[Bilimsel Haber] CFP: The Flaw (8/15/06; 5/25/07-5/27/07)

[Sule Tarakcioglu]

Call for Papers for
An Interdisciplinary Conference on

The Flaw

Deadline : August 15th, 2006
Organizers : Agnes Conacher and Catherine Dhavernas
Queen's University, Kingston, Canada

If the realm of the Ideal can have claims to perfection, that is, to
flawlessness, such is not the case for the realms of reality and human
nature, as the notion of progress suggests. Within the perspective of
progress, the flaw stands as that which brings about failure; as that
which must be overcome. Yet, as History has shown us, the notion of
progress "key to the Enlightenment" is today nearing obsolescence, this
being one of the most shattering problems of our time.

This conference therefore proposes to try to rethink the flaw outside
the context of the ideology of progress; to consider the flaw, not so
much as something to be avoided or remedied but, rather, to consider the
flaw as a measure of our limitations. In other words, we wish to suggest
that to consider the flaw as something acceptable and, perhaps, even
essential, might lead to a sense of humility which, as our past has
shown us, has most often been lacking. We want to explore how the flaw
can help us to rethink our potential, not in terms of mastery or
domination, but within a more modest perspective of hope.

Since the flaw pertains to all areas of study and investigation, we
welcome proposals from all disciplines.

The conference is scheduled to take place from May 25 to May 27, 2007.
Please send a 250 word proposal (including your name, title, area of
work, institutional affiliation and e-mail address) to Agnes Conacher
and/or Catherine Dhavernas :

via e-mail:
dhaverna at post.queensu.ca
or regular mail :
c/o The Department of French Studies
Queen's University
Kingston, Ontario Canada
K7L 3N6

tel. 613-533-2090


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