all academic 
disciplines are
therefore particularly encouraged to enquire into the functions which 
accrue to
literature within fundamentalism(s) and into negotiations within 
literature with
various fundamentalisms (Christian, Islamic, Hindu, and Jewish etc.). In
addition, the societal relevance and opportunities of the literary 
negotiations
of fundamentalisms may be addressed with a view to their contribution 
towards
peaceful solutions of social co-existence and integration.

The city of Muenster (Germany) aptly suggests itself as a conference 
venue for
this topic, as it is the historic site of the Peace of Westphalia that 
brought
an end to thirty years' religious strife brutally ravaging Europe in the
seventeenth century.

Deadline for Abstracts (300 words): ***1 June 2006***

Conference Fees: E 20 (speakers); E 40 (others): payable at registration 
office
on arrival. Students are asked to register, but are exempt from the 
conference
fee.

Contact:
Prof. Dr. Klaus Stierstorfer
Westfaelische Wilhelms-Universitaet
Englisches Seminar
Johannisstraße
D-48143 Muenster
Germany

Email: stierstorfer@uni-muenster.de
Tel. ++49-(0)251-83-24295 (Secretary, Mo-Fri, 8:00�12:00)
Fax: ++49-(0)251-83-24289

or: fundlit@uni-muenster.de

Conference Website: www.anglistik.uni-muenster.de/fundamentalism




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