[Bilimsel Haber] 17th METU BRITISH NOVELISTS CONFERENCE (December 17-18, 2009)

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Call for Papers Deadline extended to

September 30, 2009

17th METU BRITISH NOVELISTS CONFERENCE

Hanif Kureishi and His Work

December 17-18, 2009

Keynote Speaker: Susan Thomas

This is the seventeenth of the series of 2-day conferences organized  
by the Department of Foreign Language Education, Middle East Technical  
University, Ankara, on BRITISH NOVELISTS. This year the conference  
theme is Hanif Kureishi and his fiction, and his other critical and  
creative work; and we are seeking paper proposals that aim  
interdisciplinary and innovative investigations of his
works. By encouraging submissions from a broad variety of disciplines,  
theoretical perspectives and genres, including but not limited to,  
post-colonialism, feminism, sexuality, gender, literature, philosophy,  
performance, cultural studies, and media studies, we seek to provide  
an interdisciplinary forum for scholars and participants from  
different backgrounds and to encourage dialogue between them.  
Proposals using any methodology by established academics, as well as  
by young scholars and graduate students are welcomed. We also  
encourage performance submissions.

Proposals for

20-minute papers (about 200 words) should be sent by 30 September 2009. Please
include name, institutional affiliation, student status (graduate or  
undergraduate), contact information (address, email address), and a  
list of any audio/visual equipment needed for your presentation.  
Please address queries and submit proposals via email to Nurten  
Birlik: nbirlik at metu.edu.tr

Further details concerning accommodation and joining instructions and  
a preliminary version of the schedule are B available at  
http://www.fle.metu.edu.tr/hanif_kureishi/ELLConf.htm

We plan to publish a selection of papers presented at the Conference.


Organizing committee:

Prof. Dr. Meral Cileli
Assist. Prof. Dr. Nurten Birlik
Dr. Deniz Arslan
Assist. Prof. Dr. Margaret J-M SC6nmez