[Bilimsel Haber] 5th Annual International Workshop: "Literature and History: Middle Eastern Perspectives", Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, 31 May - 2 June 2010

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5th Annual International Workshop: "Literature and History: Middle  
Eastern Perspectives",   Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, 31 May -  
2 June 2010

By focusing on fiction, poetry and plays written by Arab, Turkish,  
Iranian, and Israeli writers (as well as by writers of other Middle  
Eastern ethnicities), our annual international workshop will provide a  
broad forum for practitioners coming from the distinctive vantage  
points of both disciplines - literary criticism and history writing -  
to explore issues of common concern in Middle Eastern scholarship:  
nationality, post-colonial narratives, religion and secularism, gender  
and sexuality, class, social discourse, changing sensibilities and  
language.

Papers should address the complex, multifaceted relationship between  
literature and history.  All participants will be expected to submit  
in advance a working paper to be distributed among the other  
participants.

Those interested in participating in the workshop are asked to send a  
one-page proposal in English, along with their C.V. by January 1, 2010.

Participants from abroad will be offered round trip airfare and lodging.

Proposals should be addressed by e-mail to:Dr. Yair Huri:    
yairhuri at bgu.ac.il  and Dr. Ariel M. Sheetrit:   arielmb at bgu.ac.il

Further information http://web2.bgu.ac.il/mideast/workshop/main.asp?page=about