[Bilimsel Haber] FW: Ege University 12th International Cultural Studies Symposium

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EGE UNIVERSITY

12th INTERNATIONAL CULTURAL STUDIES SYMPOSIUM

April 29-May 1, 2009

Departments of English Language and Literature

&

American Culture and Literature

Izmir, TURKEY

 

Redefining

Modernism & Postmodernism

 

 

This conference invites reconsideration of modernity, modernism and
postmodernism from literary, cultural and a wide range of interdisciplinary
aspects, aiming to broaden the current debates.

 

Panel proposals chaired by colleagues from different universities are
especially welcome, along with individual papers, roundtables, workshops and
performances either in English or Turkish. Please note that there will be no
translations during the conference. 

 

Topics might include but are not limited to:

 

.         Modernities / Postmodernities

.         From tradition to innovation / modernism, avant-garde, decadence,
kitsch, postmodernism

.         Ethics of (post)modernity

.         Dialectics of enlightenment

.         Eradication, redemption or reconstruction of myths 

.         Mechanism of (dis)belief

.         Aspects and limits of certainty

.         Primitivity and (post)modernity

.         'Biophilia' and biopolitics

.         (Post)modernity and (meta)narratives

.         (Post)modernity and time

.         Modernity and secularism

.         Aesthetics of modernity

.         Historical relativism

.         Modernity and the Body

.         Crisis in representation 

 

  

 

The deadline for proposals: December 19, 2008. 

  

 

 

Please send a 250 word abstract for a 20 minute paper and a short bio in the
form of an email 'word' attachment to the coordinator at: 

                        <mailto:css2009ege at gmail.com> css2009ege at gmail.com

  

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Şebnem Toplu

Dept. English Language & Literature 

Faculty of Letters

Ege University,

           35100-Bornova, Izmir

  Turkey 

  Fax: +90 (232) 388 11 02 

 

*	Selected papers will be published in the forthcoming proceedings.  

  

For further information the Symposium website will be online shortly at: 

 <http://css.ege.edu.tr/> http://css.ege.edu.tr 

 


 

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