Definitions of failure and success are not bound by timeless, objective criteria but ultimately lie in the eyes of the observer answering to ever changing parameters of time and culture. Thus what accounts for success in one context may well be construed as failure in other contexts, by other observers, or by succeeding generations. The conference aims to lend a forum to ideas that examine the shifting borders between success and failure in literature, the arts, history, anthropology, sociology, law, politics, religion and related fields. Please send abstracts by February 12th 2007 to: