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:
css2009ege@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
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