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12th International Cultural Studies Symposium: Redefining Modernism & Postmodernism
| Location: | Turkey |
| Conference Date: | 2009-04-29 (Archive) |
| Date Submitted: |
2008-09-21 |
| Announcement ID: |
164110 |
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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. ªebnem Toplu
Dept. English Language & Literature
Faculty of Letters
Ege University,
35100-Bornova, Izmir
Turkey
Fax: (0090)(232) 388 11 02
Phone:(0090) (232) 3884000 ext. 1976
•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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Assoc. Prof. Dr. ªebnem Toplu
EGE University
Dept. English Language & Literature
Faculty of Letters 35100-Bornova Izmir
Turkey
Phone: (0090) 232 3884000 Ext. 1976
Fax: +90 (232) 388 11 02
Email: css2009ege@gmail.com
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