[Bilimsel Haber] CfP: The Ninth International Symposium on Comparative Literature, Cairo, November 4-6, 2008

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Call for Papers

The Ninth International Symposium on Comparative Literature November
4-6, 2008

Department of English Language and Literature, Cairo University

¡§Egypt at the Crossroads: Literary and Linguistic Studies¡¨ Deadline
for abstracts: March 15, 2008

Because of its geographical, historical, and cultural placement, Egypt
has been¡Xsince time immemorial¡Xboth literally and metaphorically at
the crossroads. Enjoying the strategic location that it does¡Xat a
meeting point between Africa and Asia, facilitating contact between the
two continents and Europe, and at a juncture between the Mediterranean
and the Red Sea¡XEgypt is a rich amalgam of diverse cultural heritages:
Ancient Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Persian, Coptic, Islamic. Influenced by
all these and, in modern times, the French and British, the inhabitants
are in the happy position of being hybrid¡XAfrican, Arab,
Mediterranean¡Xbut indubitably and inimitably Egyptian. It is, perhaps,
this unique situation that inspired the Egyptian geographer Gamal Hamdan
(1928-1993) to write of Egypt as having a ¡§natural gift¡¨ which may
explain ¡§the secret of Egypt¡¦s survival and vitality through the ages
and in spite of the ages.¡¨

Contributors to the Symposium are invited to explore the various aspects
and paradoxes of Egypt through literature and language, making use of,
though by no means restricted to, the following suggested topics:

„X Egypt in World Literature (African/Arab/Mediterranean)

„X Teaching Egyptian/Arabic Literature in Non-Egyptian Cultures

„X Teaching English Literature in Non-English-Speaking Cultures

„X The Presentness of the Past in Literature and Language

„X Egyptian Literature in Translation

„X Travel Literature

„X Revisiting the Canon in Literary and Linguistic Studies

„X New Forms in Literary and Linguistic Studies

„X Orientalism: Past and Present

„X The Quest for Identity

„X Cross-Linguistic/Cross-Cultural Studies of Different Discourse Types

Presentations may be in one of the following forms: papers (20 minutes),
workshops (45 or 90 minutes), and poster sessions.

 

 

Please complete the form below and send it to the following address:
cairosymposium08 at yahoo.com

Guidelines for submissions:

„X The languages of the Symposium are English and Arabic.

„X Replies will be posted by April 30, 2008.

„X Fees: Registration and Proceedings + cultural events: USD 300 for

non-Egyptian participants; LE 300 for Egyptian participants; LE 50 for
attendance; free admission for students.

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