[Bilimsel Haber] "War Memories: The Third International Conference on Asian British and Asian American Literatures, " Academia Sinica, Taiwan, December 9-10, 2011.

[Gonul Pultar]

From: Lee Yu-cheng [mailto:yclee at sinica.edu.tw]


CALL FOR PAPERS

War Memories: The Third International Conference on Asian British and
Asian American Literatures

Institute of European and American Studies, Academia Sinica, Taiwan

9-10 December 2011



A few months after the outbreak of the First World War, Sigmund Freud 
wrote that “no event has ever destroyed so much that is precious in the 
common possessions of humanity, confused so many of the clearest 
intelligences, or so thoroughly debased what is highest.” He was
referring to the loss and devastation caused by the war; however, he was 
also prepared to accept that wars “would occupy mankind for some time to 
come.” Indeed, wars have continued to afflict humanity since
Freud made these remarks nearly a hundred years ago, many of them
fought in Asia: the Second Sino-Japanese War, the Pacific War, the
Korean War, the War in Vietnam, the Gulf War, in addition to those
wars of liberation and anti-colonization which led to the independence 
of various countries. Most recently, there was the invasion of Iraq, and 
War in Afghanistan has been in process for nearly a decade and
seems unlikely to end in the near future. We observe the unfathomable
loss and total waste of lives and resources. These wars have left
generations with traumatic memories after suffering, directly or
indirectly, from the conflicts and are remembered in various ways by
different individuals and nations. One of the ways is literary
production.

In view of the profound significance of war memories in the production
of Asian British and Asian American literatures, the Institute of
European and American Studies, Academia Sinica, Taiwan, invites
submissions of original papers on the theme of “War Memories” for its
third international conference on Asian British and Asian American
literatures, to be held in Taipei on 9th and 10th December 2011. We
welcome contributions on Asian British and Asian American literatures
that bring into focus the general theme of the conference. Please send
your proposals (300-400 words) and brief biographies (c. 200 words) to
the e-mail address at yclee at sinica.edu.tw before 31st May 2011. The
working language of the conference is English. Further information of
the conference will be announced at our website address:
http://www.ea.sinica.edu.tw



Prof. Yu-cheng Lee
Institute of European and American Studies
Academia Sinica
128, Section 2, Academia Road
Nangang, Taipei
Taiwan, ROC

E-mail: yclee at sinica.edu.tw



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