[Bilimsel Haber] CFP: Orientalism Symposium (1 November 2008, University of York)

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CFP: Orientalism Symposium 

Orientalism, 30 Years Later 
A one-day symposium at the University of York 
Saturday 1 November 2008 

This symposium commemorates the thirtieth anniversary of the publication of
Edward Said's Orientalism. Said's most influential and controversial work
has inspired countless appropriations and rebuttals from scholars around
the globe, and it continues to shape the ways in which literary studies,
Middle East studies, East and South Asian studies, 
anthropology, history, politics, and related disciplines are conceptualised
and practised. The symposium will address the reasons for the book's
reception and lasting significance, as well as its relevance for
contemporary scholarship. The date of the symposium would have been Said's
73rd birthday. 

We invite proposals addressing any aspect of Orientalism's legacy. 
Topics might include: 

* Where and how do we situate Orientalism in the Said canon? (in relation
to secular criticism, humanism, etc.) 
* The intellectual genealogies of Orientalism : e.g., is the Foucault of
Orientalism and Beginnings the same as the Foucault of The History of
Sexuality? What is the place of Vico in Orientalism and The World, the Text
and the Critic? 
* What has the impact of Orientalism been on the Israel/Palestine conflict? 
* The reception of Orientalism in the Orient and in Africa. 
* How useful is Orientalism for the study of orientalism before 1800? 
* Orientalism and Edward Said's returns to philology. 
* Orientalism and other -isms (racism, feminism, Marxism, etc.) 
* Orientalism and the Anglo-American academy: its influence on postcolonial
studies, ideas of identity and otherness, etc. 

Titles and abstracts of 250 words should be sent electronically, along with
a 50-word biography, by 1 September 2008 to Anna Bernard (ab609 at york.ac.uk)
and Ziad Elmarsafy (ze500 at york.ac.uk). 

David Attwell (da506 at york.ac.uk ) 
Anna Bernard (ab609 at york.ac.uk) 
Ziad Elmarsafy (ze500 at york.ac.uk) 

Best 
--Z 
Ziad Elmarsafy 
<ziad12 at gmail.com> 

Ziad Elmarsafy 
Graduate Chair 
Department of English and Related Literature 
University of York 
Heslington YO10 5DD 
United Kingdom 
Tel: +44 (0)1904 433342 
Fax: +44 (0)1904 352535 
http://www.york.ac.uk/depts/engl/staff/academic/elmarsafy.htm 



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