INCS: INTERDISCIPLINARY NINETEENTH-CENTURY STUDIES and LONDON CENTRE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME PRESENT NINETEENTH-CENTURY WORLDS: LOCAL / GLOBAL
July 10-12, 2003
An Interdisciplinary Conference To Be Held In London, UK
London Centre of The University of Notre Dame
Trafalgar Square
KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Jane Rendall, Department of History, University of York
Paper or panel proposals are invited on any aspect of the construction of “worlds” (cultural, epistemological, scientific, discursive, geopolitical) in the nineteenth century. INCS is an association of scholars in History, Women’s Studies, Art History, Anthropology, Science Studies, Philosophy, various literatures, and other disciplines devoted to the interdisciplinary exploration of nineteenth-century culture and its relation to our contemporary world. Possible proposal topics might include but are not limited to:
nationalisms
histories of the world
regional culture
worlds of knowledge
cartography
population migrations
imperial politics
microscopic worlds
globalization
global commerce
travel writing
“contact zones”
partitioned worlds
aesthetic worlds
museums and exhibitions
gendered worlds
Discussions and paper presentations will be in English.
Longer versions of INCS papers are regularly published in the affiliated journal, Nineteenth-Century Contexts: An Interdisciplinary Journal. www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/08905495.html
Send 200-400 word abstracts by November 1, 2002 to the e-mail address below. Notification of acceptance will be mailed electronically in December 2002. Sessions at the conference are devoted to discussion following 5-7 minute presentations. Complete papers are available in advance at a password-protected section of the conference website.
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