[Bilimsel Haber] CFP: "Nature and the Popular Imagination, " ISSRNC's 2012 Conference in Malibu, CA

[Gonul Pultar]

From: Jacob Jones <jacob.jones at religionandnature.com>


Subject: CFP:  "Nature and the Popular Imagination," ISSRNC's 2012
Conference in Malibu, CA


The International Society for the Study of Religion, Nature and Culture
http://www.religionandnature.com/society/ (ISSRNC) is pleased to 
announce its next conference in Malibu, California at Pepperdine 
University on August 8-11, 2012.  The conference theme will be “Nature 
and the Popular Imagination.”

For generations, the interconnections between religion and nature have 
been expressed, promoted, and contested through the incubator of popular
culture, including films produced in nearby Hollywood. As a global and
symbolic center that reflects and invents nature/religion 
representations, Malibu and its environs provide a fantastic venue for 
critical reflection on the religion/nature nexus in the popular 
imagination. Along with keynote addresses and other scholarly sessions, 
a number of special events and excursions are in the works, including a 
scholar-led tour of The Getty Villa in Malibu and opportunities to enjoy 
the beautiful and famous Malibu coast. Some of these may be offered 
before or after the official conference period.  Affordable on-campus 
housing will be available to conference participants.

We invite proposals about nature and religion in diverse expressions of
popular culture, including films, television, comics, fiction, music,
sports, graffiti, clothing, and festivals. As always, while we encourage
proposals focused on the conference’s theme, we welcome proposals from 
all areas (regional and historical) and from all disciplinary 
perspectives that explore the complex relationships between religious 
beliefs and practices (however defined and understood), cultural 
traditions and productions, and the earth’s diverse ecological systems. 
We encourage proposals that include theoretical frameworks and analyses, 
emphasize dialogue and discussion, promote collaborative research, and 
are unusual in terms of format and structure.

Proposals for individual paper presentations, sessions, panels, and 
posters should be submitted directly to Sarah Pike at 
<spike at csuchico.edu> and Robin Globus at 
<robin.globus at religionandnature.com>. It is not necessary to be an 
ISSRNC member to submit a proposal. Individual paper proposals should 
include, in a single, attached word or rich text document, the name and 
email of the presenter(s), title, a 250-300 word abstract, and a brief, 
150 word biography (including highest degree earned and current 
institutional affiliation, if any). Proposals for entire sessions must 
include a title and abstract for the session as a whole as well as for 
each individual paper. Proposers should also provide information about 
ideal and acceptable lengths for proposed sessions, and whether any 
technology, such as data projectors, are desired. Most paper 
presentations will be scheduled at 15-20 minutes and a premium will be 
placed on discussion in all sessions.

Proposals will be evaluated anonymously by the Scientific Committee, but
conference directors will be aware of proposers’ identities in order to
select for diversity in terms of geographical area and career stage.
Student proposals are particularly welcome.

The deadline for proposals is 1 May 2012.

For more information and updates, please go to:
http://www.religionandnature.com/society/conferences.htm#malibu

Jacob Jones
<jacob.jones at religionandnature.com>